Verizon Bringing Worldphone Capabilities to Many Recent Models

By Ed Hardy | 5/21/2012

Most of the smartphones Verizon Wireless' has released in the last six months are about to get a new feature: the ability to make calls outside of the United States.

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Verizon Completely Ending Unlimited Data Plan

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/16/2012

Verizon Wireless is planning to remove the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into it. The carrier stopped offering this plan to new customers when it switched to tiered pricing plans last July, but a large number of people were still on it.

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Report: Customer Satisfaction with Cell Phone Manufacturers and Wireless Carriers Slips Slightly

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/15/2012

A study performed by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) showed that customer satisfaction with phones and with wireless service providers slipped slightly in the last year.

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British Airline to Enable Passengers to Make Phone Calls on Trans-Atlantic Flights

By Ryan Punzalan | 5/14/2012

Virgin Atlantic customers will no longer have to shut off their phones on transatlantic flights from London to New York by the end of the year.

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British Study Finds No Link Between Cell Phones and Cancer

By Ryan Punzalan | 4/27/2012

A recent review of published research by a British group found that there is no clear evidence that cell phone causes cancer. This agrees with findings of a study done by the FDA two years ago.

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T-Mobile Getting $1 Billion Worth of Spectrum from AT&T

By Ed Hardy | 4/25/2012

The FCC has given its approval to a huge transfer of wireless spectrum from AT&T and T-Mobile. This is costing T-Mobile nothing, but will significantly aid in its plans to offer 4G LTE service next year.

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Verizon CEO: Shared Data Plans Are Coming this Summer

By Ed Hardy | 4/19/2012

The CEO of Verizon has confirmed something that many of this company's subscribers have been hoping for for a long long time: they will soon be able to connect multiple devices to a single data plan.

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Verizon 4G LTE Service Now Available To More Than Two-Thirds of U.S. Population

By Ryan Punzalan | 4/19/2012

Starting today, Verizon Wireless will cover more than two-thirds of the U.S. population after introducing its 4G LTE network to 27 new markets and expanding in 44 other markets.

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Study Reveals Who Has the Fastest 4G and 3G Service

By Ed Hardy | 4/18/2012

Although there are a range of factors that can be used to compare wireless carriers, one of the more popular ones is speed. Is AT&T's LTE service faster than Verizon's? What about 3G service?

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Verizon Joining Its Rivals by Adding an Upgrade Fee

By Ed Hardy | 4/11/2012

Verizon said today that it's going to start charging its customers $30 to upgrade their phone. This is a fee all of its top rivals already charge, with some asking more and some less.

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Verizon Could Soon Add Shared Data to Family Plans

By Ryan Punzalan | 3/20/2012

A screenshot that leaked out of Verizon has hit the internet today, hinting that the company will start offering a shared data plan in the future. This is a highly-requested feature by those who have a smartphone and a tablet.

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Roaming Between Wi-Fi Networks to Get Much Easier

By Ed Hardy | 3/20/2012

The GSMA and the Wireless Broadband Alliance are working on a plan to allow smartphones to easily and seamlessly roam between different Wi-Fi networks, even if these are managed by separate companies.

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