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Folks on Sprint are being treated to another one of Amazon Wireless’ lucrative deals for the next week and a half. Starting today, all Sprint phone have been discounted to just 1 penny with new two-year agreement. Pricing varies for upgrade-eligible customers, though some devices still only run for $0.01 on the upgrade. Sprint’s premier…
Once facing bankruptcy and defaulting on owed payments, LightSquared has been given a reprieve in its payment schedule with Inmarsat. LightSquared and Inmarsat have announced this morning that it has reached an agreement with Inmarsat to amend the Cooperation Agreement between the to companies, after a $56.5 million payoff of past balances by LightSquared. The amended…
It’s certainly been a while since we’ve seen iPhone 5 (or is that iPhone – 6th generation?) rumors creep up on the internet. Over the course of the past 24 hours, however, two credible rumors have popped up to shed light on Apple’s next smartphone. The first rumor comes from Korea IT News, who report…
Remember earlier this year when Verizon dissed Windows Phone handsets for not having LTE? Well, it seems the largest wireless provider in the United States has changed its tune, to an extent. See, most reporters already knew Big Red was looking forward to offering Windows Phone 8 devices, but what we didn’t know was the…
Earlier this week, Verizon had announced that it planned to sell off all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses to rationalize its spectrum holdings. Of course, this sell hinged on the FCC’s approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, that includes Comcast and…
Telefónica Digital and EA Mobile have teamed-up to allow Telefónica’s customers all around the world to get mobile games for less. Under the plan, O2 UK will be the first to offer its customers three months of free access to all EA Mobile games following their first download. It is then examining a number of…
Canada’s Bell Mobility will soon add a new 4G device to its portfolio – Samsung Galaxy S II HD LTE. As you probably know, this is pretty much the LTE-enabled Galaxy Nexus under the hood with the only difference being in Android version it runs — instead of Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy S II HD…
Verizon is readying an update that’ll hit the Droid 4, Razr and Razr Maxx handsets soon. Before you start asking, no, the update is not Ice Cream Sandwich. The improvements are your standard fare — improved stability, better battery life, accurate 4G coverage indicator and a variety of bug fixes. The device is now also…
We have confirmation! Verizon Wireless gave notice today that shared data plans for families with smartphones will launch this summer, making it one of the first main carriers in the United States to offer them. We’ve known for a while that Verizon was gearing up to release these data plans. The carrier first confirmed back…
Earlier today we wrote how the state of New York planned to sue Sprint for $300 million over alleged tax fraud. The Attorney General of the empire state accused Sprint of deliberately committing tax fraud by not collecting or paying millions of dollars in taxes for its service in the state. Well, The Now Network wasted no…