You can’t walk around Mobile World Congress without 5G slapping you in the face. If there’s a phenomenon that’s dominated this week’s trade show besides the return of a 17-year-old phone, it’s the reality that the next generation of cellular technology has arrived. Well, at least it’s real in the confines of the Fira Gran …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 AT&T just fired the latest salvo in the unlimited data wars. The Dallas telecommunications giant unveiled two new unlimited data plans. The first is Unlimited Choice, a stripped-down plan that comes with unlimited data at a maximum speed of 3 megabits per second, standard definition, and …
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Now playing: Watch this: LG G6 is water-resistant, with a whole lotta screen 2:19 LG’s latest marquee phone is coming to a carrier near you. A handful of US carriers will carry the LG G6, which was announced at Mobile World Congress today. The phone features premium specs and an expansive 5.7-inch display. Both Verizon and T-Mobile said that the …
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We’re slowly inching toward a super-connected 5G world. Verizon said Wednesday it plans to offer “5G” service to some customers in 11 US markets by mid-2017, boasting that this rollout will be the largest proving ground yet for the next-generation wireless technology. Certain “pilot” customers in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta; Bernardsville, New Jersey; Brockton, Massachusetts; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Miami; Sacramento; …
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After showing signs of emerging from last year’s funk with Fiber 2.0, Google has appointed a new CEO to lead the Fiber unit. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, tapped broadband veteran Gregory McCray to take over the Access unit, the Alphabet team primarily focused on Fiber. McCray comes to Google from Michigan’s Aero Communications and fills the roll left vacant after …
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The wireless industry has fallen in love with unlimited data all over again. It’s happened in just a matter of weeks. In January, T-Mobile went all-in on unlimited, eliminating all other options except for its T-Mobile One plan. Sprint rolled out a promotional $50 unlimited plan for singles, and $90 for a family of five (the rates go up after …
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Now playing: Watch this: Jumping on AT&T’s cheaper unlimited plan? Not so fast… 2:46 Enlarge Image T-Mobile and its CEO John Legere are pushing again on price. James Martin/CNET Verizon may have brought back unlimited data for its customers, but T-Mobile plans to do one better. T-Mobile said starting Friday, it will offer HD video streaming and 10GB of high-speed …
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Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile strikes back in battle for best unlimited plan 2:26 Verizon is offering a new wireless plan with unlimited data for $80 per month. Verizon Verizon is jumping back on the unlimited data bandwagon. The wireless carrier launched a new plan Monday that offers unlimited data, talk time and texts for $80 per month for the …
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There’s a new sheriff in town at the Federal Communications Commission and he just gave AT&T and Verizon a big pass. The FCC said Friday it would end its inquiry into the companies’ so-called zero-rating offers that allow customers to watch video from certain applications from their mobile devices without it counting against their monthly data caps. AT&T lets its …
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Customers are turning to Sprint again. In fact, they’re starting to look to the nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier over stalwarts like AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The company said it added 405,000 net new post-paid subscribers — people who pay at the end of the month and tend to be more loyal. Of that total, 368,000 were phone customers, Sprint’s highest …
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