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Yahoo made a series of improvements to its search engine today and those have trickled down to its mobile search products. I’ve played with the new Yahoo mobile search and I think it’s actually cool. If you don’t know, Microsoft’s Bing is actually doing the heavy lifting on the back end for the searches but…
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stepped on his own company’s press conference a little during a keynote at the CTIA Wireless show, as he revealed the company’s deployment plans for its 4G network based on Long-Term Evolution technology. Get ready for some 4G LTE goodness in 38 cities by the end of the year. The company…
AT&T has just announced the USBConnect Shockwave, its first mobile broadband modem that will allow users to connect to the carrier’s upcoming HSPA+ network. Details are pretty scant, but AT&T says that it will take just one minute to connect the device and have it ready for use. Additionally, and perhaps the biggest incentive to…
T-Mobile has some pretty nice pricing plan options these days, with both its Even More and Even More Plus plans. The bundled plans are pretty good and are probably only rivaled by Sprint’s Simply Everything plans. However, not resting on its laurels, it looks like T-Mobile will be offering a new set of prepaid mobile…
There has been speculation that Qualcomm would cancel FLO TV, its direct-to-consumer media operation, and now the company has finally made it public. Yes, FLO TV will be toast as Qualcomm stops selling new devices to customers and says that FLO programming likely won’t go on after next spring. Perhaps what’s even sadder is that…
It looks like Skype will be swiping Cisco executive Tony Bates as its CEO and he will be heading a company which has the opportunity to be a major disruptor in the mobile space. Skype has more than 560 registered users and about 124 million of those use the VoIP-calling service on a monthly basis.…
Verizon Wireless has agreed to send refunds to more than 15 million customers which were wrongly charged for Internet access. The total could end up being over $90 million, Verizon said. The beef was that many Verizon customers would accidentally hit some buttons on their phone which would access the Internet of the Verizon V…
Sprint has spoken up about its future network plans and this includes migrating iDEN customers to CDMA, improving in-building coverage and maybe deploying Long-Term Evolution 4G networks. In an interview with Fierce Wireless, Sprint senior VP Bob Azzi said it will aim to replace some of its equipments with equipment that is more powerful and…
It looks like Sprint and Clearwire could be heading for a divorce, as three Sprint executives have resigned from the Clearwire board. The real question is: who gets the 4G kids? The Wall Street Journal said this could pave the way for Clearwire to pursue new options. Sprint owns about 54% of Clearwire right now…
We know that Verizon is in the middle of its 4G rollout based on Long-Term Evolution technology but a few of its private beta speeds tests are showing that it will be delivering some blazing-fast mobile data speeds. The largest U.S. carrier is privately testing its 4G LTE network with a few beta users and…