Verizon customers are pumped about unlimited data. On Thursday, the nation’s largest wireless company reported it has recovered from its first-ever net loss of wireless customers and is adding customers once again, thanks in large part to bringing back its unlimited data plan. The company reported a net increase of 614,000 retail postpaid wireless connections …
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The return of unlimited data plans from the nation’s big four wireless carriers hasn’t hurt network performance, according to the latest report from RootMetrics. For the first half of 2017, the testing firm reported that all four major wireless carriers improved their median network speeds in at least 20 markets. AT&T saw improvement in 51 metro markets, and T-Mobile in …
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You can’t get enough of T-Mobile. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier said it added 1.3 million net new customers in the second quarter, helped largely by the 786,000 new phone customers on a post-paid plan, or who pay at the end of the month. The figure topped at least one Wall Street firm’s expectations. The numbers underscore the fact that …
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Swim away, you boring, monochromatic Galaxy S8 and S8 Pluses in black, silver and gray. Samsung‘s finally giving its top-rated phone a little color. Starting July 21, you’ll be able to buy the Galaxy S8 in coral blue, and at a discount, too. Best Buy and Samsung are selling the cool blue shade (and all colors, in fact) for a limited-time promotional …
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The wireless wars are making it a good time to shop around for a new wireless plan. All four major wireless carriers in the US — AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile — now offer unlimited data plans, which are great if you don’t want to worry about how much data you’re using. And the companies have been falling all over …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. She sets tough terms for her services. T-Mobile screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Who will be the first to back down? Or, perhaps, just turn the other cheek and offer a handshake? Not Verizon, whose VP of communications, Jeffrey Nelson, recently suggested that T-Mobile’s service doesn’t work …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. It’s hard when your tricycle leaves you. Apple/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Are you running away? For a vacation, I mean. Perhaps a permanent one, far away from the woes that surround you. With perfect timing, Apple has just released a little movie to put …
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Thursday, PBS announced a partnership with T-Mobile to supply wireless coverage and access to public television to rural parts of America. The wireless carrier T-Mobile will help cover the costs to expand coverage to millions of people in remote areas, ensuring availability of public television and programs like “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood”, “Masterpiece” and “PBS NewsHour”. “Moves like this will help us …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Verizon has recently been pushing the alleged quality of its service very hard. Roger Cheng/CNET There’s little more enjoyable than phone carriers carping in each other’s directions. The latest was a warning on Wednesday to T-Mobile customers. The message: Your service might not …
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Sprint is in exclusive talks with Charter Communications and Comcast over a potential deal that could boost the companies’ wireless service ambitions, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Sprint’s two-month deal for exclusive discussions with the cable companies puts Sprint’s merger talks with T-Mobile on hold, the newspaper reported, citing unidentified sources described as familiar with the matter. The discussions …
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