T-Mobile is rolling out the red carpet for members of the military, veterans and their families. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier on Wednesday launched T-Mobile One Military, a program that offers its largest discount to anyone associated with the armed forces, including current military, veterans and their families. The discount knocks 20 percent off of …
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ZTE’s has been playing the US market on hard mode in recent months, but now it’s looking more like mission impossible. After ZTE was caught shipping goods to Iran, the US Commerce Department on Monday banned US companies from selling hardware and software to the Chinese electronics company for seven years. Now, a source tells Reuters this could preclude Google …
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An attempt in California to replace the FCC’s repealed Obama-era net neutrality rules faces its first legislative test Tuesday. Senate Bill 822, written by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, will get its first hearing before the Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, which could gut key provisions of the legislation. In its original form, the California bill offers consumers …
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The Huawei P20 and P20 Pro phones are off to a strong start, according to a press release Huawei recently shared with media, making roughly 100 million RMB (or yuan) in the first 10 seconds of a flash sale. That’s over $15 million, £11 million or AU$20 million. Huawei released the phones in its home base, China, last Thursday, where …
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Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant perennially in the crosshairs of the US government, is shaking up the team responsible for its relationships here. The company let go of several American staffers in DC, according to a person familiar with the situation. Among them is William Plummer, a nearly eight-year Huawei veteran who was the man most responsible for establishing the …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Forget paying $750 or even $655. If you don’t mind a few scuffs, the Galaxy S8 can be …
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You can buy several different relatively inexpensive generic charging cases for the iPhone X to increase your battery life on the go, but there are only a handful of Qi-certified cases that allow you to wirelessly charge both the case and your phone. Mophie’s new Juice Pack Air for iPhone will be one of them when it hits the market …
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Your mobile speeds could be a lot faster soon thanks to 5G. How fast, exactly? According to AT&T, pretty damn fast. Specifically, around 1 gigabit per second, give or take. AT&T has been running test trials of 5G service in preparation for deployment in 12 US markets later this year. The carrier shared its speed test results and a few …
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T-Mobile and Sprint, the third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers in the US, are talking once again about a possible merger. Discussions are preliminary, according to a Tuesday report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes five months after the two last broke off talks, and it’s the third go-around since 2014. The last …
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Add the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus to the list of devices you can get in bright red. Apple on Monday announced that the two 2017 iPhone models will be available in the color later this week. The phones are part of the Product Red program, meaning that a portion of the profits from the sale of the devices goes …
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