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Verizon has a Special Announcement to Make on May 22, Any Guesses?

Kellen April 18, 2013 217

Verizon dropped a "save the date" into our inbox this afternoon, asking that we reserve some time on May 22 at CTIA for a "special announcement" from COO Marni Walden. We were actually planning on skipping CTIA this year as the wireless tech conference has...

HTC and AT&T Announce the HTC First, Also Known as the First Facebook Phone – Available April 12 for $99

Kellen April 4, 2013 53

The Facebook announcements continue on this morning with HTC and AT&T partnering up to release the first Facebook-focused phone, the HTC First. It's available April 12 (same day as Facebook Home) for $99.99 on contract at AT&T. You can pre-order today...

Nexus 4 Devices Seeing Plenty of T-Mobile LTE Action Thanks to Newly Live Markets

Kellen March 27, 2013 62

Remember how surprised we were to see the Nexus 4 attaching itself to random 4G LTE networks (AWS band) shortly after release in places like Canada? And how we were simultaneously holding out hope that T-Mobile would launch their AWS LTE network so that we...

Tuesday Poll: T-Mobile Launches LTE – Likelihood of You Switching Over?

Kellen March 26, 2013 188

Over the last couple of years, the DL community has made it clear that they love themselves some 4G LTE. Since Verizon was first to the plate and has seemingly rounded the bases at an unstoppable pace, you have also made it clear that they are the carrier for...

T-Mobile’s UN-Carrier Approach Sounds Awesome, But Killing Contracts Shouldn’t be Their Message or Focus [Opinion]

Kellen March 26, 2013 120

T-Mobile is trying to shake up the entire wireless industry this month by taking the "Un-carrier" approach to wireless service. Gone are the two-year contracts and 23-month phone upgrade cycles - in are the month-to-month plans with the option to upgrade to...

Verizon to Utilize AWS Spectrum This Year, Ship Supported Devices First Half

Kellen March 13, 2013 38

According to Verizon CTO Nicola Palmer, the company will finally start to utilize the AWS LTE spectrum they own before the end of the year. They currently only have 700MHz spectrum (band 13) in play, but as they continue to build that out, with hopes of...

Verizon Plans to Launch VoLTE Phones by End of This Year to Help Lower Subsidies

Kellen March 5, 2013 107

Speaking at the Deutsche Bank 2013 Media, Internet & Telecom Conference, Verizon CFO Fran "ShamWow" Shammo brought to life the idea that his company will likely start to sell VoLTE devices by the end of this year or early 2014 and that they will help...

Verizon 4G LTE Expands in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Connecticut, Missouri, and Pennsylvania

Kellen February 25, 2013 48

Verizon continues to push out new LTE markets and expand in others on its way to matching 3G coverage across the country. In the latest batch of expansions and rollouts, we get territories in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and...