Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint said Thursday they’ve formed a joint project to “transform messaging.” In a rare move, all four big US carriers are working together on the Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which will use the Rich Communications Service standard to make text messages as smart as iMessage — and it will work on …
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Verizon is turning on its 5G service in Dallas and Omaha. The wireless carrier said Friday that it’s expanding to the two new cities, bringing its 5G network count to 15. “Customers in Dallas and Omaha become the latest to experience the super-fast download speeds delivered by our 5G Ultra Wideband service,” Kyle Malady, Verizon’s chief technology officer, said in …
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Wireless is where it’s at for Verizon. Just look at its most recent quarterly results. The company continues to rack up new wireless customers as it goes city by city to roll out 5G. But all this growth is coming from its traditional 4G LTE service, the tried-and-true service Verizon’s still working to promote. Meanwhile, the company sees its traditional …
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Colorado is the second state to drop its lawsuit to stop the $26.5 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. It’s the latest news in the ongoing saga surrounding the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, a deal announced more than a year ago aimed at helping the companies combat wireless heavyweights AT&T and Verizon. On Monday, the Colorado Attorney General’s …
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Verizon is expanding its 5G home broadband network, with a twist. The wireless giant said Monday it will expand its service to Chicago on Thursday, joining parts of Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and Sacramento and making it the fifth city to get home internet from its 5G network. Chicago’s network, however, will be unlike the initial 5G Home cities Verizon …
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Verizon has set its 5G network live in basketball and hockey arenas across the nation, the carrier announced Friday. The high-speed network is now available in Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Chase Center in San Francisco and Pepsi Center Denver, and will be live soon in Madison Square Garden in New York City. 5G, already launched in some parts of …
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Google’s new flagship phone, the Pixel 4, has arrived, and with it a decidedly flagship price tag: $799 — and up. The larger Pixel 4 XL is even flagshippier at $899 and up. Fortunately, as is so often the case with these launches, various stores and carriers have rolled out preorder discounts. Let’s dive into the best Pixel 4 and …
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Google has packed a lot of new features into its latest smartphones, but superfast 5G connectivity isn’t one of them. On Tuesday at an event in New York City, the company took the wraps off its Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, the latest versions of its Google-branded phones. The new gadgets come with a slew of goodies, such as …
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After breathlessly listing off the Google Pixel 4’s many new features — including a radar chip capable of detecting gestures, as well as a voice recorder app and a slicker display (we hadn’t even gotten to the cameras yet) — Sabrina Ellis, the company’s vice president of product, dropped another development: The phone would be available for sale at every …
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it looks likely that the as-yet-unannounced Google Pixel 4 will launch on the T-Mobile network after CEO John Legere gave customers an early look at the phone’s packaging. Legere had two retail boxes sitting on his counter during a Sunday cooking show. He posted the clip to Instagram with a subtle question: “Anyone notice any interesting props during the show? 😏” View this post …
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