Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile wows with fresh, fast 4G LTE phones 1:05 T-Mobile is joining the 4G LTE party with the official launch of its own service. The new network is live in seven cities, the company announced at its “Uncarrier” event in New York City today. The initial cities include: Baltimore; Houston; Kansas …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere is fed up with the “crap” the wireless industry has been feeding cell phone customers over the years. And he said that T-Mobile is here to shake things up. At the company’s “Uncarrier” event in New York City today, he made a pitch for T-Mobile’s new no-contract plans, which went into effect Sunday, and he announced …

Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile gets iPhone, kills the contract 2:54 T-Mobile USA is taking a bold step forward with a new contractless plan for smartphone subscribers. The company posted the new changes to its plans, which made their first appearance last January at CES, on its Web site on Sunday. The new contractless plans may attract customers looking for …

A free iPhone sure sounds like a sweet deal. But when that iPhone is already three years old, is it really such an awesome deal? That’s the question I answer in this edition of Ask Maggie. A reader writes to me about an awesome offer from Verizon Wireless. She can get a new iPhone for nothing. All she has to …

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 has launched, but savvy wireless customers looking for a bargain may still want to consider last year’s Galaxy S3. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I help a reader decide if the newly upgraded flagship Samsung smartphone is worth the hype. There’s no question the device is a marked improvement over its predecessor the Samsung …

Verizon Wireless will soon put to use spectrum it bought from the cable companies last year, according to its chief technology officer, Nicola Palmer, who was interviewed by Fierce Wireless. Palmer told the blog in a one-on-one interview published today that the company will soon complete deployment of its 4G LTE service in the nationwide 700MHz spectrum it bought in …

Cost-conscious wireless consumers have figured out that you don’t need to pay a hefty monthly data fee to a wireless carrier to still enjoy many of the apps and functionality found on smartphones. Of course, there are limitations to going without a carrier data plan. For example, you can only access the Internet when you are in a Wi-Fi hotspot, …

Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing the BlackBerry Z10 3:39 AT&T is getting its first BlackBerry 10 device on March 22. The carrier announced today that the touch-screen BlackBerry Z10 smartphone will be available for pre-order on March 12 and will go on sale in AT&T stores and online on March 22. The device will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract. …

I’ve got news for you, Ask Maggie readers. The cell phone toting public in the U.S. has been hoodwinked into continuing to pay high service fees on devices even after we have paid for the devices in full. Wireless operators tell us their expensive early termination fees are to recoup the subsidy paid for our phones if we leave the …

The U.S Federal Trade Commission said today that it is cracking down on marketers that are allegedly bombarding consumers with hundreds of millions of unwanted spam messages on their cell phones in the hopes they will give away personal information on bogus Web sites. Federal Trade Commission The 29 defendants listed in the complaint sent 180 million unwanted text messages …