Florida has joined a list of other states that have settled claims regarding T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint, Attorney General Ashley Moody said Wednesday. The settlement calls for a divestiture package to allow a competitor to enter the market and will facilitate the rollout of several 5G networks, according to a Justice Department press release. …
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A much-anticipated federal appellate court decision on net neutrality gave both sides of the debate a chance to claim victory. In a nearly 200-page opinion issued Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era rules on internet traffic. The court agreed that the agency hadn’t overreached its authority when it deregulated …
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Apple announced the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max at a presser on Sept. 10 in Cupertino, California. The phones have new features like a 12-megapixel front-facing camera and a faster A13 Bionic processor. In addition to the new iPhones, the tech company also unveiled the Apple Watch Series 5 smartwatch. Despite being one of the most popular phones in the …
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Motorola missed a targeted summer launch date for its first foldable phone, but the company still plans to announce its device by the end of the year, a person close to the company told CNET. It’s unclear when the device will hit store shelves, but the press and public at least will see the phone in 2019, making Motorola the …
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People in the US can finally get their hands on Samsung’s revamped Galaxy Fold. The electronics giant on Friday started selling two versions of the Galaxy Fold — one model for AT&T’s network and an unlocked variant — nine days after the foldable phone arrived in the UK and Germany, and three weeks after it launched in South Korea. The AT&T …
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The US Federal Communications Commission is moving forward on its plans to auction off a key sliver of midband spectrum licenses for 5G service. The agency voted unanimously Thursday to seek comment on bidding rules for the auction, which is set to start June 25. The 3.5GHz spectrum, known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service, is coveted midband spectrum that …
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Huawei isn’t letting the US blacklisting slow down its 5G plans, it seems. Ren Zhengfei, the controversial Chinese telecom‘s founder and CEO, said the company is already producing next-generation wireless base stations without American parts, according to Reuters. After testing in August and September, Huawei will make 5,000 stations a month from October, Ren reportedly said. The company apparently intends …
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Verizon’s 5G network is continuing to slowly expand. In announcing that it’s officially turned on 5G in parts of New York on Thursday, the wireless giant turned on 5G in two additional new cities: Panama City and Boise. The three new cities bring Verizon 5G network count to 13, creating some distance from Sprint’s nine 5G cities and T-Mobile’s six. …
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Samsung said that in revamping the Galaxy Fold, which was delayed due to screen design woes affecting its 7.3-inch interior screen, the company took the feedback of early reviewers to heart. That might be so: CNET even predicted one of those changes, a customer service department dedicated solely to Galaxy Fold owners. Calling it the Galaxy Fold Premier Service, Samsung is …
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On Monday, Chinese phone-maker, Xiaomi unveiled the Mi 9 Pro 5G. It’s a premium phone, with a blazing fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ processor, a 6.39-inch AMOLED display and triple cameras on the back. That’s all on top of 5G, of course. The Samsung Galaxy S10 5G has similar features and costs $1,299. The good news here is that the Mi …
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