While T-Mobile USA announced a deal to merge with MetroPCS Wireless on Wednesday,Dish Network Chairman Charlie Ergen said regulatory delays have prevented his company from securing partners and spectrum it will need to build a viable mobile ...
In an era when wireless data and phone service can cost a U.S.contract customer more than$1,200 annually,some lower-cost pre-paid options are emerging. AT&T Minday unveiled the GoPhone plan,which offers unlimited talk and text with 1GB of ...
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Will U.S.regulators balk over Japan-based SoftBank becoming a 70%owner of Sprint,based in Overland Park,Kansas.? On the surface,analysts say the foreign ownership issue is unlikely to derail the$20.1 billion deal. Sprint and others ...
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The iPhone 5 is"geometrically more complex"than Apple's previous smartphones,a teardown expert said today after taking apart the company's newest device. "Across the board,this is geometrically more complex,and very,very interesting,"said ...
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IDG News Service - T-Mobile USA will officially start a new chapter when a new CEO, John Legere, takes over later this week. The fourth-largest U.S. carrier, and the biggest operator without an iPhone, T-Mobile is starting to aggressively ...
U.S.buyers of the iPhone 5 won't have international LTE roaming when the highly anticipated device hits the street on Friday,but information from Apple,the FCC and carriers offers glimmers of hope that foreign LTE networks will be in reach ...
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Apple's iPhone 5 goes on sale Friday,and many buyers are hoping to take advantage of its faster LTE network speeds. AT&T said Wednesday it added LTE to five large markets this week,listing Seattle,Pittsburgh,metro ...
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Sprint announced that the Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE smartphone will go on sale Sunday for $99.99 after rebate with a two-year service agreement. The Samsung Galaxy Victory 4G LTE smartphone. The Android 4.0 smartphone ...
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Computerworld-Apple CEO Tim Cook and other company executives today unveiled the iPhone 5,a faster,slimmer upgrade that for the first time in the five-year history of the smartphone,boasts a larger screen of 4 inches. None of it was much ...
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Sprint Nextel will launch 4G LTE service in more than 100 cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, in the coming months, the carrier said on Monday. The new network may go live before the official launch dates in those ...
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EarthLink will resell wireless broadband on Clearwire's WiMax network starting early next year and later will launch a service based on that company's planned LTE network. The rollout will begin with fixed-wireless WiMax service in ...
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Service providers taking steps to solve expected mobile congestion problems at the Democratic National Convention this week are addressing issues that are likely to grow in many areas over the next few years. Time Warner Cable said Monday ...
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Mobile operator Three has selected South Korean firm Samsung to provide it with LTE radio access network and 3G/LTE core infrastructure solutions to underpin its forthcoming 4G service. The deal marks Samsung's first mobile network ...
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The Motorola Photon Q features a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and a 4.3-in.touchscreen display.Computerworld-Sprint today announced it will sell the Motorola Photon Q smartphone for$199.99 and a two-year service plan starting on Sunday. ...
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Sprint has cut the price of the 16 GB iPhone 4S by$50 to$149.99. The move comes about five weeks ahead of Apple's expected launch of the next-generation iPhone on Sept.12. Sprint is also offering free activation when buying the 16 GB ...
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