After an initially slow rollout, Sprint plans a large-scale upgrade to HD Voice across its network by this summer, greatly increasing the chance that any given Sprint customer can actually make an HD call.
A Snowden-derived article in Le Monde on Monday claimed that the NSA has been recording millions of voice calls in France and scanning them for keywords. Businesspeople and politicians appear to have been targeted.
Users of TruPhone’s unique global GSM service will have a new network to use when cellular service is spotty. Yup, it’s Wi-Fi and the TruPhone+ app will smartly use the best connection.
Increased competition and the emergence of mobile societies in Brazil, China and India, along with the introduction of flat-rate plans in the U.S., have resulted in a big jump in call volumes on mobile networks between 2001 and 2010, a report finds.
It’s time smartphone apps were smarter at making calls. Bababoo for iPhone does just that by looking at both the handset connections — WiFi, 3G data or cellular voice — as well as where and who you’re calling, then places the call in the most inexpensive method.
