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El Cinco to be a World Phone

Aug 23, 2011
Reports on TechCrunch say that the impending iPhone 5 will run on both GSM and CDMA networks. CDMA is the standard for Verizon and Sprint, GSM runs...

Turns out your mobile data is not very secure

Aug 10, 2011
Stop the presses! But we're radio and don't have presses! Buy some presses and then start them and stop them! We don't have budget for that!...

T-Mobile joins the payment party

Aug 3, 2011
Yesterday, we wrote about Verizon teaming up with American Express to let customers buy stuff with their phones. Now, T-Mobile is planning to la...

FCC slows down AT&T and T-Mobile merger

Jul 22, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission released a letter on Wednesday that stated its review of the proposed AT&T - T-Mobile merger would be...

Senator doesn't want AT&T - T-Mobile merger to happen

Jul 21, 2011
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) sent a STRONGLY WORDED LETTER to the FCC and the Department of Justice Wednesday urging the agencies to block the merger...

T-Mobile kinda sorta announces new quasi-unlimited data plan, somewhat, not really

Jul 20, 2011
Interesting swerve going on here. At a time when AT&T and Verizon are moving to tiered data plans, T-Mobile is trying to have it both ways. The...

Sprint may be ending the unlimited data party

Jul 20, 2011
Dan Hesse, the CEO of Sprint (the George Harrison of wireless carriers) says he doesn't know how much longer Sprint can afford to offer unlimited...

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Groups that support AT&T - T-Mobile merger got cash from AT&T

Jun 10, 2011
Politico has a new story about how a lot of non-profit are supporting the enormous proposed merger even though they wouldn't seem to have any...

Sprint not into the idea of AT&T marrying T-Mobile

Jun 1, 2011
The deadline for public comments on the big merger was Tuesday. Surprise, surprise, Sprint filed a petition to the FCC to block the merger saying ...

Rumor roundup on iPhone

Apr 25, 2011
The mobile phone blog BGR has an exclusive of what it says is a test model of a T-Mobile iPhone. Does this mean that Big Purple (aka RC Cola) will...