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 […]

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 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, 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 […]