AT&T looking to expand gigabit Internet network

While Google readies a Google Fiber for business test, AT&T has revealed plans to target additional consumers with its gigabit Internet network, AT&T U-verse with GigaPower. The company announced that … Continue reading

CTIA unveils smartphone anti-theft commitment

CTIA – The Wireless Association has announced the Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment, the latest in a long line of plans and deliberation on how to curb smartphone thefts. The commitment … Continue reading

T-Mobile ending “greedy, predatory” overage charges altogether

This week T-Mobile USA has made clear that they’ll be trashing all overage charges for smartphones, tablets, and any other device on their network. This move was started with their … Continue reading

Aio Wireless to expand offerings with Moto G and more

Following its plan adjustments earlier this month, Aio Wireless has announced the expansion of its product offerings with three additional smartphones: the Moto G, Nokia Lumia 520, and the ZTE … Continue reading

Verizon shortens Edge upgrade waiting period to 30 days

After T-Mobile’s rather biting offer, almost a bribe, for subscribers from other carriers to switch sides, it was only a matter of time before those carriers bit back. Now Verizon … Continue reading

T-Mobile Un-Carrier 4.0 expands to U.S. Cellular, 12 other regional carriers

The team at T-Mobile USA let it be known at CES 2014 that they had no love for their fellow carriers, going so far as to offer early termination fee … Continue reading

T-Mobile reportedly plans to pay early termination fees for new subscribers

It is no secret that T-Mobile aims to make waves in the wireless industry with its Uncarrier push, something that has offered up various perks and seemingly spurred other carriers … Continue reading

FCC Speed Test app for Android to crowdsource carrier performance

The FCC will be rolling out a new free app for Android next spring that lets users submit speed data to the agency for analysis, the Washington Post reports. The app is part of a broad-based effort to gauge actual download and upload speeds by mobile devices on the four major carriers and CTIA-The Wireless […]

AT&T hit with European backlash due to NSA activities

The NSA has received a lot of backlash for its various spying activities, but it isn’t the only entity that is paying for its activities. AT&T, which has long been interested in buying a wireless company in Europe, has received substantial resistance, with it being made known that any purchase that takes place will “face […]

Verizon Ellipsis device may share voice and data to everyone around you

There’s a device in development here at the tail end of 2013 by the name of Ellipsis, and its early appearance in patent applications suggest that it’ll aim to change the way users work with data. With the description as a “wireless telecommunications device featuring transmission of voice, data, image and video”, Verizon’s Ellipsis device […]