T-Mobile is piling abuse on AT&T-owned DirecTV Now in the form of free Hulu. In addition giving customers who switched from rival AT&T a free year of DirecTV Now, as the carrier offered up last month, it’s also giving them a free year of Hulu. Citing widespread reports of DirecTV Now’s unreliability and customer complaints, …
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The idea for the Women’s March on Washington to protest Donald Trump’s presidency started as a Facebook post, but for anyone actually at the march on Saturday, sharing their experience on social media during the event was nearly impossible. The wireless networks ground to a halt for much of Saturday as hundreds of thousands of people marched in Washington DC …
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Depending on who you ask, this is either a new age for unlimited data or the end of a really good ride. Verizon and AT&T are playing hardball with legacy unlimited data customers, people who signed up for all-you-can-eat data in the early days when it was cheap, and never gave it up. AT&T said on Tuesday that it would …
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T-Mobile‘s bombastic CEO, John Legere, brought out his crystal ball to offer some bold predictions for the wireless industry in 2017. Speaking at the company’s CES press conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Legere rattled off eight possibilities for 2017. These predictions include everything from big cable companies entering and quickly exiting the wireless market to the unseating of three …
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T-Mobile, the nation’s third-largest wireless provider, is setting the stage for its 2017 with yet another “Uncarrier” event — this time at CES in Las Vegas. Watch the event live in the player above, or at this link, and stay tuned for additional analysis and coverage. Stay with CNET for complete CES 2017 coverage. All the cool new gadgets at …
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Now playing: Watch this: Noted everyman Nick Offerman warms up the CNET stage… 11:59 OK, now CES has finally started. Despite how busy the show’s press days were, it’s hard to believe that the doors of the Las Vegas Convention Center opened only hours ago. As attendees swarm in, there’s still very much to see, touch and tell you about. …
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T-Mobile is making the case that you should be on its unlimited data plan — even if all you do is view photos of your grandchildren. At the CES 2017 show, the nation’s third-largest carrier on Thursday introduced its “Kickback” program, designed to give customers who don’t use a lot of data a credit of $10 a month. It only …
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Four years into its turnaround, T-Mobile is celebrating another big year in customer gains. CEO John Legere on Thursday bragged about the wireless carrier’s success at adding new customers and offered a glimpse at subscriber growth results for the fourth quarter and all of 2016. The company held a press conference at CES 2017 in Las Vegas to announce its …
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Verizon Wireless is changing its tune. The wireless provider on Friday said it will issue a crippling software update to remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones. Samsung last week announced plans for the update to make sure the remaining 7 percent of Note 7 owners turn in their phones. The update prevents the device from charging and “eliminates the ability …
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The signs are pointing in the right direction for telecommunications companies during a Donald Trump presidency. Trump’s transition team is full of critics of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules, which imposed old-style telephone regulation on the internet. There are indications a Trump administration may be much friendlier to big mergers and acquisitions than was President Barack Obama’s team. …
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