T-Mobile’s deal with Sprint is almost across the finish line after a New York court decision that the pending $26.5 billion transaction could go ahead. US District Judge Victor Marrero formally ruled on Tuesday in favor of the deal, which will combine the third- and fourth-largest US wireless carriers. Fourteen state attorneys general, led by New York and California, had …
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Two days before Samsung’s Unpacked event is set to kick off on Feb. 11, the company teased its upcoming foldable flip phone in an ad that ran during the Oscars. The Z Flip, as the device is known to be called, marks the company doubling down on foldable phones. We’ve known since October that a foldable clamshell design is coming and for months, rumors, …
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As T-Mobile waits to hear whether it’ll be able to consummate its marriage with Sprint, the company is still racking up new customers. T-Mobile also beat analysts’ expectations for revenue and profit when it reported quarterly earnings Thursday. The third-largest U.S. wireless carrier by subscribers said it added 1 million new postpaid customers, or customers who pay their bills at …
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AT&T’s 5G rollout continues with a slate of new cities. The company said that as of this week its low-band spectrum will be reaching: Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard and Modesto, California; Liberty, Georgia; Wichita, Kansas; Boston and New Bedford, Massachusetts; Frederick and St. Louis, Missouri; Atlantic City, New Jersey; and Dayton, Ohio. These 13 new locations put …
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T-Mobile and Sprint may still be waiting for a judge to rule on their pending merger but that hasn’t stopped the companies from continuing to work together. On Tuesday the two wireless carriers announced that they are beginning to roll out the Federal Communications Commission’s recommended Stir/Shaken call verification technology for calls made between their two respective networks. Using this system, …
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Verizon is calling Super Bowl LIV the first 5G Super Bowl, as it’ll be showcasing its next-generation wireless service at the big game in Miami on Sunday. The carrier says this will be the first time that its wireless customers will be able to access its 5G mobile network at the event. Verizon’s 5G mobile network hadn’t even launched for …
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Samsung is already asking for interest in its upcoming flagship phone, which has yet to be revealed. By signing up, you’ll get a notification from Samsung of when you can preorder the next Galaxy phone. “Be the first to experience a new era of Galaxy,” the site says. Delivery will be by March 6 while supplies last, Samsung says. You just have …
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Verizon added valuable new wireless customers in the fourth quarter of 2019 as it builds out its 5G network, but weaknesses in other parts of its business caused it to fall short of analyst expectations on earnings. The New York-based wireless carrier said Thursday that it added a total of 790,000 new postpaid phone subscribers in the fourth quarter, compared …
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Samsung’s Tab S6 is getting a new variant, at least in the electronic giant’s home country of South Korea. On Wednesday Samsung announced that it’s adding a 5G variant of the Android tablet for KRW 999,900 (roughly $850) on Jan. 30, aptly calling it the Tab S6 5G. The tablet will be largely similar to the existing non-5G model and …
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AT&T continues to bleed pay-TV customers as it prepares to launch a new streaming service that will have tons of competition. But on the bright side, its wireless business is looking up in the face of tough competition. On Wednesday, the Dallas-based company reported that it lost 945,000 satellite TV and U-verse TV subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2019. …
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