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T-Mobile’s salty, spirited launch of its better-late-than-never LTE network and new contract-free ethos may have felt like a sudden surge come from nowhere, but in fact, it was a well-calculated and slowly calibrated, years-long effort to save an ailing network. Truth is, the fiery, passionate T-Mobile we saw during its “Uncarrier” event this week wouldn’t have been possible without some …

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Here’s the smartphone of your short-term future: it has a 5-inch, 1080p HD screen, an 8-core application processor, and a 13-megapixel camera that does crazy things like simultaneously record through both front and rear lenses. You can use it to change your TV channel, tap it to play songs on your car, and control it without ever touching the screen. …

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Sprint’s buyout by Japanese carrier Softbank should be right on track for a late May conclusion, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, hinted today. Specifically, the FCC head said that his organization’s review is on schedule with the typical 180-day review period, after which the FCC hands down a yay or nay decision. In this case, the 180-day …