The Louisiana Publci Service Commission voted to approve the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA. Louisiana is the second state to approve the deal joining the Arizona Corporation Commission. While there 3 other reviews still pending these approvals show that states are seeing the benefits to the merger once they look at the facts. The commission in Louisiana could have rejected the filing if they felt that the merger was not in the public [...]

Recently MALKIA CYRIL wrote a post on politico.com titled ” AT&T/TMobile merger hurts poor” I’m glad that is was called an opinion piece because i could not find much fact in.it. The piece talks about how low income communities  and people of color rely heavily on wireless access. This is only partially true. People of color do currently over index in mobile use compared to the majority but lumping people and color and low income [...]

The AT&T merger has been the talk of the Internet since it was announced. Groups like Free Press immediately jumped in (which was no surprise) to make claims that this merger will bring the end of competition but if you have seen the sprint commercials lately you realize that it’s having the opposite effect. The one huge positive about this deal that no one seems to be highlighting is what this means for connecting minorities [...]

First of all I have to admit to all of you that I love my iPhone.  I can honestly say that there is not a thing that I’ve tried to do in my professional and personal life that I have not been able to find an app to make it easier. I was huge blackberry fan until I had pushed my BB to the max in terms of what I asked it to do. This [...]

As wireless companies race to deploy 4g networks, the hunger for access to for existing consumers grows and the need for access for those that are with out becomes more important.  Even if the 4G networks were live in full today the carriers still are  have trouble keeping up with increasing demand. An Article on GigaOm suggests that Wifi may be the answer we are looking for. Recently Towerstream, A company that offers tower based [...]

Image by waynetaylor via Flickr Blackweb20.com recently ran a story that caught my eye for several reasons.  Two young women from Spelman College participated in a contest put on by ATT : the AT&T Big Mobile on Campus Challenge encourages college students to build engaging mobile apps. I was especially excited to see two women of color be the winners to this years contest. I’ve made no secret, for some time now, of my desire [...]