Discounts alone aren’t enough to turn Sprint’s ship around. The nation’s No. 4 wireless carrier says it needs to spend resources more wisely. Enlarge Image Some of the shine has faded on Sprint’s aggressive promotions. Sprint Sprint, which reported earnings Tuesday, has been on a bumpy road to recovery after years of customer losses. Its …

Good news, YouTube fans and Netflix fiends: The government is freeing up a bonanza of new airwaves to get all those streaming videos to your mobile devices. The FCC says the early stage of its latest wireless spectrum auction has been a success with TV broadcasters pledging to sell the maximum amount of spectrum available. On Friday, the Federal Communications …

Comcast broadband customers will no longer have to worry about busting through data caps while catching up on “Game of Thrones.” Enlarge Image Comcast customers are getting a healthy boost in their data caps. Comcast On Wednesday, the cable giant said it’s raising the cap on home broadband to 1 terabyte of data per month. That should let customers stream …

Wireless companies continually offer great deals designed to entice you to their service. Just watch out for pitfalls that could make you regret leaving your current carrier. Dear Maggie, I’m tired of paying sky-high prices for wireless service from my carrier. I’m thinking of switching to a less expensive service from a different company. But I’m a little nervous I …

Federal Communications Commissioner Mignon Clyburn wants to make sure no American is left behind when it comes to accessing high-speed Internet service. The FCC’s Mignon Clyburn helped draft a proposal to expand the Lifeline phone subsidy program to include broadband. The former newspaper publisher and public utility regulator from South Carolina is one of three Democrats on the five-member FCC, …

Federal regulators voted Thursday to expand a $1.5 billion phone subsidy program to bring broadband to the poor, recognizing the necessity of Internet access for work and education. Enlarge Image The FCC commissioners (left to right): Ajit Pai, Mignon Clyburn, Tom Wheeler (chairman), Jessica Rosenworcel and Michael O’Rielly. FCC In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission approved expanding the …

Google is adding home phone service to a bundle of services that also includes ultra fast broadband. Fiber Phone includes a Fiber Phone box that works with the phones you already own. Handset not included. On Tuesday, the company announced Fiber Phone, a service that will be sold alongside its 1Gbps broadband service and its video offering in cities where …

If you like streaming “The Walking Dead” to your phone, there’s good news ahead: Wireless carriers are facing off to make sure you can keep watching those videos without a stutter for years to come. Tuesday is the start of the Federal Communications Commission’s so-called Incentive Auction, which will take valuable spectrum away from TV broadcasters and sell it to …

Don’t mess with my “Orange Is the New Black” binge. Claire Reilly/CNET Angry Netflix customers are a force to be reckoned with, and they’re the ones owed an explanation about why the company would slow the transmission of video streams to some wireless customers without informing them. Netflix found itself in the hot seat after admitting, in a Wall Street …

Night owls, you can stop counting sheep. Apple’s latest mobile software update, available Monday, makes reading on your iPad or iPhone easier on your eyes. Enlarge Image One of the biggest new features of Apple’s iOS 9.3 is a feature called Night Shift, which alters the tone on the display to make sure your gadget doesn’t keep you up at …