Budget wireless provider Lyca Mobile is shutting down its T-Mobile partnership tomorrow, March 19, ending more than a decade of service on the nation's second-largest network. The company, which has operated as a mobile virtual network operator on T-Mobile's infrastructure since 2012, quietly announced the abrupt termination through a LinkedIn post from a Lyca master agent. The sudden announcement caught many by surprise. According to the National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA... Read more →
When What Watch released its Stop The Time watch in 2015, it introduced a simple but functional take on smartwatches. With its Stop The Time watch last year, What Watch intentionally minimized the features on its device, essentially sparing mobile users from having to go through all that data overload. What What Watch did was go for a more... Read more →
According to Japanese news web site Nikkei, it is quite possible that Apple will be equipping its iPhone model for next year with an OLED display screen. As reported by Nikkei, the tech giant initially had plans to put OLED display screens on its iPhone devices in 2018 at the soonest. But apparently, the iPhone maker has had a change of heart, and... Read more →
AT&T is kicking off an open enrollment period for its Mobile Protection programs until April 30th of this year, essentially giving its subscribers another opportunity to make sure their smartphones and tablet devices are protected from accidental damage. Previously, subscribers can enrol in the wireless carrier’s mobile insurance programs... Read more →
To summarize the performance of the Big Four wireless carriers in the United States (namely Verizon Wireless, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint) during the final quarter of 2015, Fierce Wireless published a report based on information provided by research firm Strategy Analytics showing how each major wireless carrier fared in terms of the number of... Read more →
Subscribers of the biggest wireless carrier in the United States will be able to enjoy watching zero rated video via the Go90 mobile app beginning this week. This was revealed by Fran Shammo, the chief financial officer of Verizon Wireless, during a recent investors conference. Shammo said that customers viewing sponsored video content will never... Read more →
Google is already in the process of deploying its Hands Free program, which basically is a voice operated mobile payment app (separate from the tech giant’s own Android Pay mobile payment system) that allows consumers to pay for stuff they purchased without having to pull their smartphones out from their pocket or bag. The service is being rolled... Read more →
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