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This isn’t much of a surprise given how adamantly Sprint has opposed the AT&T, T-Mobile merger but a new Sprint-commissioned study said that the potential mega-merger could lead to jobs losses. AT&T is saying that the merger could lead to up to 5,000 new jobs in the United States but the study, done by Professor…
By now, you know that the Department of Justice is suing to block the AT&T, T-Mobile $39 billion dollar merger on antitrust grounds and we really want to hear what you have to say. Should AT&T be allowed to buy T-Mobile? Let us know in the comments. The argument that AT&T is trying to make…
The U.S government is suing to block the AT&T, T-Mobile merger because it said the deal would violate anittrust laws and would be a severe blow for competition. This doesn’t mean the mega merger is dead but this is “AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low- priced rival would remove a significant competitive force…
RIM’s latest batch of BlackBerry smartphones have been gradually working their way out to various carriers over the last few weeks, and now there’s yet another notch to scratch. T-Mobile now has the BlackBerry Bold 9900 on sale for $299.99 on a two-year contract, as expected. That pricetag is a little on the high side,…
Yesterday Samsung announced the AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile versions of their hugely popular Galaxy S II. Curiously, Samsung didn’t let folks play around with the T-Mobile variant, and while they said the device sports a 1.2 GHz processor, they didn’t exactly want to talk about who makes it. Now why do you suppose that is?…
T-Mobile has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy S II and you’ll soon be able to get one of the hottest Android phones to ever exist in your hands. We’re obviously not surprised that Magenta is announcing the handset right now. At the moment, Samsung’s event is going on and the carriers have jumped the gun.…
It’s been a long time coming and even a hurricane couldn’t stop the Galaxy S II from coming to the United States. We’ll be live-blogging the event, so follow along below. Everyone’s excited about the Galaxy S II because it’s a darn fine device. In our review, we said this is easily the best Android…
The Samsung Galaxy S II is finally arriving in the U.S. and Samsung is kicking things off with an event tonight in New York City. We’ll get to see the AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile models–since Verizon has opted out of the GS2 for something else, something potentially better–and just see what, if any, perks each…
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are set to invest up to $100 million in the mobile payment initiative Isis and the move could be a major boost for NFC payments while also letting the carriers get a leg up on Google in this space. If you remember, Isis is a joint venture that started with those…
We’re not far away from the official announcement of the US Galaxy S 2 and we finally have a render of the Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile variants. Unfortunately, due to Hurricane Irene, the official announcement event has been delayed until Tuesday, August 30th. All three of the Galaxy S 2 variants feature the four button…