The FCC is opening up the 5 GHz spectrum band to unlicensed LTE use in a move that will boost…
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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..
How Verizon’s faster download speeds lapped the field
Wireless carriers have been slowly rolling out a new technology for the past few years…
Verizon offers up to $200 off Apple’s 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus
From Friday through Sunday you can get $200 off the retail price of the 64GB or 128GB iPhone 6 Plus…
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer likely to pocket over $122.5 million with sale to Verizon
That widely reported $55 million figure grossly understates what Mayer is likely to pocket…
Verizon to bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s internet business
Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday planned to submit a second-round bid of about $3 billion for Yahoo Inc.’s core internet business…
Android device performance lags behind Apple’s iOS; Device failure rates show glaring disparity
Android is crap-by-committee lowest-common-denominator junk…
Bad news for Fragmandroid: FCC and FTC launch inquiry over mobile security updates
The FTC said it had ordered eight companies to explain the process for issuing security updates…
Apple declines to place bid on NFL Thursday Night Football
Last month, the NFL sold off TV rights to its Thursday night games to CBS and NBC…
Study names the fastest wireless carrier in the U.S.
You’re sitting in a coffee shop, your eyeballs glued to the phone…
T-Mobile offers month of holiday gifts, including three full months of free unlimited LTE data
We know that Verizon, AT&T and Sprint customers need some holiday cheer, too – so we’ve got presents coming for them, too!
Apple’s iPhone Upgrade Program is already hurting AT&T and Verizon
When Apple unveiled its plan to let customers pay for iPhones in installments…
T-Mobile skywrites ‘END OVERAGES NOW’ over Verizon headquarters
It seems like every other week we’re writing about T-Mobile’s attempts to garner attention via…
Apple continues to widen gap between iOS, Android use in U.S.
There continues to be a greater mix of Android users switching to the iPhone 6 than in previous cycles, a reflection of demand…
Apple’s new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus means we’ll soon escape the captivity of carriers
The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are built to run on practically any network in the world…
Former Verizon CEO: Apple’s move into Internet TV evinces a new world without walls
The walls between telecom, technology, media and entertainment have collapsed…
Absurd Apple rumors revisited
Business Insider, which has a poor track record accurately covering Apple…
Why it doesn’t make sense for Apple to offer their own cellular service right now
There are a number of reasons why offering its own cellular service…
Apple: No, we’re not planning to become a MVNO
Four years ago, an Apple patent surfaced that outlined how the consumer electronics company…
Verizon to buy AOL for $4.4 billion
When Steve Jobs released the first iPhone in June 2007…
FCC chairman proposes to regulate ISP’s under Title II
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler…
U.S. congressional Republicans’ bill aims to head off Obama’s so-called ‘net neutrality’ plan
U.S. congressional Republicans on Friday proposed legislation that would set…
U.S. Congressional proposal offers Internet rules of the road
For the past decade, a debate has raged in Washington and across the country…
U.S. FCC says it will vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’ in February
Republican lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation this month to preempt any FCC rule on the subject…
Microsoft to Obama administration: The world’s servers are not yours for the taking
Apple said that the tech sector is put ‘at risk’ of being sanctioned
FCC commissioner accuses Netflix of creating fast lanes at the expense of competitors
Ajit Pai of the FCC today accused Netflix of ‘secur[ing] ‘fast lanes’ for its own content’…
FCC hopes its rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ survive inevitable litigation
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday…
Inside the dispute over so-called ‘net neutrality’ and why it’s important to Apple users
At the heart of the current net neutrality debate is…
Mark Cuban on so-called net neutrality: ‘The government will fsck the Internet up’
Entrepreneur, NBA team owner, and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has this to say…
AT&T vs. Verizon vs. Sprint vs. T-Mobile: Who has the best individual plan?
Looking for an individual plan for cell service from U.S. carriers?
Obama-appointed FCC chairman distances himself from Obama on so-called ‘net neutrality’
FCC Chairman Wheeler worries that the president’s more drastic approach is too simplistic and naive…
What does so-called ‘net neutrality’ mean for Apple?
Apple is spending money to connect to ISP’a access points…
AT&T to pause fiber investment until net neutrality rules are decided
AT&T will pause investments to bring fiber connections to 100 cities…
There’s no one to root for in the debate over so-called ‘net neutrality’
Finding it hard to understand the ‘net neutrality’ debate?
U.S. FCC plays Russian Roulette with so-called ‘net neutrality’
With its unlawful and backwards interpretation of partitioning the Internet, the FCC has little if any chance of winning in court…
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner: Republicans will continue efforts to stop misguided scheme to regulate the Internet
It’s disappointing, but not surprising, that the Obama administration continues to disregard the people’s will…
TechFreedom: Obama cynically exploits confusion over Title II, misses opportunity to lead on legislative deal
Obama’s statement is simply a cynical political ploy…
Obama wants FCC to regulate the Internet; Cruz calls it ‘Obamacare for the Internet’
Obama has called on federal regulators to toughen proposed net-neutrality rules…
Verizon: We will sue U.S. FCC over ‘net neutrality’
The FCC has the opportunity to create Net Neutrality rules that…
