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June 2012 Rumor Round-up: Galaxy S3 Launch Date, RAZR HD Sooner Than Thought, and Shared Data

Kellen June 4, 2012 80

After releasing our first ever monthly rumor round-up post in May and attempting to not commit to it being a monthly deal, we are back 1 month later with another. As we get ready for the summer, there are too many interesting stories floating around behind the...

You Should Be Scared of Verizon’s Shared Data Plans [Opinion]

Kellen May 16, 2012 338

Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo spoke at the JP Morgan Media and Telecom conference this morning, providing further detail on their plans for shared or family data tiers. During his conversation, he mentioned the end of grandfathered unlimited data plans, but...

Verizon CFO: Unlimited Data Plans Going Away, All Users Pushed Onto Shared Data

Kellen May 16, 2012 552

During the JP Morgan Media and Telecom conference, Verizon's CFO Fran "ShamWow" Shammo dropped a bomb that most of you are not going to be a fan of. During his talk, he mentioned that unlimited data plans will go away completely when the company introduces...

Verizon CFO: Family Shared Data Plans Coming This Summer

Kellen April 19, 2012 70

During Verizon's Q1 earnings call today, CFO Fran "ShamWow" Shammo said that family data plans will launch this summer. He did not go into specifics on price or data bundle size, but did mention that by mid-summer, families will have an option to share a pool...

Verizon’s Family Data Usage Calculator Spotted, Plans Almost Upon Us?

Kellen March 20, 2012 52

It's no secret, Verizon is preparing to introduce Family Data plans at some point in 2012, potentially during Q2 or Q3. Company executives have mentioned it a handful of times and we have seen changes made to billing systems for months now to prepare for it....

Verizon: Shared Data Plans Coming “Mid-Year” – 5% of Customers are Using 4G LTE

Kellen February 28, 2012 55

Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo spoke at the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday and provided a few extra details that we had not yet heard on the shared or family data front. Having long been rumored to go live some time...

Friday Poll: Interested in Family Data Plans at Verizon?

Kellen February 10, 2012 107

Family data plans at Verizon may be right around the corner. Not only has their CEO mentioned that 2012 could be the year that we finally see them introduced, but over the last 6 or 7 months we have seen numerous changes to the way that accounts are handled. "...

Is Verizon Finally Preparing to Launch Family Data Plans? Still Tough to Tell

Kellen January 30, 2012 37

This screenshot showed up in the tech world today, and everyone is taking it to mean that Verizon's family shared data plans are imminent. It could very well mean just that, but we have seen these "account level" changes happening in Big Red systems for a...