Category: Carriers

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Nexus 4 will not support Wi-Fi calling with T-Mobile

Nexus 4 fans might be disappointed to learn that T-Mobile’s branded Nexus 4 will not support Wi-Fi calling. Indeed, one of T-Mobile’s online support documents did state that the branded device would allow Wi-Fi calling, but then a T-Mobile spokesperson told Android Police that this was “just a simple mistake in the online document.” Meanwhile, BGR reviewed the Nexus 4...

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AT&T ad campaign on Lumia 920

On ‘Saturday Night Live’  AT&T and Nokia kicked off their advertising for the Nokia Lumia 920. Well, it was about time! Anyway, the new ad involves the “Arrested Development” Will Arnett, and presents the 920 with the idea of “Working for Will”. The commercial is quite funny and we haven’t met anyone who doesn’t love Arnett, so according to us...

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AT&T will bring LTE to 300 million Americans by 2014

This Wednesday AT&T laid out its investment plans for the coming years, and as they reveal, a lot more people in the United States are to get access to LTE. Overall AT&T will invest $14 billion over the next three years on improvements to both its wireless and wireline networks, including an expansion of its LTE network to reach 300...

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Nokia Lumia 920 confirmed at $149.99 on contract

The Windows Phone 8 powered Nokia Lumia 920 has yet to be introduced by AT&T in the United States. Even without it made official from AT&T, we have a strong indication that the phone will be priced at $149.99 with a signed two year contract. Back in October, Best Buy started to take pre-orders of the device for this price,...

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Verizon vs Sandy

Verizon has released the latest update and a video showing their activities in the Northeast in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The carrier has crews working around the clock in the most severely hit areas of New York and New Jersey, and has even sent mobile trucks into the area to allow those without cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity to be...

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AT&T Locker offers 5GB of free cloud storage to Android and iOS users

Subscribers of AT&T shall now be able to safely back-up their photos, videos and documents, and store and synchronize them in the cloud, through the AT&T Locker. Like other cloud services, AT&T offers access from your device or computer and provides up to 5GB of storage for free, where subscribers download apps and configure their settings to their liking, but...

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AT&T is after more 700MHz spectrum

America’s second largest carrier has filed a request with the FCC to buy spectrum from Broadband Wireless Unlimited, LLC, seeking to acquire nine Lower 700MHz Band B Block licenses. AT&T intends to use the spectrum to increase its LTE capacity across nine markets (Cellular Market Areas or CMAs) in Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. AT&T...

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LG Nexus 4 will not support T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi calling

For the T-Mobile customers hoping to use Wi-Fi calling on the upcoming LG Nexus 4, the sad news is that the device will not be supporting the feature. Nexus phones are generally developed without much input from the carriers, hence the gap. None of the other Nexus handsets supported the feature and neither shall the next Nexus phone, even if...

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US Cellular announces 30 new markets to have LTE November 5th

This coming Monday, November 5th, US Cellular starts providing to 30 markets access to the new high-speed LTE service. The carrier did not reveal all the specific cities that would benefit by this, but did list the “leading markets” to be in Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Shortly thereafter, subscribers in Rockford, Illinois; Medford, Oregon;...

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MetroPCS makes $193 million in Q3

The fifth largest carrier in the USA, MetroPCS, has also published their third quarter earnings which amounted to $193 million on revenue of $1.25 billion. That is an excellent gain of 178% from the $69 million net profit reported in the same quarter last year. Revenue was 4% higher this year. Churn dropped from 4.5% last year to 3.7% this...