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Sprint to offer 1 million students free mobile devices

Sprint, in partnership with the Sprint Foundation, is launching the 1Million Project, a multiyear program that plans to give 1 million disadvantaged high school students in the United States access to a free mobile device and high-speed internet. Inspired by President Barack Obama‘s ConnectED and My Brother’s Keeper projects, the 1Million Project aims to reduce …

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall: How to return or exchange your faulty phone

Now playing: Watch this: Death of Samsung’s Note 7 leaves unanswered questions 2:15 The Note 7 is no more. Early on Tuesday morning, Samsung announced the company was stopping production of the phone after asking all retail partners to stop selling and exchanging the troubled device. In addition to stopping production and sales, Samsung is asking all Note 7 users …

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Google Project Fi users get discount on new family plans

Google is courting families with a new group offer for its Project Fi wireless service. Starting Tuesday, customers who sign up for the hybrid cellular/Wi-Fi wireless service will be able to add more lines to their account, the company said in a blog post. The new group plan can include up to six people on one plan for an extra …

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Verizon, Sprint join AT&T, T

Now playing: Watch this: Toxic Galaxy Note 7 can’t be trusted, production suspended 1:51 The Note 7 is no longer available from any US carrier. Samsung It’s increasingly difficult to buy even a “safe” Galaxy Note 7. Verizon and Sprint confirmed that they are no longer selling the replacement version of the Note 7, joining AT&T and T-Mobile, which both …

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All US carriers will let you swap replacement Note 7

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners, the carriers are giving you an out. Sprint said that any customers with a “safe” Galaxy Note 7 can trade it in for any other device at one of its stores. Verizon and AT&T later said that they too would let customers who felt uncomfortable with their replacement Note 7 exchange it for another phone. …

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Sprint will keep its half

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure knows his wireless plans can be a bit confusing. Through a promotion promising to halve your wireless bill if you switch, Sprint offers a dizzying array of rate plans, all pegged to what its three major rivals offer. So if you’re a Verizon customer looking to switch, you may be eligible to get a different plan …

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iPhone 7 for free? There must be a catch

Free always comes with its fair share of strings. That’s the case with the multitude of “free iPhone” offers that the carriers have been touting since Apple unveiled the iPhone 7 on Wednesday. One after another, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon offered to give you a free iPhone 7 in exchange for an older model. AT&T initially offered the deal to …

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How to unlock your phone for use with another carrier

Happy with your current phone but not your current network? Thanks to the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, it’s perfectly legal to unlock your phone and switch to a new carrier. Unlocking your phone is legal, but some restrictions, as they say, may apply. Your phone needs to be fully paid for, whether you have a completed installment …

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Watchdog group says Sprint’s revised 50% off ads are still shady

The Federal Communications Commission is being asked to look into Sprint’s “Save 50%” advertising claims. The National Advertising Division, a self-regulating body within the advertising industry, said Friday that it wants the FCC to review Sprint’s ads, after the wireless company failed to revise its claims that customers could slash their phone bills by 50 percent. NAD investigated Sprint’s advertising …

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Can you hear me now? Mobile operators beef up networks for conventions

Here’s something Democrats and Republicans can agree on during this contentious political season: a strong wireless signal. The country’s major wireless and cable carriers have invested in Cleveland and Philadelphia, the cities hosting the Republican and Democratic conventions, to ensure that the tens of thousands of political junkies at the gatherings have access to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook from their …

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