A new company called FreedomPop is offering something that seems too good to be true: 500 MB of free mobile data per month …
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4G Reality Check: Here’s Where a 4G LTE iPhone Would Actually Matter
When Apple announces its new iPhone next week, there’s a good chance it’ll support 4G LTE data speeds. If that happens, we’ll surely hear all about it from wireless carriers eager to extol their own gloriously fast …
5 Lingering Questions About Shared Data Plans
The end of unlimited smartphone data is coming. AT&T and Verizon, the two largest U.S. wireless carriers, already throttle data speeds for unlimited users who consume the most data, and starting this summer, Verizon won’t let …
AT&T Kills $5 Incentive for Data Cap, Adds Data
The days when AT&T customers could save $5 per month by giving up their unlimited data plans will soon be over.
On Sunday, January 22, AT&T will eliminate its $25 per month, 2 GB data plan for new subscribers, replacing it …
Ting: A Wireless Carrier that Isn’t Your Enemy
While most wireless carriers take every opportunity to overcharge their customers, Ting wants to be different.
The carrier, which according to CNet will launch in mid-2012, automatically sorts users into appropriate price …
Republic Wireless: $19 per Month for Voice, Text and Data
A new carrier called Republic Wireless is enlisting the help of Wi-Fi networks to sell insanely cheap smartphone service.
Republic Wireless offers voice, text and data for $19 per month, with no annual contract. That’s roughly a quarter of the price of coverage plans on AT&T and Verizon Wireless.
(MORE: T-Mobile’s No-Contract 4G …
Bill Shock Be Gone: FCC, Wireless Carriers Strike a Deal
Rather than face regulation, wireless service providers have struck a deal with the Federal Communications Commission to warn customers about impending overage charges for voice, text and data use.
Customers will receive free text alerts in real-time when they’re about to exceed their limits, CNET reports. The move is supposed to cut …
AT&T Texting Plans Whittled to Unlimited and Pay-Per-Text
On August 21, AT&T will once again “streamline” its text messaging plans, leaving only unlimited and pay-per-text options for new subscribers.
AT&T is removing a plan that offered 1,000 text messages for $10 per month plus 10 cents for additional messages. AT&T’s other texting prices will remain the same, at $20 per month for unlimited
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How an ‘Apple Wireless’ Provider Could Sell You More Hardware
Apple’s huge successes with the iPhone and iPad have allowed the company to amass $76 billion in cash. While no one outside Apple knows what the company will do with this Scrooge McDuck-like money pile, Jean-Louis Gassée has an interesting theory: Apple should buy a wireless carrier, such as T-Mobile.
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Seriously, Who Buys Tablets with Wireless Data Plans?
AT&T has proudly announced that it’s the exclusive 4G wireless carrier for Sony’s upcoming S2 dual-screen tablet. I’m proud to announce that I couldn’t care less. Honestly, any time I hear about this or that wireless carrier selling this or that tablet, I wonder, who’s actually interested? Do people really want to pay upwards of $20 per …
BlackBerry PlayBook Smacked Down by Wireless Carrier
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook just isn’t getting the love from wireless carriers.
In the United Kingdom, O2 has scrapped plans to carry the 7-inch tablet, reportedly telling customers that “there are some issues with the end to end customer experience.” O2 hasn’t ruled out selling the PlayBook down the line and may work …
AT&T Defends T-Mobile Merger: It’s a Good Thing, Really!
In case you hadn’t heard, AT&T and T-Mobile could soon become one. But what does that mean for the rest of us?
All good news for AT&T customers, says AT&T Chief Executive Randall Stephenson, so, you know, take the following comments with a grain of salt.
Stephenson says that if the merger is approved, the network will improve up to …
