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Two U.S. Senators Have Introduced That Would Forbid Internet Access Taxes Forever
Aug 5, 2013Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation that would permanently extend a current moratorium on Internet access taxes in the country. The Internet Tax Freedom Forever Act, introduced Thursday, would also extend the U.S. ban on other ...
Tags: Internet Access Taxes
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AT&T Has Agreed to Acquire Leap Wireless for $15 Per Share in Cash
Jul 16, 2013US telecommunications giant AT&T has agreed to acquire Leap Wireless for $15 per share in cash, valuing the prepaid mobile operator at about $1.2bn (£800m). The move comes amid continued consolidation and restructuring in the ...
Tags: 4G, Computer Products
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Virgin Mobile USA Will Begin Selling The iPhone 5 Next Friday
Jun 21, 2013Virgin Mobile USA will begin selling the iPhone 5 next Friday, June 28. A 16 GB version will cost $549.99. For $35 a month, as part Virgin's Beyond Talk plan, the pre-paid carrier will provide unlimited 3G and 4G LTE data, and unlimited ...
Tags: Virgin Mobile USA, iPhone 5
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IEEE 802.11ac Wireless LAN Standard Will Deliver Faster Connections Wherever It's Used
Jun 20, 2013The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually. On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi Alliance started certifying ...
Tags: Wi-Fi Standard, 802.11ac
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LTE Cis Coming Soon to The Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone
Jun 19, 2013Faster network speeds are better, right? LTE cis coming soon to the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, offering double the downlink speeds of LTE (Long Term Evolution). But U.S. carriers still have to upgrade LTE networks to operate with LTE ...
Tags: LTE Smartphone, Smartphone
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Samsung Plans to Begin Selling a Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone Capable of Supporting 4G Net
Jun 17, 2013Samsung plans to begin selling a Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone capable of supporting LTE-Advanced 4G networks -- which offer download speeds that are twice as fast as LTE -- in South Korea this month. No U.S. wireless carrier is ...
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U.S. Mobile Operators Reportedly Do Not Participate Directly in NSAS Urveillance Program
Jun 14, 2013At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign ...
Tags: Phone Companies, NSA, Surveillance Program
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Obama Directed Federal Agencies to Take New Steps Toward
Jun 14, 2013President Obama directed federal agencies to take new steps toward sharing their wireless spectrum with commercial operators in an effort to meet growing demands for mobile data services. Obama, in a memo published Friday, created a ...
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Blackberry Messenger Will Be Coming to IOS and Android App Stores at Some Point
Jun 10, 2013BlackBerry Messenger, a free messaging and social networking application for BlackBerry devices, will be coming to iOS and Android app stores at some point, but not June 27 as tweeted by T-Mobile UK early Thursday. T-Mobile did send out a ...
Tags: BlackBerry, Computer Products, IOS, Android
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Sprint Recently Saw Growth in The Percentage of Its Customers Owning iPhones
Jun 3, 2013Sprint recently saw growth in the percentage of its customers owning iPhones, while both Verizon Wireless and AT&T saw declines, an analyst firm said today. The percentage of smartphone customers using an iPhone at Sprint went from 33.4% ...
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Verizon Wireless Began Taking Web Orders for The Q10 Device,with a Shipping Date of Jun 6
May 30, 2013Computerworld - T-Mobile USA on June 5 will become the first major U.S. carrier to sell the BlackBerry Q10 qwerty smartphone to consumers in stores and online for $99.99 down and 24 monthly $20 payments. The BlackBerry Q10 has a ...
Tags: T-Mobile, Blackberry
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FCC Should Cap The Participation of Carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless
May 30, 2013The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should cap the participation of carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless in upcoming spectrum auctions to ensure mobile competition going forward, representatives of consumer groups and smaller carriers ...
Tags: FCC, Spectrum Auctions
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T-Mobile USA Has Dropped a Pending Challenge to The U.S. Federal Communications
May 17, 2013T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. T-Mobile inherited the challenge when it merged with MetroPCS in a deal that closed earlier this month. MetroPCS and ...
Tags: T-Mobile, FCC, Net Neutrality Rules
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U.S. Mobile Operators Are All Putting Their Weight Behind a Campaign Against Texting
May 17, 2013The major U.S. mobile operators are all putting their weight behind a campaign against texting while driving that will include a blitz of advertising and a driving simulator touring the country this summer. On Tuesday, Verizon, Sprint ...
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A Special Edition,Stock Android Version of Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone Will Go on Sale
May 17, 2013A special edition, stock Android version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone will go on sale June 26 on the Google Play store for $649, Google announced Wednesday at the start of its annual Google I/O conference. The device will still run ...
