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How to solve the spectrum crisis? Get rid of some carriers
We keep on hearing about this looming spectrum crisis and if you ask the carriers, the answer if for the government to make more spectrum available. But what if the real solution is to reduce the amount of carriers? A study from The Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal and Economic Public Policy Studies (got all that?) finds that reducing the number of mobile carriers would help ease the strain on wireless spectrum. The outcome specifically concludes that when there’s less competition among carriers, prices drop and thereby allow for more … Read more
George Tinari
Ting is the new mobile phone service we’ve all been waiting for
Ting is a brand new mobile phone service that caters to people tired of dealing with complicated billing plans from carriers like AT&T or Verizon, not to mention paying out the wazoo for them. The slogan is ‘Mobile That Makes Sense’ and after just a few minutes exploring the service, I’m utterly impressed. The phone selection ranges from high-end smartphones to basic cell phones, there are no contracts, it uses Sprint’s nationwide network coverage and the plans couldn’t be more bare bones. The best part about Ting is the complete … Read more
George Tinari
LightSquared accuses government of rigging GPS results
LightSquared is fighting for the life of its network after a recent report suggests its satellite-based LTE network will interfere with GPS devices. The company countered this report with accusations that the testing was not only flawed, but rigged to fail. The scathing accusations were made Wednesday at a press conference. LightSquared claims the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Executive Committee (PNT EXCOM) and GPS industry insiders manipulated the research to produce negative results. The company says the GPS companies conducted the tests in secrecy and used NDA agreements to hide the … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Walmart and T-Mobile debut unlimited data plan for families
Wal-Mart and T-Mobile have had their unlimited talk and text plan for families in place for a while, but today they are expanding it to include unlimited access to the Internet, too. This makes T-Mobile one of the first carriers to have a shared data option for families, albeit you’ll have to shop at Wal-Mart to get it. Wal-Mart brands the plan as FamilyMobile and it includes unlimited talk, text, and web for a very reasonable price. The first line is only $45 and each additional line is an extra … Read more
George Tinari
Smartphone addicts report hearing ‘phantom vibrations’ when alone
Most of us use our smartphones at a healthy rate, occasionally checking email, talking or texting friends, surfing the web, or playing some games throughout a regular day. Some smartphone users, however, obsessively cling to their phones night and day. This smartphone addiction gets so intense that these users are reporting hearing “phantom vibrations” — that is mistakenly thinking your phone vibrated with a new call or text message when it didn’t. Researchers interviewed and ran psychometric stress tests on over 100 participants. They found that a person’s level of … Read more
George Tinari
Verizon 4G LTE outage sweeps the nation once more [Update: Fixed]
America’s “most reliable network” apparently isn’t so reliable, as Verizon Wireless customers are experiencing their third outage this month, which is just one week after we saw another outage. There have been plenty more throughout the year, too. On the (somewhat) bright side of things, this outage is only affecting 4G LTE customers- ergo, basically those who sprung for the premium smartphones. A spokesperson for Verizon told TechCrunch in a statement: “We are investigating reports of some customers experiencing trouble accessing the 4G LTE network. The network itself continues to … Read more
George Tinari
Verizon: Galaxy Nexus software update on way for signal woes
Verizon announced that it will soon release a software update for the Galaxy Nexus and it hopes to relieve concerns from users over the device’s poor signal strength. Brenda Raney, a spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless, said the software update will “adjust the signal strength indicator to more closely match other Verizon Wireless devices.” Doesn’t that sound familiar? Last year when people complained about the iPhone 4‘s antennagate, Apple originally claimed that the problem was mainly with the software’s signal strength indicator, not the hardware. It then released a software update … Read more
George Tinari
Galaxy Nexus antennagate? Verizon confirms its signal strength issues
It seems that the new Google/Samsung Galaxy Nexus is having a little “antennagate” of its own. After Twitter user Jack Doyle tweeted to Verizon about signal strength issues he’s experiencing with his Galaxy Nexus, the Verizon Wireless Support team confirmed: “The signal strength issue is currently being investigated. We don’t have an ETA, but a software update is being developed.” Now before you get nervous, this isn’t a real antennagate scenario like the iPhone 4 chaos of last year — albeit it is fun to joke about. There’s no right … Read more