Verizon Wireless’ LTE network may have suffered its second major outage over the weekend, according to customer complaints and reports on multiple tech blogs. A company spokesman neither confirmed nor denied the reports, but there were a barrage of complaints on Twitter and Verizon’s Facebook page about problems with the LTE service. The apparent interruption […]
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T-Mobile adds pay-by-the-day plans
T-Mobile USA is letting its prepaid subscribers buy service in increasingly tiny increments with three new pay-by-the-day plans. The new daily plans include $3 per day for unlimited talk, text and Web, with 200 MB of high-speed data; $2 per day for unlimited talk, text and Web on T-Mobile’s 2G EDGE network; and $1 per […]
Sprint customers line up as it gets 1st iPhone
Apple stores got the longest lines as the new iPhone model launched Friday, but there were lines at Sprint stores, too, as the carrier got a chance to sell the phone more than four years after the first model was launched. Product chief Fared Adib said that by midday, the iPhone had broken Sprint’s record […]
FCC, CTIA debut voluntary bill shock alerts
Subscribers will get real-time alerts when they’re about to hit their monthly limit for voice, data, SMS and international roaming under voluntary guidelines announced today by the FCC, CTIA and Consumers Union. The FCC has put its proposed bill shock regulations on hold as wireless operators work to adopt the new standards. However, FCC Chairman […]
Motorola sets Nov. 17 vote on Google deal
Motorola Mobility set a meeting date of Nov. 17 for shareholders to vote on Google’s proposed $12.5 billion buyout of the company. The meeting will take place in San Diego. Google and Motorola Mobility on Aug. 15 announced a definitive agreement on the acquisition. At the time, the deal had been unanimously approved by the […]
SpectrumCo aims for national wireless footprint
SpectrumCo, a joint venture of Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Advance/Newhouse and Sprint Nextel, put up a combined $2.37 billion to win 137 wireless spectrum licenses via the FCC’s Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) auction. Among the cable MSOs, Comcast contributed the lion’s share ($1.29 billion), followed by Time Warner’s $632.2 million and Cox’s […]
