Verizon and T-Mobile Spectrum Swap Billed As Beneficial For Both Carriers; Likely To Get Verizon Approval For Cable Company Deal

Verizon and T-Mobile Spectrum Swap Billed As Beneficial For Both Carriers; Likely To Get Verizon Approval For Cable Company Deal

T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless are portraying their spectrum swap deal that was announced on Monday as a win-win scenario for both companies. However rising concerns over Verizon’s marketing deals with… Read more »

Carriers Throw Support Behind Windows Phone 8; Verizon Most Important For Fledgling Platform

Carriers Throw Support Behind Windows Phone 8; Verizon Most Important For Fledgling Platform

With Microsoft’s Windows 8 set to be launched this fall, acquiring the support of carriers like Verizon Wireless will prove to be critical for the software giant if it wants… Read more »

Virgin Mobile Joins Cricket In Offering Prepaid iPhone

Virgin Mobile Joins Cricket In Offering Prepaid iPhone

Cricket Wireless and Virgin Mobile are both offering pre-paid plans for the iPhone 4S, a deal which includes a flat payment and no contract. While Cricket’s iPhone is slated to… Read more »

Ting offers new smartphones including HTC EVO 4G LTE

Ting offers new smartphones including HTC EVO 4G LTE

Ting is a regional carrier that works on the Sprint network and is one of the only carriers that essentially allow its customers to customize a smartphone plan that fits… Read more »

Verizon Data Usage Based ‘Share Everything’ Plan Has Consumers Up In Arms

Verizon Data Usage Based ‘Share Everything’ Plan Has Consumers Up In Arms

Verizon customers may no longer have to worry about the duration they talk on the cell phones or event the number of texts they send. They’ll now have to worry… Read more »

Does the Verizon Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE Trump the Sprint Galaxy Nexus?

Does the Verizon Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE Trump the Sprint Galaxy Nexus?

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Android smartphone delivered the much heralded Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) 4.0 operating system to a US handset for the first time in December of last… Read more »

MetroPCS gets first LTE enabled device from Huawei

MetroPCS gets first LTE enabled device from Huawei

MetroPCS is a pre-paid, regional mobile carrier that offers low priced affordable smartphone to those that do not want a contract with the big 4 national carriers.  Starting today,  MetroPCS… Read more »

Eco-Friendly LG Viper offers 4G features for those who don’t want to break the bank

Eco-Friendly LG Viper offers 4G features for those who don’t want to break the bank

Sprint recently reduced the retail price on their Eco-friendly LG Viper that landed on their 4G WiMAX network as the first LTE capable smartphone for that wireless carrier. The handset… Read more »

AT&T CEO Says Data Only Plans To Become Reality In Two Years – Calling and Texting Declining

AT&T CEO Says Data Only Plans To Become Reality In Two Years – Calling and Texting Declining

Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T Inc. envisions that in the next two years or so, telecom plans will consist of only data usage, and calls and texts will soon be… Read more »

European Carriers Protest Against Strict Regulations Preventing Investment

European Carriers Protest Against Strict Regulations Preventing Investment

Deutsche Telekom was the latest company to join the growing list of organizations voicing their opposition against telecom industry regulations which are said to be hampering investment in mobile and… Read more »