MetroPCS is making it cheaper for customers to sign up for its LTE service. The company cut $10 off its base rate, reviving a $40 unlimited plan it first started offering with the debut of the Samsung Craft, a Brew-based device that was the company’s first LTE phone. The Craft was the only phone offered […]
MetroPCS inks broadcast mobile TV deal
The long-nascent market for broadcast mobile television got a boost today when MetroPCS Communications announced that it will be the nation’s first wireless operator to offer its customers the service. The company will start selling an Android-based Samsung smartphone later this year equipped with an ATSC chip, the hardware needed to receive broadcast mobile television […]
Lawmakers want probe of Huawei sales to Iran
Six lawmakers have asked the State Department to investigate whether Huawei and other infrastructure vendors violated U.S. sanctions against Iran by selling telecommunications equipment to the Middle East nation. The officials said in a newly released letter sent Dec. 22 by Rep. Sue Myric’s office that media reports suggested that China-based Huawei provided the Iranian […]