Verizon Wireless said yesterday it plans to pay a $10 billion dividend to its two parents, Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, early next year. Verizon Wireless The long-awaited payout comes after years of clamoring from Vodafone shareholders, who felt they had received little from the cash-generating machine that is Verizon Wireless. Over the past few years, Verizon, which owns a …

In their most direct plea yet, U.S. wireless carriers sent a letter to President Obama asking him to clear some government-controlled spectrum for commercial use. CTIA The CTIA Wireless trade association said yesterday that it had sent the letter, asking President Obama to direct the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Association to clear unused and underused spectrum held by …

T-Mobile and Orange shops are to be renamed and rejigged to Everything Everywhere — but shops will continue to sell Orange and T-Mobile phones and deals separately. Which made us slap our forehead so hard we actually blacked out for a minute. The newly crowned largest mobile operator in Britain has tried the Everything Everywhere brand in six shops, which …