The FCC is getting serious about providing high-speed mobile broadband connections to rural areas. The agency has begun accepting bids to bring 3G and 4G services to parts of the country that have been ignored by major carriers, and is offering as much as $300 million to assist in the development costs of these networks.…
Sprint to offer 4G WiMAX service at Boost and Virgin Mobile
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, during a conference call this morning, told investors that the company planned to transition Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile prepaid customers to 4G WiMax later this year. This news came after Sprint posted another disappointing quarter. Hesse was mum on the details, but assured investors that more information would be revealed…
LG Optimus Elite joins Sprint’s and Virgin Mobile’s eco-friendly range
Sprint announced a new member of its eco-friendly family of devices – LG Optimus Elite, which supersedes pretty popular Optimus S model. This low-to-mid end smartphone is ULE Platinum Certified for sustainability, sporting an outer shell that is made of 50% recycled plastics. Moreover, it’s also an RoHS compliant device, meaning it is free of…
LG Optimus Elite renders appear – Bound for Sprint and Virgin Mobile
We’ve learned from past handsets made by the manufacturer that not all Optimus devices feature screaming specs, much like the handset you see above, the Optimus Elite (a Gelato variant). The flashy name nothing more than a red herring, but you can expect this mid-range device to land on Sprint and Virgin Mobile in the…
Canada: Bell’s and Virgin’s Blackberry Torch 9800 gets 6.0.0.706 update
While most BlackBerry users are enjoying BlackBerry OS 7, some are still stuck to the old version of the operating system, those with the Torch 9800 being one of them. Now Canada’s Virgin Mobile and Bell (along with RIM) released firmware updates to make the experience at least a bit better for owners of the…
Virgin Mobile USA is back online!
If you’re a U.S.-based Virgin Mobile customer you were probably cursing for the last few days, because your calls and texts couldn’t get through. The outage has been resolved and if you’re still experiencing issues, the carrier suggests removing the battery and restarting your device. Virgin Mobile USA turned to social media (Facebook and Twitter)…
Virgin Mobile goes down across the US – No texts or data in sight
It looks like Virgin Mobile‘s text and data services are down across the country leaving customers unable to access those check-in services and Facebook at all. Phone calls? A thing of the past. Apparently the issue has been going on all day but Virgin Mobile has only recently acknowledged the outage on Facebook. A generic statement was…
Virgin Mobile launches the ZTE Venture for $100
Virgin Mobile announced its latest Android device called the ZTE Venture at $100. The Venture is a QWERTY handset with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it’ll take advantage of the carriers budget-friendly plans that start at $35 — no contract. The Venture will be available starting on March 15. Customers who buy the ZTE Venture will…
Virgin Mobile Canada to launch its LTE network next week?
Virgin Mobile is preparing to launch its own LTE network just in time for the new iPad (March 16th). According to an internal document which has found its way to the web, the carrier’s initial plan is to reach some 6 million Canadians in 14 urban centers across the country, offering peak speeds of up…
LG Optimus Elite coming to Sprint, Virgin Mobile?
It seems that Sprint and one of its prepaid MVNO brands, Virgin Mobile, will get their own versions of the LG Optimus Net. Dubbed LG Optimus Elite, it is said that it’s an NFC-enabled smartphone with low-to-mid range specs that include a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen, 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash,…