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T-Mobile is asking the Federal Communication Commission to block Verizon’s planned $3.6 billion acquisition of spectrum from cable companies because it says the move would lead to an “excessive concentration” of wireless spectrum. According to the Associated Press, MetroPCS also wanted to block the deal. Sprint didn’t ask the FCC for an outright block of…
If you wake up and discover the LTE connection on your Verizon 4G phone is not working, you are not alone. According to reports from BGR and Engadget, Verizon’s LTE network is down in select parts of the country. Engadget has received reports of outages in Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Verizon’s twitter account confirms “VZW…
Thanks to our friends from fullgsm.gr, we have photos from the Panasonic Eluga press event to show you. Nothing too much, just to give you a glimpse of the atmosphere from the launch. And while we still wait to get our own hands on the Japanese company’s first Android smartphone for Europe, we can’t help…
So the Huawei Ascend D1 Q won’t be the only device Huawei will launch at Mobile World Congress. The Chinese company will use the event to unveil a 10-inch version of the MediaPad, simply called MediaPad 10. And while we don’t have all the details at the moment, we do have several images to show…
AT&T will soon add another low-to-mid end Android smartphone to its portfolio – Samsung Rubgy Smart. And while we don’t have all the details at the moment, we do know it’s one of those devices made for smartphone newbies, offering them cheap ticket to the Android world. In that sense, the Rugby Smart (model number…
LightSquared, the operator that refuses to die, has just let go 45% of their 330 employee strong work force according to Reuters. The decision comes after the FCC basically told them that there’s no way in hell they’re going to be allowed to build a wireless network, because today’s GPS system is far more important…
The first computers barely fit into a space the size of your apartment. With time they obviously got smaller, and if you consider that the smartphone in your pocket is a computer, then we’ve definitely made some progress. And yet, how come computers haven’t become small enough that they disappear? Google is apparently working on…
Chances are there’s a smartphone in your pocket right now that has a fast processor, at least half a gigabyte of RAM, and it’s connected to your operator’s wireless network. So why isn’t that device your one and only computer? Simple really, the screen is too small and you can’t bang out long emails with…
Dear fashionistas living in Britain, your day has come. Now you can order yourself the shiny new LG Prada 3.0 from the local branch of T-Mobile. The cheapest option is to get the phone for 50 GBP and commit on a two-year 31 GBP/month contract. That money either gets you 900 minutes and 100MB of…
Thanks to certification bodies we always know in advance what major companies are cooking before they officially announce new devices. Wi-Fi Alliance is one such entity, thanks to which we know about 4 upcoming devices from HTC and Samsung. Here’s what they got for us: HTC Fireball – apparently this bad boy has been already…