Hello freedom, goodbye tethering. That’s what I thought when I first opened the box for the new Lenovo Flex 5G, the first 5G-powered laptop we’ve been able to test, and the first most consumers will be able to purchase. Now I can go anywhere, do anything, and not be at the mercy of coffee shop …
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Dish is officially a wireless carrier. After being brought in by the Department of Justice to help allay competition concerns with T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint, Dish on Wednesday said that it has completed its purchase of Boost Mobile, Sprint’s prepaid service. With the deal completed, Boost users are now Dish’s first wireless customers as it begins to build out its …
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Which US carriers are doing best with their early 5G performance? A new report from wireless tracking firm OpenSignal gives a good look at where things currently stand as all three major wireless providers begin to ramp up their new networks. In its latest awards, released Tuesday, OpenSignal crowned Verizon’s millimeter-wave 5G network the fastest download speeds while giving T-Mobile …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The coronavirus crisis in the US rages on, but many broadband and wireless customers who are struggling to pay their bills may no longer benefit from a promise service providers made to the Federal Communications Commission to keep them connected and to waive …
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Verizon has led the charge in using 5G as an alternative to standard home broadband, even if the service is in just a few markets with a limited number of customers. But the company is upgrading its 5G Home offering in Houston to cover more people and offer a speed boost. Houston has been an early 5G city for the carrier, …
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Verizon is getting into the credit card business. On Monday the telecom giant announced that it will add a Verizon Visa Card to its portfolio of products, with the new credit card offering an additional 2% back on purchases and payments made through Verizon. The card, which is issued by Synchrony and available to Verizon wireless customers starting June 26, …
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Samsung said Monday that it successfully demonstrated a new system using drone-based artificial intelligence to measure antenna configurations for 4G and 5G network towers. Cellular antennas are usually installed at great heights on towers and rooftops. When the antenna needs maintenance, field engineers have to climb up these tall cell towers. By using drones to maintain towers, Samsung aims to offer …
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The Samsung Galaxy A71 5G is now available in the US at T-Mobile, Sprint and Samsung. The relatively low-cost 5G phone will also become available at AT&T and Verizon later this summer. It has a 6.7-inch Super AMOLED Infinity-O display and a price of $600 in the US. (It will be £519 in the UK; the US price converts to about …
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If your T-Mobile service was down on Monday, you were not alone. The third-largest wireless carrier had widespread issues across the country impacting the ability to make calls and send text messages starting shortly after 9 a.m. PT Monday and ending more than 12 hours later. At 10:03 p.m. PT Monday, Neville Ray, T-Mobile’s president of technology, tweeted that texting …
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Satellite TV provider Dish Network looks set to close its $5 billion deal with the new T-Mobile on July 1, according to a filing Wednesday with the SEC. Under the deal, which allowed for the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, Dish is acquiring Sprint’s prepaid mobile carrier Boost Mobile as well as Sprint’s 800MHz wireless spectrum to help it …
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