The WiMAX Forum Latin America Congress 2008, in Rio de Janeiro 3-4 December, features 70+ speakers, interactive workshops, Analyst Briefings, Investor Pitches, Connectivity Q&A, a Certification Boot Camp, and a lively exhibition floor. Alvarion said today that its WiMAX business in Latin America is increasing, and now has a base of over 30 operators. Large Latin

AT&T has purchased Centennial Communications Corp for the sum of $944 million, and if the deal closes it will bring Centennial’s 1.1 million customers under the AT&T umbrella adding to their customer base of 74.9 million. President and CEO of AT&T Mobility, Ralph de la Vega, said: “This transaction enhances network coverage for our consumer and

iPhone 3G customers will be able to use their devices as a wireless modem for computers soon, according to an AT&T Mobility executive. CEO Ralph de la Vega, during an interview with InformationWeek, confirmed that the operator is working on an official tethering application, but declined to give a time frame for the release. A third-party developer, Nullriver, introduced in July a tet...

First Sprint said Google's Android OS was not good enough to be on their network, and now it seems that ATT has similar sentiments. The San Fransisco Chronicle is reporting that ATT Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega says that ATT has been looking into Android, but has no plans of offering an Android powered handset at this time. ATT apparently feels...

AT&T’s head of the wireless and consumer markets division Ralph de la Vega said Thursday that the company was working on a new service that would let Apple iPhone owners use their devices as a modem for their laptop computers. [via WSJ Blog] A spokesman for AT&T declined to provide more details, but confirmed that “we’re working on that application with Apple and hope to make it availab...

Reports are going around the Internet that AT&T’s CEO Ralph De La Vega has confirmed that AT&T will offer an official tethering option for the iPhone “soon”. Tethering would allow you to... [

TechCrunch did an interview with Ralph De La Vega @ AT&T yesterday and came out with some interesting information. Barrons does a great job of summing it up. Ralph claims that the Bold is selling out in most stores which jives with what we are hearing from BizJournals. He personally carries both a iPhone

AT&T's CEO Ralph De La Vega told Michael Arrington at the Web 2.0 Summit, that the company is working on a way fro the  iPhone serve as a tethered wireless modem for laptops soon. Currently using the iPhone as a modem violates AT&T terms of service.  If modem service is available there will probably be an added monthly rate. AT&T already offers tethering on some smartphones, ...

Ralph de la Vega, AT&T’s Apple iPhone chief has spoke on the future of the Apple iPhone while at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, whereby De la Vega announced a list of future apps and usage scenarios. De la Vega said that when your Apple iPhone alarm wakes you it will have already loaded

AT&T Mobility chief Ralph de la Vega confirmed overnight that iPhone 3G users would be able to use their phones as wireless modems at some point next year.