Editor’s note, Sept. 8: AT&T has walked back its promise to upgrade older phones and tablets and is in fact limiting 3.45GHz support to newer devices, starting with 2022 flagship phones such as the Galaxy S22 and iPhone 14 lines. For more details, see our story here. Our original story follows below. AT&T is updating …
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Apple unveiled its latest flagship phone, the iPhone 14, just a few days ago during this year’s Apple event. The new phone boasts upgraded cameras and screen sizes for certain models from its predecessor. Along with the new phone came changes to how Apple is selling the iPhone 13 across stores, including its own. The iPhone 13 base model is …
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Apple unveiled its latest flagship phone, the iPhone 14, just a few days ago during this year’s Apple event. The new phone boasts upgraded cameras and screen sizes for certain models from its predecessor. Along with the new phone came changes to how Apple is selling the iPhone 13 across stores, including its own. The iPhone 13 base model is …
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Verizon is adjusting some of its fees for consumers and business users. On May 16 the nation’s largest carrier announced that it will be raising the administrative fees for consumer accounts by $1.35 per voice line to $3.30 per line, per month starting on its users’ June billing cycle. After earlier telling CNET that it isn’t adjusting the fees for …
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Ransomware continued to dominate cyberattacks in 2021 as attackers focused on making quick money by locking up data, rather than stealing it. Attacks involving ransomware, which involves malicious code scrambling the data on a victim’s computer, increased 13% for the year, equaling the rise of the previous five years combined, according to Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report. As part …
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What’s happening The FCC is adopting new regulations to stop international scam robocalls. Why it matters Robocalls are the No. 1 complaint to the FCC, and scammers have swindled billions of dollars out of Americans. Slowing the flow of these calls is a top priority for the agency, and it’s trying to close remaining loopholes. The US Federal Communications Commission …
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After offering a big 5G upgrade promotion last year, Verizon is bringing back a version of the deal for 2022 as it tries to get people to move onto its latest unlimited plans and 5G devices. On Thursday the carrier announced that it will be offering up to $800 off a new iPhone 13, in essence allowing for a free …
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T-Mobile’s first quarter of 2022 proved to be a good one, as the wireless carrier revealed it had increases in postpaid, prepaid and home internet subscribers. In earnings announced Wednesday morning, T-Mobile revealed that it had added over 1.3 million postpaid customers in the period, of which 589,000 were postpaid phone users. Postpaid users, who pay their bills at the …
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AT&T is updating its top unlimited offering, rolling out a new roaming perk for those with its Unlimited Elite plans. Starting on May 3, those with the carrier’s priciest unlimited plan will get unlimited talk, text and data in 19 Latin American countries. The list features seven Central American countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. …
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Verizon is feeling the competitive heat. The nation’s largest wireless carrier suffered a decline in the first quarter and warned that its earnings growth would be at the lower end of its previous expectations. Verizon lost 292,000 consumer postpaid phone subscriptions, the metric used by the industry as an indicator of success. In a Friday press release on its earnings for the …
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