Category: 5G
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Verizon’s Legacy Price Hike is Coming, But it Also Brings One Benefit
Verizon Wireless has begun alerting customers on some of its older plans that they’ll be seeing a $4 price increase starting in March. But the rate hike isn’t coming without one benefit: More hotspot data. Verizon will give all customers on legacy plans who are seeing a price increase an extra 5 GB of mobile…
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Verizon Wireless Bundles Netflix Premium and STARZ Together In Discounted Package
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a new bundle that packages Netflix’s premium plan with STARZ for a discounted price. The bundle costs $25.99 a month. Normally, Netflix premium itself costs $22.99 and STARZ costs $9.99, giving you savings of $7. It’s the latest offer from Verizon, which is increasingly rolling out discounted bundles and other…
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AT&T Adds 67,000 5G Home Internet Customers, Offsetting Massive DSL Losses
AT&T’s 5G home internet service, called Internet Air, racked up 67,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter and helped mask the mass defection of DSL customers. The Dallas telecommunications giant reported fourth-quarter results that also saw the addition of 273,000 fiber customers. But its overall broadband growth was only 19,000, indicating that the company lost…
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Scripps CEO on the Biggest Hidden Opportunity With ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
For Scripps CEO Adam Symson, the introduction of higher quality video and audio with ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, is nice for the audience, but it isn’t what gets him excited about the technology. Symson believes that NextGen TV’s infrastructure, which is designed around transmitting IP data similar to any other wireless network,…
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Verizon is Taking a $5.8 Billion Hit Because of its Struggling Business Unit
Verizon is paying an expensive price for dealing with the reality of a struggling wireline business. The New York telecommunications giant disclosed on Wednesday that it would take a non-cash charge of $5.8 billion to write down the value of its Verizon Business Group in the fourth quarter. The move will be reflected in its…
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Samsung and Google Are Pushing the Galaxy S24 as an AI-First Smartphone. But Will Customers Care?
Artificial intelligence was THE buzzword at CES 2024, so it’s no surprises that the AI momentum continues with Samsung’s unveiling of the Galaxy S24 family of smartphones. Front and center in the latest edition of the flagship phone is a partnership between Samsung and Google focused on generative AI. As with previous years, Samsung unveiled…
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T-Mobile Crowned America’s Fastest Wireless Carrier Again
T-Mobile once again took the checkered flag as the fastest wireless carrier in America, according to Ookla. From a download speed perspective, it wasn’t close. T-Mobile posted a media download speed of 188.96 Mbps, more than double the 91.6 Mbps from Verizon and 90.8 Mbps from AT&T, according to Ookla’s report of performance in the…
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DISH Takes on SpaceX and T-Mobile Over Spectrum Issues in Separate FCC Filings
DISH Network, now known as EchoStar Corporation, is keeping the Federal Communications Commission busy. The company, which owns pay-TV and satellite operations, sent two separate filings to the agency over its concerns about spectrum usage and ownership. The first was a petition seeking reconsideration of the FCC’s permission for SpaceX to operate in a certain…
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T-Mobile’s Free Netflix Perk May Soon Come With Ads For Some Users
T-Mobile’s “Netflix On Us” perk, which offers subscribers of its more recent plans access to the streaming service for free, will undergo some big changes. Customers who receive the Netflix “basic” plan will be converted to a standard plan that comes with ads, according to The Mobile Report, which uncovered internal documents detailing the change.…
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T-Mobile is Offering a Free Line to ‘Targeted’ Customers. Here’s How to Find Out if You Qualify
T-Mobile is offering select customers a free line on their plan. The promotion allows T-Mobile subscribers to add a line to their account and receive a monthly bill credit to cover the cost, the report said. It’s unclear how the carrier is choosing the “targeted” customers and whether there’s some criteria to meet. The Mobile…