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Verizon Wireless may be an American wireless carrier, but its controlling companies are split between the US and the UK. US communications company Verizon owns 55 percent of Verizon Wireless, while the remaining 45 percent is held by Vodafone. According to a report in Reuters, Verizon may offer Vodafone $100B in cash and stock options to take full…
It’s Verizon’s turn to announce its plans for the Galaxy S 4 and the carrier confirmed that pre-orders will start online tomorrow, April 25th. Verizon also announced via Twitter that the handset will land on May 30th in Verizon retail stores. Pricing will start at $199.99 with a 2-year contract and after a $50 mail-in…
Pantech Perception has been finally announced by Verizon Wireless, even though we’ve first seen it back in January. As you may know from that post, we’re talking about a solid mid-to-high end device with a big, 4.8-inch 720p HD screen a la Samsung Galaxy S III. In addition, it also comes with Qualcomm’s dual-core processor,…
We’ve been hearing about Nokia and Verizon working on a special release of the Lumia 920 for quite some time. Now the latest nugget of news on this mysterious phone comes from Bloomberg, as the publication is reporting that Nokia and Verizon have come to terms in bringing the Finnish company’s forthcoming flagship, the Lumia…
Verizon was rumored to be kicking off a new installment plan that would let customers get a new device every year. The carrier announced the details of this plan in a blog post today. According to the post, customers can buy a full retail price smartphone or tablet that is priced over $349 and spread…
Verizon may be getting the Nokia Lumia 928 smartphone, thanks to a leaked image from @evleaks. The leaked image shows that the unit will indeed take advantage of Verizon’s 4G LTE network, running on the Windows Phone 8 OS and touting Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash. Rumored specs for the Nokia Lumia 928…
Verizon has deployed 4G LTE service in five new markets today, lighting up El Centro, CA; Fort Dodge, IA; Middlesboro/Harlan and Paducah, KY; and East Liverpool, OH. Verizon is continuing to roll out its 4G LTE service in suburban and rural areas, covering over 95% of its 3G service areas with 4G LTE. Verizon plans…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a formal complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday. In it they contend that Mobile Carriers are creating security risks for their customers by not releasing updates in a timely manner. As anyone still suffering with an ancient version of Android can tell you, carriers can take…
Since T-Mobile began its Simple Choice plans, customers of other carriers have been clamoring for similar no contract plans. One Verizon customer, Mike Beauchamp of Wichita, Kansas, decided to go further and started an online petition on Change.org. As of this posting, it’s up to 74,369 supporters and rising. The text of the petition implores Verizon to allow a…
Samsung officially confirmed the details on the US launch of its flagship Galaxy S4 handset. Besides the date and time, Samsung also confirmed the internal hardware that will land in the US variant. Not surprisingly, the US version of the phone will rock a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 series processor and not the company’s own…