There’s a reason Verizon can’t stop talking about 5G. The next-generation cellular technology promises a massive speed boost, as well as a network that’s smart and responsive enough to connect thousands of different devices around us — so it’s a sexy topic. What’s not sexy? Verizon’s fourth-quarter results. The mixed bag, with slightly better earnings …
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As a robot designed to torture smartphones, Tappy looks pretty harmless. Which is why it’s a little surprising that Tappy, built by T-Mobile, now plays a central role in an international incident involving Huawei, the world’s largest telecom equipment supplier and second-largest smartphone maker. On Monday, Huawei was slapped with a 10-count Department of Justice indictment, not only for the …
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T-Mobile and Sprint executives are headed back to Washington, DC, next month to defend their planned $26 billion merger, as Democrats in the House of Representatives scrutinize the deal. T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure have agreed to testify on Feb. 13 in a joint hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House …
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We’re still waiting for T-Mobile’s much-anticipated paid TV service, but the wireless carrier is reportedly close to launching a free streaming service for mobile devices. T-Mobile plans to launch an ad-supported mobile video service in the next few weeks, according to a Cheddar report on Friday. The service, which will lean on licensed Xumo technology through T-Mobile’s Layer3 TV division, …
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Huawei is going after Samsung’s throne even though it faces challenges in the US. The Chinese telecom giant expects to dethrone Samsung as the world’s top smartphone seller by the end of 2020, according to CNN. Huawei already overtook Apple in the second quarter of 2018. “This year at the soonest, next year at the latest, we will become No. …
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Verizon has given T-Mobile the boot and now leads all its main rivals in 4G, streaming and uploads, wireless tracking firm OpenSignal said Thursday. “For the last two years T-Mobile has been the dominant operator…across our metrics, winning most of our speed and availability awards in OpenSignal’s last three reports. But we see a newly resurgent Verizon,” the tracking company …
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Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee are calling for a hearing on the proposed $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. In a letter to Republican leadership Thursday, Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Tom Udall of New Mexico, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut expressed concern the merger would have negative consequences for …
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Verizon has laid off 7 percent of employees in its digital business as the phone company comes to grips with the hard realities of building a major media and advertising business to compete with Facebook and Google. A spokesman for the company confirmed Wednesday that the company laid off about 800 employees in its Verizon Media Group, formerly branded Oath. …
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Phones with very little border around their faces, such as the iPhone XS and Galaxy S9, have their displays running up right to the edges. Though they’re appealing to the eyes, these bezel-less nearly all screen phones don’t necessarily add anything functionally (with some exceptions, including the more recent Samsung Galaxy flagships). In fact, an all-screen phone increases the chances that …
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If Qualcomm didn’t have to release standalone modems for Apple, it wouldn’t invest the time and money to update them every year, the company’s chief technology officer said Friday. James Thompson, testifying on behalf of Qualcomm, said it costs Qualcomm about $250 million a year to tweak its modems for Apple. “Apple requires we come out with a new one …
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