"BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced second-quarter 2008 net customer additions of 1.5 million. At the end of the quarter the company had 68.7 million customers, including 66.7 million retail customers, which are those it directly serves and manages and who choose the Verizon Wireless brand. More customers use the Verizon Wireless brand than any other wireless brand in the U.S."

It has been quite sometime since the last time Sanyo has made the much noise on the mobile market. In fact the last time buzz around the Sanyo hive went up a few decibels, the first Sanyo Katana was released. Specs are soon to be released, so stay toned for more updates.

“Denying reports by the Boy Genius of the AT&T Bold being delayed until at least August, Erik van Drunen, public relations manager for Research in Motion, said on Thursday that the Bold will be

The GSM Association stated to that today it will soon be releasing GSM requirements for the use of NFC in handsets equipped with near-field communications capabilities. "But it will be up to network

We only wish would could say that we are shock to hear this news, but most people were not. The deal to aquire Helio was something that was just a matter of time more than anything else. Virgin Mobile aquires the Helio from SK Telecom and Earthlink for exactly 39M in Virgin Mobile USA stock. The deal is expected to be completed sometime in the third quarter of 2008. "The good news is that it while the Helio brand will be phased out, Virgin Mobile isn't just in this for the 170,000-ish subscribers it'll be picking up. They plan to leverage Helio's technology and content offerings, not to mention the willingness of its customers to pay a few extra bucks for the perks, to build the Virgin Mobile brand into new spaces -- spaces which hopefully prove profitable and Ocean 2-ey."

Source: BGR