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Verizon today announced its plans to sell off all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses to rationalize its spectrum holdings. This sale will go down if the government allows the largest wireless provider in the United States to buy AWS spectrum from a contingent of cable companies. The plan for Verizon is…
In last year’s investigation into data speeds in the wireless industry, PCMag found that Verizon Wireless came out on top with its speedy LTE network. Over the past year, AT&T has started building out an LTE network, T-Mobile has enhanced their HSPA+ 42 mbps coverage, and Sprint has…umm…committed to building an LTE network starting mid-2012. But…
Verizon is pushing ahead quickly with its 4G LTE network. The carrier announced on Tuesday that it will roll out its LTE network in 27 new markets and expand it in 44 markets starting April 19. Verizon’s LTE network now reaches 230 markets across the US, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. The…
Verizon Wireless is using the NHL fever to get some media love and… they got our attention. The carrier’s free to download app, Verizon NHL GameCenter, comes with all the news, stats, audio and video content you could possibly wish for and then some. The app features live streaming of nationally broadcast games on NBC,…
Verizon Wireless has announced that its expanding its 4G LTE network to nine new markets, which are heavily concentrated in California. The areas that’ll be getting LTE include Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, Monterey, Sacramento, Salinas, and the San Francisco Bay area in California. The only outlying area is Reno, Nevada. All these locales will get LTE…
Verizon Wireless will soon push a software update to the plum colored HTC Rhyme. Unfortunately, it won’t bring Ice Cream Sandwich, but a number of bug fixes and improvements, instead. Here’s what software version 2.20.605.3 710RD brings to the table: Device Features “Ringtones” has been replaced with “Edit Home” when the Menu key is pressed…
We’ve already told you Verizon is preparing to launch a new Incredible device, this time with LTE connectivity. Thanks to the good folks of AndroidPolice, we now know how the Incredible 4G will look like (as you can see from the image above0. It is said that the forthcoming smartphone will rock a 4-inch qHD…
Verizon Wireless has announced plans to start charging a $30 upgrade fee for new handsets as of April 22nd. It was the last main US carrier to have an upgrade fee in place, but alas, now everyone must suffer henceforth. Verizon is supposedly making up for the decline in profit margins last quarter due to…
It seems that Verizon will soon discontinue two of its Android smartphones — HTC Droid Incredible 2 and HTC Rhyme — both of which now have the magical price point of zero dollars (FREE). The offer is good “while supplies last” and also asks you to put your signature on a two-year contract, which is…
The next major version of Windows Phone, codenamed Apollo, is due to land in the fourth quarter of this year. We have a rough idea of what new features it’ll bring to the table, but until Microsoft issues a press release detailing everything we should know about … we’re pretty much clueless to what’s true…