LG Revolution passing through the FCC, four Gs intact

We managed to see plenty of the LG Revolution at both CES and Mobile World Congress, and it's now finally cleared one of the final hurdles on its way to availability. While there's unfortunately none of the usual teardown pictures to be found just yet, the phone has now passed all of the FCC's various tests, and been slapped with the requisite label to prove it. Sadly, we still don't have much indication of a release date but, as Wireless Goodness points out, there's an increasingly good chance that this could actually be Verizon's first 4G phone if the HTC Thunderbolt delays continue.

Nokia C7 with T-Mobile user's manual hitting FCC: is this the Tiger?

Rumors have been circulating the past few days that Nokia would be teaming up with T-Mobile to release the Symbian^3-powered C7 -- right on the heels of the Nuron 2's possible cancellation -- as the Tiger. Well, here's some fuel for the fire: a version of the C7 with AWS 3G support and mentions of T-Mobile in the attached user's manual just showed up in the FCC. Interestingly, there's absolutely no sign of T-Mobile branding on the phone itself, but it's possible Nokia's prototype here simply didn't have the final silkscreens applied. Of course, plenty of devices get FCC approval without ever seeing the light of day -- but it's a sign. Who's buying?

FCC Approving Verizon-Branded HTC Merge

HTC recently announced the Merge, a new CDMA world phone that has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and Google's Android operating system. 
When first announced, HTC didn't note what CDMA wireless carriers would offer the Merge. Documents seen on the Federal Communications Commission web site reveal the Merge is most likely headed to Verizon Wireless first. 
In the draft user manual published by the FCC, Verizon Wireless and Verizon's services are mentioned repeatedly. 
Verizon hasn't confirmed that it will sell the Merge, but it has offered CDMA world phones, such as the Motorola Droid Pro, in the past.

Xperia Play going back to the FCC, this time with GSM

We're all familiar with this handset by now, but what we weren't suspecting (although we have yet to finish our first cup of coffee) to see a GSM version of the Xperia Play come through the FCC this sunny Tuesday morning. While we know that Verizon won't be the sole carrier of the phone in the states (we heard that from Sony Ericsson CTO Jan Uddenfeldt himself), there is yet to be another carrier confirmed. So maybe this is an indication of another possible future? Or, most likely, this is just one of those "north of the border" jobs -- as you know, the FCC gets its look at all Canada-bound phones, and this particular phone is exclusive to Rogers. Get a closer look after the break.

Update: Further examination of the docs reveal that this bad boy has global GSM bands and 900 / 2100MHz 3G, which is primarily used in Europe and Asia.

AT&T's Motorola WX450 showing its rugged self in FCC filing

Motorola has a fairly sterling reputation for concealing interesting tidbits of information in its FCC filings -- but every so often, one slips through. Take this WX450, for instance, which you might mistake for an iDEN handset at first -- it looks a little bit like the i465 Clutch, after all -- but it turns out this puppy has 850 / 1900MHz WCDMA 3G (along with GSM) for use on AT&T... which would explain the AT&T logo button to the lower left of the d-pad. The giant screw on the back is indicative of the fact that this is a water-resistant device, backed up with what appears to be a thick non-slip, shock-absorbing rubber cover; Motorola already sells the rugged Tundra on the carrier, so there's certainly precedent for this sort of thing. Sadly, judging from the user's manual, it doesn't look like it'll be running the samewacky build of Android as the i886, which is a crying shame if you ask us.

Verizon has dropped 10,000 emergency calls during January snowstorm in Maryland, FCC finds it 'alarming'

Uh oh, Verizon's got itself into a bit of hot water with the old FCC. An outage during a snowstorm last month has reportedly resulted in a whopping 10,000 calls to 911 not being connected by the big red carrier. That would be bad enough in itself, but the less-than-pleased Communications Commission also notes that the emergency services that missed out on these calls were not alerted to the connectivity failure -- in fact, Maryland's Montgomery County officers were the ones to inform Verizon of the fault it was having, which was then promptly repaired within 15 minutes. The FCC is now curtly asking the network to check its entire footprint for similar vulnerabilities -- as the January events were apparently "not unique" -- and to propose remedial actions and monitoring systems to prevent it happening again.

Can You Fail Massively Now? Verizon Now Looking Into Failed 911 Calls During DC Snow Storm

The FCC are currently investigating Verizon’s“ mass call event” problems related to recent snow storms in DC and Maryland. The carrier failed to patch through multiple 911 calls during recent weather events, resulting in trapped motorists in dangerous conditions.

Some parts of the Baltimore-DC area received up to 12 inches of snow on and around January 26 and the resulting traffic problems, flight back-ups, and dangerous conditions resulted in a snarl of traffic on the highways and some casualties.

Why Verizon got singled out is beyond the scope of the hearing but presumably they were the only carrier overloaded enough to fail that evening.