Recent Entries in carriers
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Verizon Morning East Coast Data Outage - Over and Out
There was a data outage for Verizon Wireless customers earlier today, on the U.S. East Coast. Some smartphone users were not able to access all data services entirely while others were degraded from Verizon's 3G EV-DO network to its 1X...
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Verizon Tops J.D. Power's Customer Care Study, Carriers Score Higher with Higher Featured Plan Customers
Customer care performance scores are considerably higher among wireless customers with additional plan features and Verizon ranked highest in the latest J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Wireless Customer Care Performance Study- Volume 1. J.D. Power goes into all the details...
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Digicel Working in Haiti Offers Free Charging, Credits and SIM Replacements
Verizon landline and wireless customers along with T-Mobile can make free phone calls to Haiti. Digicell wireless in Haiti reported that their network is back up and working. They are also offering discounts, free charging and free SIM-replacements. Work to...
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U.S. Cellular Lowers Prices with Unlimited Plans, Follows AT&T and Verizon
U.S. Cellular announced new unlimited national calling plans, following the recent price drops by AT&T and Verizon. Beginning January 19th, new and existing customers can sign up for the Unlimited National Individual Plan and pay only $69.99 a month for...
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AT&T Unlimited & Data Plan Deals Counter Verizon Dropped Prices
Following Verizon’s unlimited plan announcements earlier today, AT&T announced new unlimited plans across all smartphones, feature phones and cell phones:Feature Phone customers may choose unlimited talk for $69.99. Family Talk customers (prices assume two lines) may choose unlimited talk for...
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Verizon Officially Reveals Cheaper Calling Plans: BlackBerry and Droid Data Plans Still $29.99
Verizon has officially announced changes to their calling plans. Current Verizon customers can keep their current plans or change to any of the news plans at any time. Starting Jan. 18, Verizon customers may sign up for a new Nationwide Unlimited...
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Verizon Cheaper Plans Coming on January 18
Unnamed sources have leaked the changes to Verizon Wireless plans and price cuts with cheaper unlimited plans. Boy Genius reported that beginning Jan. 18, Verizon will offer $69.99 unlimited voice plan for individual customers and an $89.99 unlimited voice and...
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Verizon Tops Zagat Wireless Carrier Survey AT&T Top Products
Zagat is now rating carriers along with restaurants. Their survey incorporated feedback from 2,319 wireless consumers who rated AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on aspects of their performance: Reliability, Coverage, Products, Value and Customer Service. AT&T's customers however rated...
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AT&T Has Fastest Network, Data May Show iPhone Faults
As AT&T and Verizon f duke out their superiority, independent research, showed that AT&T is really faster. Recent Root Wireless data showed that in areas where AT&T has 3G wireless coverage, the AT&T network is faster than any of the...
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Verizon Services Ski Slopes and Winter Mountain Resorts
Skiers and snowboarders now get get Verizon Wireless service in many snowy resort areas. Recent network enhancements give Verizon Wireless customers can enjoy increased coverage at even more popular mountain communities and ski resorts, including: Wolf Creek Ski Area in...
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Verizon Top Rated Wireless Carrier, Followed by T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T, Says Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports surveyed 50,000 readers in 26 U.S. cities, to find that AT&T had the lowest customer-satisfaction rating in 19 cities surveyed; Verizon ranked highest, followed by T-Mobile and Sprint. The average bills without data were $80-$86 a month with...
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GreatCall Jitterbugs with Verizon Network
GreatCall and Verizon Wireless, that GreatCall's Jitterbug will now run on the Verizon Wireless network through the wireless leader's open development program....
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QWEST Quits Wireless Ports to Verizon
Qwest Wireless customers started receiving notifications that they have 60 days to switch their Qwest Wireless service to another wireless provider. In 2008, QWEST announced it was quitting the wireless business and began offering Verizon Wireless service to Qwest customers....
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Sprint Outsources Day2Day Net Service to Ericsson - Employees Keep Jobs
Sprint announced a unique wireless and wireline network services outsourcing agreement with Ericsson. The seven-year agreement with Ericsson expands Ericsson's network services business in North America. The agreement, with an option for renewal, will result in payments for services valued...
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MetroPCS Offers Unlimited Int'l Calling for $5 @ Month
MetroPCS now offers unlimited calling to over 100 countries for $5 per month. MetroPCS customers will be able to make unlimited international calls to more than 100 countries, including more than 1,000 destinations, without any additional charges. "Unlimited international calling...
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No More Monkey Business in Sprint Ads
Due to pressure from animal rights group PETA, Sprint has agreed to stop showing the chimpanzee movie star spot in movie theatres "turn off your cell phone."Sprint has issued the following statement:"Sprint and its advertising agency, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners,...
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iPhone Exclusively Best Bet for AT&T, Says ChangeWave
ChangeWave Research surveys show that the U.S. cellular service provider market remains a two-horse race between AT&T and Verizon - with the former leading in terms of future demand and the latter in terms of customer satisfaction and fewest dropped...
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Cloud Storage for Enterprise Coming from AT&T
AT&T will start offering cloud storage for web accessible devices, this month. AT&T Synaptic Storage is a storage-on-demand distribution and retrieval of their data from any location, anytimevia the web.. Customers will be able to specify their storage criteria -- called...
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New Small Biz Plans from Verizon
There is a new voice plan in the Verizon Wireless Small Business toolbox. The Nationwide Small Business SharePlan, available starting May 17, gives customers shared Anytime Minutes, unlimited Mobile to Mobile calls to over 80 million other Verizon Wireless customers,...
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Cuban Telephone and Wireless Market Opening to U.S.?
President Obama has eased restrictions on U.S. carriers in the Cuban market.The changes will lift traffic-routing restrictions for Verizon AT&T and Sprint, allowing the companies to possibly serve the country directly or through roaming agreement, provided the Cuban government allows...
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Changes to Plans Coming from T-Mobile
According to TmoNews, there are changes in the works for T-Mobile plans including unlimited mobile to mobile calling for all T-Mobile phone owners with plans at $49.99 a month or more.Family Plans New promotional myFaves plan for $89.99 that includes...
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Alltel Adds 5 More Numbers to My Circle
Alltel Wireless launched "My Circle," in 2006 that allowed customers to make and receive calls to and from any number on any network. Starting tomorrow, Alltel customers on "My Circle 10" and "My Circle 20" calling plans will automatically receive...
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Verizon Tops JD Power Quality Study, Users Get 98 SMS @Mo
The gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, reports the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. Verizon ranked highest andFor a ninth consecutive reporting period, Verizon...
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BlackBerry Storm, G1, iPhone and Instinct Top Revenue Drivers for Carriers, Says comScore
comScore, has been keeping score on wireless handsets, plans and e-commerce, with their e-commerce dashboard. Flagship phones generated revenue while discounts, free phones and other offers fueled volume sales, noted the report. Substantial numbers of phones sold on carriers websites...
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Ericsson Gets Outsourcing Contract from Sprint
A Swedish newspaper, Affarsvarlden has reported that Ericsson has an outsourcing contract with Sprint. Ericsson has won a service contract from Sprint worth several billion dollars.. The contract is for the operation of Sprint’s mobile phone networks and will last...
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AT&T Invests in Wireless & Broadband, Cuts Some Jobs in Wireline
In a news release, AT&T says that demand for connectivity remains strong and they will invest $17 billion to $18 billion in 2009 in its wireless and wired broadband networks. Approximately two-thirds of AT&T's 2009 investment will extend and...
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Charge for Universal USB Chargers in 2012 by GSMA
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers announced that they are committed to a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. What this means is that one charger would work will all the phones.The move should...
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Verizon Offers Free Friends & Family Calling Circle w/900 or More Minutes
Former Alltell customers who may are worried about losing their My Circle plan with free calling to friends and family can rest assured that Verizon will be offering something similar what T-Mobile customers call "MyFaves."The Verizon Friends & Family, is...
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Alltel Provides Wireless Service in 22 States
If you are wondering if Alltel still exists after the Verizon purchase, yes it is still operating in parts of 22 states. Alltel Wireless subscribers in portions of 22 states, will be part of Alltel. These territories were not included...
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Sprint Premiers Loyalty Perks Plan - Will Get First Dibs on Palm Pre
Sprint is rewarding its most loyal customers with perks, privileges and discounts. Their news release suggests that Sprint Premier will drive higher satisfaction.It looks like a good deal if you want a Palm Pre early or for accessory discounts. After...
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AT&T Brings Out-Sourced Jobs Back To United States, Adds Jobs
AT&T promised to bring 5,000 jobs back to the United States and was able a least get 3,000 of them back by the end of 2008. An AT&T news release states “The company has met its goal of bringing back...
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Changes to Verizon Discounts and End to Scott-Free Test Drive
According to Boy Genius Report and leaked Verizon documents, Verizon is ending it’s “worry-free” test drive program where you could get out of a contract in 30 days without paying for the air-time, usage and taxes when you changed carriers.It’s...
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Sprint Cuts 8,000 Jobs
Sprint Nextel Corp. will to reduce internal and external labor costs by approximately $1.2 billion by cutting 8,000 jobs. The reduction total includes approximately 850 positions expected to be eliminated under a voluntary separation plan started late last year. "Labor...
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New Flat-Rate Push-to-Talk and Unlimited Text/Web Plans from Sprint
Sprint is offering a new group of flat-rate plans for Nextel Direct Connect. The new plans include unlimited Direct Connect, Group Connect, Mobile-to-Mobile, Text Messaging and Picture Mail, starting at $29.99 per month. These plans are supposed to save businesses...
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BlackBerry Rules Washington No Glitches for RIM, While US Carriers Had "Issues"
It looks like the BlackBerry rules in Washington. Even with an avalanche of traffic RIM's BlackBerry service worked just fine.According to the Canadian Press, RIM servers were able to deal with the heavy loads and traffic on BlackBerry smartphones during...
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CTIA Asks Inauguration Attendees to Text and Wait to Send Photos
The stress on cell phone networks form the millions of people attending the presidential inauguration is expected to cause dropped calls, delayed text messages and data loads. "If some of these estimates come true, people should anticipate delays with regards...
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Text, call, Video or MMS the New Year? Asks Sprint
Sprint is expecting its customers to text in the New Year, based on historical network trends. Sprint's has strengthened its network in time for the dropping of the ball. "New Year's is one of the highest 'text messaging' days of...
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T-Mobile Smartphone Release Schedule for Q1 '09 Includes Memoir and BlackBerry Curve 8900
Boy Genius has leaked the T-Mobile smartphone release schedule for 2009 from an internal document.January 21: Sony Ericsson TM506 (Scarlett)January 21: Nokia 7510January 28: T-Mobile ShadowFebruary 4: Motorola RenewFebruary 4: Samsung t119February 18: RIM BlackBerry Curve 8900February 18: Samsung MemoirThe...
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Sprint Ads Say Sprint Offers the Best Value
Sprint is showing a series of ads that position the company as the industry leader in value. "Consumers are looking for a company that provides a tangible value in family plans, a full range of handsets and an outstanding customer...
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Wireless Car Key in Sharp Phones in Japan
Nissan Motor Co.and Sharp Corporation have jointly developed a mobile phone capable of functioning as an intelligent key for automobiles . The device will incorporate Nissan's Intelligent Key system, already a standard feature in various Nissan vehicles.The convergence of automotive...
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Sprint Network Ready for Democrats in Denver @ Hotels and COW
Anticipating an increased demand for wireless service during the Democratic National Convention Sprint Nextel Corporation enhanced its network in the following area in Denver Pepsi Center Colorado Convention Center INVESCO Field at Mile High Denver International Airport Downtown Denver business/hotel...
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Verizon Sevice Tunneled to Chicago Subways
The Chicago Sun Times reported that Verizon has reached a deal with the Chicago Transit Authority to offer services in Chicago subway tunnels.CTA workers will be able to access Verizon's tunnel service by the end of August but not time...
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MetroPCS Now in Jacksonville, Florida
MetroPCS announced the launch of its wireless service in Jacksonville, Florida.Upon launch of service in Jacksonville, MetroPCS will have 35 locations in the Duvall County area. MetroPCS intends to have a total of 80 locations by the end of the...
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Verizon Hiring Even in Stressful Economy On-Site Health Club & Lunch Benifits
Verizon is hiring according to a recent news release: "We're proud to offer unique benefits beyond the basics of health, dental and vision insurance, and know our programs are contributing to our growth," says Verizon Wireless director of Human Resources,...
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Sprint's CEO Dan Hesse Talks Unlimited in TV Commercials
Sprint announced that it will launch new marketing initiatives to support its Simply Everything unlimited pricing plan, which has excited customers after debuting two weeks ago. On Monday Sprint is introduced a new nationwide commercial featuring Sprint CEO Dan Hesse...
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