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Buy a new phone, donate money to charity. If you open a new Verizon customer account between now and May 31, the carrier will donate $10 to the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization that provides services for wounded veterans. Verizon will donate up to $250,000 in all.  Big Red sweetens the deal with a $200 …

A key milestone in the nationwide public safety wireless network known as FirstNet has been met, according to AT&T, which is building the network. AT&T announced on Tuesday that the “core” of the dedicated 4G wireless network, which acts as the “brain and nervous system” for the network, is live and ready for local agencies to begin the work of …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is pledging $954 million to help restore and expand communications networks in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that were badly damaged during the 2017 hurricane season. The US island territories were hit with a one-two punch last September when Hurricanes Maria and Irma battered the region knocking out wireless, broadband and traditional …

Haier showed up at Mobile World Congress 2018 eager to prove that there are still features to crank out of a wearable.  The new Asu Smartwatch is boxy, bulky and hides a tiny projector. It’s not what you’re looking for if you want a sleek or stylish accessory. But the Asu is still a conversation piece.  The projector is tiny, but …

Battery life will make or break any phone. But while we all say that we want a phone that will last all day, we also don’t want the battery, and the phone it holds, to be too big. To date, walking that line between a thin phone and one with marathon battery life has been a challenge. And few phones …

The phone carrier Verizon is bringing some changes to its prepaid plans. Starting Tuesday, Feb. 20, customers interested in prepaid plans — or plans that don’t require users to sign an annual contract or go through a credit check — will see more pricing options and bundled features. For starters, there will be a cheaper pricing tier for single-line plans, …

The first phones to tap into ludicrous 5G speeds won’t land until 2019, but you won’t have to have one to start taking advantage of supercharged 4G LTE. Qualcomm, the world’s largest mobile chipmaker, unveiled a new ingredient for future phones that will help devices zip through photo uploads and video streaming at up to double the speed of today’s …

Verizon is taking an extra step to protect its phones.  The nation’s largest wireless carrier said Monday that it would begin locking the phones it sells to consumers, which will prevent them from using a SIM card from another carrier. Initially, the phones will be unlocked as soon as a customer signs up and activates the service. But later in …

Hurting for funds, Wileyfox, the UK-based maker of budget Android phones, went into administration Tuesday, CEO Michael Coombes confirmed. “The purpose of the administration is to restructure the Wileyfox Group, reduce its cost base in Europe and to ensure its long term future across all the markets it operates in,” Coombes said in an email. The process is similar to …

Verizon has still got it. For the ninth time in a row, the nation’s largest wireless network has taken the top spot in overall network performance, according to independent testing firm RootMetrics. In its latest test of the four major wireless carriers, RootMetrics rated Verizon tops in all six categories for the second half of 2017. When it came to …