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A few days ago we wrote how Verizon’s proposed sale of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses weren’t valuable. The largest wireless provider in the United States has being trying to woo the FCC into an approval of its acquisition of AWS spectrum it had attained from a consortium of cable operators, which…
Whoops! It looks like someone over at Verizon goofed by outing the upcoming Droid Incredible 4G a little earlier than expected on the “Droid Does” site. This might bring some validity to the handset being rumored to hit Verizon April 26. The specs on the new Incredible resemble those of HTC’s new high-end GSM phones,…
Verizon Wireless launched a successor to the Samsung Gusto feature phone simply called Gusto 2. The clamshell shaped device sports a “smooth and compact design” with large contoured keypad, making it ideal for seniors (or at least I think so). Moreover, it packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, 2-inch main display, GPS (with VZ Navigator support), Fake…
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…
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…
Verizon Wireless announced its Q1 2012 earnings on Thursday and the carrier’s performance was strong as expected. Total revenues were $18.3 billion, up 8.2 percent year over year. Verizon’s quarterly service revenue jumped 7.7 percent from last year and now sits as $15.4 billion. Retail service revenue also grew 8.9 percent year over year to…
Within a month or so many Americans will start travelling abroad, when they may need to use their smartphone to access various Internet services. You can either rely on Wi-Fi hotspots or pour out some cash in advance and avoid being overcharged for checking your email while visiting a foreign country. If you’re a Verizon…