AT&T announced Tuesday that it had completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of wireless spectrum from Verizon Wireless, which it plans to use to strengthen its 4G LTE coverage. More than seven months after the deal was sealed in January, AT&T announced today that it had acquired 39 licenses for spectrum it will use to deliver …

For the first time ever, Apple’s newest iPhones, the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, will launch on all four major U.S. carriers: AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. If your contract is up and you’re eyeing one of Apple’s new LTE iPhones, it’s time to weigh your options. To help you choose the iPhone carrier that’s right for you, check out …

You may have heard Apple’s hosting a modest little soiree tonight, with just Tim Cook and several hundred of his closest journalists. As it’s September, we’re confident we’re going to see new iPhones — but exactly what, dear friends, is a subject for enjoyable speculation. Will there be a fingerprint-scanning iPhone 5S? Will a cheery little plastic iPhone 5C grace …

Nokia is teaming up with Mercedes-Benz with the goal of designing 3D maps for self-driving cars. The mapping feature will be provided by Nokia’s Here, a cloud-based service that offers drivers real-time traffic updates, road closures, and recommendations based on their location. Gearing up now for Internet-connected cars, Here will ultimately take on the challenge of directing self-driving cars. “The …

iPhone 5S’ fingerprint reader, dubbed “Touch ID.” Apple Apple has unveiled its smartphone’s latest weapon: a fingerprint reader it’s calling Touch ID. With its move, Apple could end up making the technology commonplace, as rivals might feel compelled to follow suit. It could be only a matter of time before passwords and passcodes are relegated to yesteryear. In making the …

Don’t get burned by BBM! Another app claiming to be BlackBerry Messenger for Android has fooled phone fans yet again. Whatever you do, don’t download BlackBerry Messenger BBM published by BlackBerry Social — or any app on Google Play purporting to be BBM for Android. Fake apps are springing up to take advantage of loyal BBMers champing at the bit …

Join CNET Australia for live coverage of Apple’s event on 11 September from 2am AEST at its headquarters in Cupertino, California. We’re expecting new iPhones, and maybe more. Our own Seamus Byrne will be on the ground alongside the US CNET team.

Small carriers around the US are likely rejoicing. AT&T announced it was revamping its network for LTE compatibility on Tuesday. This means that users will have far more options when choosing carriers for their LTE-enabled phones. “AT&T, for its part, has committed to investing considerable time and resources to the modification of its 700MHz LTE network through the implementation of …

Bored of your blower? With EE’s new Swap scheme, you could walk into an EE shop and walk out with a brand new 4G smart phone like the Samsung Galaxy S4 at a cut price. From 17 September, if you’re on contract with either 4G EE, Orange or T-Mobile, you can hand back your phone and swap to the latest …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple’s 5S camera is packed with features — burst mode,… 7:32 We didn’t expect much in the way of significant updates to the iPhone 5’s camera, but we got some nice surprises with the iPhone 5S. Here’s what’s new: 1.5-micron pixels on sensor, still 8 megapixels, sensor 15 percent larger than iPhone 5’s 5-element lens with …

Netflix, meet TiVo. The popular movie and TV streaming service is coming to Virgin Media’s set-top boxes. 40,000 Virgin Media customers will get Netflix on their TiVo boxes this week, ahead of a full launch later in the year. You have to be a paying Netflix customer to use the app, so that’s an extra £6 per month on top …

Samsung is still tops worldwide when it comes to mobile users hitting the Internet. Samsung devices accounted for 25.7 percent of all mobile Web browsing worldwide in August, beating out the iPhone’s 23.4 percent market share, according to research firm StatCounter. Nokia came in third place with 21.7 percent market share. StatCounter’s data is by no means the final say …

Just two days to go until Apple lifts the curtain on its latest range of iPhones. What appears to be the iPhone 5S‘s packaging has just leaked, and it has a silver ring around the home button. Which suggests Apple’s made some changes to that part somehow. Get ready to forget your passwords, it looks like that fingerprint scanner we’ve …

Apple’s long-rumoured plastic iPhone has been spied in video, showing off the iOS 7 homescreen, and the phone’s Safari browser. The smart phone is tipped to be called the iPhone 5C and come in a range of colourful hues. It’s been frequently pictured in pictures and videos of leaked casing and components, but the brief clip embedded below looks to …

Is this what the Google Nexus 5 will look like? Phone fans make their best guesses with mock-ups of the fast-approaching follow-up to the Google Nexus 4, set to introduce Android KitKat any day. Purportedly built by LG, the Nexus 5 is set to be the next flagship for Google’s Android operating system, to be powered by the cutting edge and …