AT&T Reverses Course: More Data Plans Can Use Apple's FaceTime

By Ed Hardy | 11/16/2012

There's good news for AT&T subscribers: the telecom will no longer require its customers to have its new Mobile Share plan to use Apple's FaceTime video chatting.

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Windows Phone 8 DataSense App to Give Users Access to 11 Million Wi-Fi Hotspots

By Grant Hatchimonji | 11/6/2012

Microsoft has teamed up with Devicescape to provide users of DataSense, a new Windows Phone 8 app, with free Wi-Fi via hotspots around the globe.

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Sprint Making Progress Getting Customers to Buy LTE Smartphones

By Ed Hardy | 10/25/2012

Sprint announced this morning that, during the third quarter of this year, its customers bought over a million smartphones that can connect to its nascent 4G LTE network.

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AT&T Subscribers Prefer iPhone to Rivals 3-To-1

By Ed Hardy | 10/24/2012

During the third quarter of this year, AT&T subscribers bought 6.1 million smartphones, of which a very large majority were iPhones.

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Sprint Brings 4G LTE to Chicagoland

By Ed Hardy | 10/22/2012

Sprint continues the slow process of rolling out 4G LTE to its subscribers across America. Its most notable new addition is the Chicago suburbs, but there are plenty more.

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T-Mobile Has Dropped Its Cheapest Data Plan

By Ed Hardy | 10/21/2012

T-Mobile has quietly stopped offering its most affordable wireless data plan. The plan, which cost just $10 month, allowed users to transfer a very small amount of data in a month.

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Softbank to Buy 70% of Sprint

By Michael Wall | 10/15/2012

Softbank announced today that it has officially agreed to acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel for $20 billion. This new influx of cash could be the kick-start that Sprint needs to get back on track and face the fierce wireless competition that exists in the US.

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Softbank in Talks to Buy a Large Stake in Sprint

By Michael Wall | 10/12/2012

Sprint has been struggling for years, but there may be help on the way thanks to Softbank. Currently, the Japanese telco is in talks with Sprint about buying a considerable portion of the U.S. carrier.

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Verizon Wireless Will Shut Down 2G and 3G Networks by 2021

By Michael Wall | 10/11/2012

Verizon Wireless announced it plans to sunset its 2G and 3G networks. The carrier announced that it plans on removing the old networks while extending its faster LTE network. UPDATED

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Sprint Makes Phone Numbers More Personal with StarStar Me Service

By Valerie Sarnataro | 10/8/2012

Sprint is making it easier for customers to share their digits, with the implementation of a new service that allows users to create their own vanity numbers, thanks to Zoove's StarStar Me program.

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FreedomPop Begins Public Tests of Free 4G Wireless Internet Service

By Michael Wall | 10/6/2012

FreedomPop, the free internet service just entered into its free public beta. Now open to the public FreedomPop looks to offer 500MB of data free to all users who wish to sign up for the service. In addition to its fermium service FreedomPop offers a number of other packages making it much more than just 500MB of free data.

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T-Mobile and MetroPCS Are Merging

By Ed Hardy | 10/3/2012

In hopes that by growing it can compete better, T-Mobile is going to merge with the regional carrier MetroPCS.

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