As the wireless carriers shift into high gear with their speedy 4G LTE networks, Sprint has seemingly been stuck in the slow lane. The company has showed some progress in the critical market of New York. But even there it’s not a complete victory, with only two of the five boroughs — Brooklyn and Bronx …

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Now playing: Watch this: Hands-on: The new Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra 2:21 Verizon Wireless and Motorola are getting exclusive with their relationship. Starting with the Droid Ultra lineup, Motorola will be the only smartphone manufacturer to build Droid smartphones, Verizon marketing executive Jeff Dietel told CNET on Tuesday. Verizon unleashes three new Droids Motorola’s Droid Maxx lasts long and …

AT&T’s claim to be the nation’s “most reliable network” is misleading and par for the course for the company, according to a key Verizon Wireless networking executive. “They have misled the public in the past,” said Mike Haberman, head of network solutions for Verizon Wireless, when asked about his initial reaction to AT&T’s ad. “I thought, ‘Here we go again.'” …

These are the Droids Verizon’s been looking for — but does anyone care? Verizon Wireless and Motorola Mobility on Tuesday unveiled the latest smartphones in the Droid family, the Droid Ultra, extra-battery-packing Droid Maxx, and compact Droid Mini . The devices feature fancy specifications and the bells and whistles of a flagship smartphone, but that may not be enough to …

Verizon Wireless returned fire against an ad posted by AT&T claiming to be “America’s most reliable network.” AT&T on Thursday showed off the ad, which aimed to supplant Verizon as the superior network. In a response posted in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Verizon called out the ad without using AT&T’s name. Rather than take a direct shot at …

In the latest wireless war of words, T-Mobile appears to be having the most fun. In an advertisement debuting on Tuesday, T-Mobile takes a juicy quote from technology news site The Verge and runs with it. The quote, “AT&T’s reaction to T-Mobile’s transparency is to be more deceptive than ever,” touches off a cheeky follow-up line from the company. Related …

Motorola is set to unveil the Moto X. The Google unit sent out invitations on Friday to an event in New York. There’s little information, other than the location and confirmation that the Moto X will be the headliner at the event. Related stories Best Phones Under $500 for 2022: Pixel 6A, iPhone SE, Galaxy A53 and More Motorola’s Back-to-School …

It didn’t take long for Verizon Wireless to jump into the early upgrade game. A little more than a week after T-Mobile unveiled its Jump program and two days after AT&T debuted Next, Verizon on Thursday announced Edge, its own no-contract plan that enables customer to upgrade to a new phone after only six months. Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran …

Well, it didn’t long for the good will built up by the introduction of the Lumia 1020 to wear off. Nokia posted disappointing second-quarter results early Thursday, with revenue and unit sales that fell below analyst expectations. Its revenue fell 24 percent from a year ago to 5.7 billion euros ($7.5 billion), while its mobile device unit sales also dropped …