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Apple Music will be included in Verizon’s ‘Beyond Unlimited’ and ‘Above Unlimited’ plans
When we introduced six months free of Apple Music to Verizon Unlimited subscribers…
‘My Verizon’ app update allows entirely app-based eSIM activation for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR
Verizon on Tuesday updated its customer service app, My Verizon, with support for…
California strikes deal with FCC to delay state’s ‘net neutrality’ law
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission…
Internet provider groups sue over California ‘net neutrality’ rules
Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit…
Verizon begins rolling out ‘5G Home’ internet service with free Apple TV units
After announcing the details for its new 5G home internet service last month…
Verizon offers free Apple TV 4K in 5G residential broadband package
Verizon today announced that it will offer the Apple TV 4K as part of its 5G residential broadband package…
Apple and four major U.S. carriers partner on 200GB iCloud promo ahead of new iPhones
Apple and the four major U.S. carriers are offering iCloud’s 200-gigabyte tier…
Verizon offers free Apple TVs and YouTube subscriptions to new 5G customers in four cities
Verizon will offer customers who sign up for its new 5G internet service a free Apple TV…
Verizon close to Apple, Google deals for 5G TV
Verizon Communications Inc. is close to deals making Apple Inc. and Google its first video providers…
Verizon is seeking Apple or Google as 5G TV provider
Verizon Communications Inc. is seeking to partner with Apple or Google to provide television…
T-Mobile, Sprint to file merger application to FCC on Monday
Wireless companies Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc have informed the Federal Communications Commission…
Verizon launches a third ‘unlimited’ plan; will someone please tell Verizon what ‘unlimited’ means?
As the presence of three ‘unlimited’ plans might indicate, none of these plans really offer unlimited data…
This is the biggest privacy scandal hardly anyone is talking about
We are in the midst of a major and worrying data privacy scandal…
Verizon shows 5G going the distance
Verizon may not have to put a 5G cell site every four blocks to provide high-speed coverage to homes…
Why regulators should approve the T-Mobile/Sprint Deal
If T-Mobile and Sprint play their cards right, the chances of getting the deal through this time ‘round are much better…
T-Mobile and Sprint merge in $146 billion deal expected to drive significant U.S. job growth
T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge…
Apple Watch, not phones, powered Verizon’s subscriber growth
Verizon Communications Inc.’s wireless subscriber rolls surged last quarter, but it was thanks to smartwatches…
U.S. Wi-Fi use drops as carriers embrace unlimited mobile data plans
U.S. mobile phone users are slowly reducing their reliance on Wi-Fi as carriers continue…
Beleaguered Fitbit’s ‘Ionic’ watch stumbles out of the gate
It was hard to overstate how important the fourth quarter was going to be for Fitbit…
Fitbit shares plunge on earning loss
Fitbit Inc. shares dropped in the extended session Monday after the wearable fitness-tracker maker’s quarterly results and outlook fell short…
Wireless carriers sold over 1/3rd of all Apple Watches in the U.S. last quarter
In the smartphone market, wireless carriers are easily the most important distribution channel for smartphone OEMs…
Apple starts sales of unlocked and SIM-free iPhone X in the U.S.
The iPhone X has been available for just over a month now…
Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon announce iPhone X discounts, deals, and trade-in terms
iPhone X pre-orders go live in just a few days, and three of the big four wireless carriers…
T-Mobile and Sprint are in active talks about a merger
Both companies and their parents, Deutsche Telekom and Softbank, have been in frequent conversations about…
Sprint follows AT&T with free iPhone 8 offer for trade-in
Sprint Corp said on Monday it will offer Apple Inc’s new iPhone 8 for free with a qualifying phone trade-in…
Why you might get a deal on a new iPhone after all
AT&T announced a buy one, get one on the iPhone 8…
Apple’s iPhone X re-triggers the carrier wars
It didn’t take long after Apple launched its new flagship iPhone X…
AT&T fires first shot in iPhone price war with buy-one-get-one-free offer
And so it begins. The promised truce among wireless carriers is over…
Verizon’s ‘Go Unlimited’ plan throttles all smartphone video streaming to 480p
Today the biggest US carrier announced that its existing unlimited data plan is being divided into three new options…
Verizon accused of throttling Netflix and YouTube, admits to ‘video optimization’
Verizon Wireless customers this week noticed that Netflix’s speed test tool appears to be capped at 10Mbps…
2017’s Fastest U.S. Mobile Networks: AT&T vs. Sprint vs. T-Mobile vs. Verizon Wireless
With Verison, AT&T, and T-Mobile, it’s clear that all three carriers are pushing hard to improve their networks…
Verizon completes Yahoo acquisition, Marissa Mayer resigns
Verizon Communications Inc. today completed its acquisition of the operating business of Yahoo! Inc…
T-Mobile will pay off your phone if you switch from Verizon
Thinking about ditching Verizon? T-Mobile has a new promotion…
Verizon’s new $80 unlimited prepaid plan isn’t exactly unlimited
Verizon on Tuesday announced a new unlimited plan, this time targeting customers who…
Apple has a lot riding on Verizon’s earnings tomorrow
From Apple’s perspective, the best outcome in the coming weeks would be for Verizon…
Big phones weighing you down? Get Apple’s compact iPhone SE for just $300
Flagship smartphones seem to keep getting bigger, but the continued demand…
FCC approves LTE-U devices; ‘big win for wireless consumers’ – FCC Chairman Ajit Pai
The FCC is opening up the 5 GHz spectrum band to unlicensed LTE use in a move that will boost…
Verizon to buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.48 billion
Verizon said on Tuesday it would buy Yahoo’s core business for $4.48 billion…
AT&T again increases cost of grandfathered unlimited data plans
AT&T continues to quickly hike the cost of unlimited data in order to drive its dwindling grandfathered unlimited data users…
Verizon plans purge of 200GB+ bandwidth hogging unlimited data users
Employees were recently advised of the policy change, which targets customers managing to average…
U.S. FCC says AT&T and Verizon ‘harm consumers’ with free data schemes
In two letters sent to AT&T and Verizon yesterday, the FCC writes that sponsored data plans from the telecom giants..