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Verizon’s after Christmas sales were a little ho-hum, but you might find Best Buy’s a little more exciting. They’re offering a wide range of devices across all the major U.S. carriers, and the phones are all free with a two-year contract. From Verizon, you’ve got the Samsung Stratosphere and HTC Droid Incredible 2; from AT&T,…
Several years ago Qualcomm picked up some key spectrum in the 700 MHz band that they wanted to put to good use by offering a mobile television service called MediaFLO. The goal was to make handset vendors want to start building MediaFLO compatible devices, thus Qualcomm would make an infinite amount of money by having…
The last 12 months have been a wild ride, as we started the year with many of us wondering how the Xoom and PlayBook could compete against the iPad, how would HP use webOS, what the iPhone 5 would look like and if 4G LTE would really come to America in a big way. There…
It’s an exciting time in the mobile world, as all four major carriers have a 4G network deployed but we all know that not all 4G is created equal. When you think of “4G,” you should be thinking about LTE because this mobile data technology delivers speeds which really can change the way we work…
AT&T announced today that it will no longer pursue its acquisition of T-Mobile US. The wireless carrier faced an uphill battle after both the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission opposed the deal. Rather than throw more money at a losing cause, AT&T will pay Deutsche Telecom a $4 billion fee and walk away from the deal. After…
Well, the $39 billion bid from AT&T to buy T-Mobile is now officially over and AT&T is going to have to lick its wounds and figure out other ways to nab some new spectrum. While the move may cost AT&T a lot of money and some public face, it’s a much larger blow to T-Mobile.…
AT&T just announced that it’s ending its bid to acquire T-Mobile. AT&T has been working on the merger, but has faced stiff opposition from the DOJ and the FCC. Instead of dumping more cash into fighting this legal battle, AT&T has thrown in the towel. Here is the salient passage from the press release explaining…
It seems AT&T is becoming cozy with Pantech, having recently launched their Pocket Android smartphone. Apparently the mobile operator is working with the South Korean company on additional models as we speak. One such device, marked as P9070, has been caught at the FCC all in its LTE glory. Unfortunately, aside from the fact that…
Sprint has been adamantly opposed to AT&T buying T-Mobile and it has even sued to block it but now Sprint and Cellular South have put these suits on hold based on the latest stumbling blocks to the acquisition. According to Bloomberg, a judge delayed the lawsuits by request until Jan. 12 (which happens to be…
So you like the Samsung Galaxy S II (who doesn’t) and you also happen to live in an area with a solid AT&T signal around? You’ll be glad to know Amazon is now offering AT&T’s version of the popular Android smartphone for $129.99! And that’s the price for both new and existing users with an…