Cellular News is reporting that mobile ad agency Crisp Wireless says US mobile Web usage grew significantly this year, with a 29.4% increase from the first to second quarter of 2008: "... the following trends emerged: Local news is viewed mostly in the morning, while national news is viewed continuously...

And the touting begins! Great article and video artice from RCR.... Click here

QUOTE: AT&T's 3G network is available in more than 275 major U.S. metropolitan areas. By the end of June, the carrier says its network speeds will be between 700 Kbps and 1.7 Mbps on the downlink and between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps for uplink. Has anybody experienced this yet? Full story here Click...

Interesting article AT&T and the road to 3G claiming Click here 7 Mbps to 20 Mbps data speeds within the next two years.

If you are in the New York City area, T-Moble has a beta program for 3G. You need to be a subscriber, have minimum 600 talk minutes, a data plan and live/work in the NYC area. I asked if I could post up the link to apply and they said it is a public offer: You can apply for the beta here .

I was very glad to see this official statement from T-Mobile about its 3G rollout: "NEW YORK and BELLEVUE, Wash. – May 5, 2008– T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced that the company has taken the first commercial step in the rollout of its third-generation (3G) wireless network by launching its UMTS...

Everyone's been talking recently about T-Mobile's plans to roll out 3G in the New York area: Will it support data, or only voice? It's a bit of a debate right now. You can read more about the news here . Any one with the real scoop from T-Mo want to chime in? But in any event, the whole discussion...

Alltel is the first carrier to offer an update to the HTC Touch that will give the device access to high-speed EV-DO Rev. MOBILEBURN.COM reports on this update here .