AT&T appears ready to give its phone plan lineup a major overhaul after staying relatively quiet for several years. According to a Reddit post from someone claiming inside knowledge of the company's plans, the wireless carrier will introduce three refreshed versions of its Unlimited Your Way options starting March 12. The changes represent the first real shake-up in AT&T's core offerings in quite some time. As reported by Android Authority, the company plans to replace its Starter tier... Read more →
Sprint has recently announced that it has now included a couple of new devices, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the LG G3, to Sprint Lease, a program that provides customers an alternative to buying handsets upfront, subsidized, or via an early upgrade scheme. In addition, the Sprint Lease program also lets subscribers get a new handset for $0... Read more →
Last summer, Virgin Mobile debuted its Custom plans at Walmart and in the process launched one of the most flexible prepaid family plans ever in America. Through technology supplied by ItsOn, subscribers could choose specific buckets of call minutes, text messaging and megabytes, and then share them with the family. They could even customize phone... Read more →
Net neutrality gets support from a rather unexpected source. In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), major wireless carrier Sprint has expressed support of the so-called "Title II" regulation, just about the only legal means in which the FCC can employ in order to make sure that Internet service providers can not favor... Read more →
It is now official. Major American wireless carrier AT&T has acquired Mexican wireless carrier Iusacell for $2.5 billion. With this acquisition, AT&T is now the first mobile carrier in the United States to operate wireless networks on both sides of the US-Mexican border. Because Iusacell only has 9.2 million subscribers (which places it... Read more →
During one of its recent major events held in Beijing, China, Xiaomi introduced two new smartphones, plus a TV streaming box and a pair of high-end headphones. Xiaomi cements its status as the third biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world by launching not one but two flagship mobile devices to start the year 2015. The two devices are the Mi... Read more →
The rumor mill has been turning in the past few days regarding the possibility that Samsung may be planning to buy BlackBerry. As reported by Reuters, representatives from both companies purportedly met several days ago to discuss the matter of the South Korean tech giant possibly taking over the recently struggling Canadian phone maker. Some... Read more →
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