Category: 5G
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Verizon’s Visible and T-Mobile’s Metro Are in a Prepaid War, With George Costanza Caught in the Middle
Verizon’s Visible just set off a war of words with T-Mobile’s Metro, and used Jason Alexander, better known as George Costanza of Seinfeld fame, to do it. Visible, which is Verizon’s prepaid service geared towards younger customers, unveiled a new ad campaign with Alexander that took a direct shot at T-Mobile’s prepaid service, Metro, and…
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Straight Talk Wireless Adds Walmart+ Membership For Free To Some of its Plans
Prepaid service Straight Talk Wireless said on Thursday that it is throwing in membership to Walmart+ for free to customers on its two highest plans. Customers on Straight Talk Wireless Gold and Platinum plans will get Walmart+ for no extra charge. The perk is active starting today. It’s a natural partnership given that Straight Talk,…
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Dish and EchoStar Flip Merger Roles, With EchoStar To Take Over As the Parent Company
Dish Network and EchoStar Corp are still slated to merge back, but having flip-flopped on which one will be the parent. The companies disclosed in a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that they are reversing their original plan, and will now merge with EchoStar as the parent company. The two companies said in…
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Mint Mobile Told To Cease Claiming its Unlimited Plan is “Now Just $15 a Month”
You may want to check the exact terms of that Mint Mobile unlimited plan. The National Advertising Division recommended that Mint stop or modify its claim that its service is “now just $15 a month” because it could be misleading to customers. The $15 rate for the unlimited only lasts three months as a promotion,…
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The $5 Crypto-Powered 5G Service Just Unveiled a New Mobile Hotspot
Nova Labs turned heads in August when it unveiled Helium Mobile, a $5-a-month 5G wireless service that was partly powered by crowd-sourced mini-towers that offered cryptocurrency as a reward. Helium is a complicated service that takes a bit to wrap your mind around. It’s back with a much simpler offering: a Wi-Fi hotspot puck. The…
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Google’s Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2 Event: What we Expect and How to Watch
Google is set to unveil its newest smartphone and smartwatch at its “Made by Google” event in New York on Wednesday, October 4. But fortunately, you don’t have to be in the Big Apple to check out all of the live updates. The online giant is slated to officially reveal the Pixel 8 and Pixel…
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T-Mobile is Another Step Closer to Unlocking Spectrum It Already Bought For $304M
The U.S. Senate can rarely agree on anything, but it came together on Friday to unanimously pass a bill proposed by Sen. John Kennedy to temporarily re-authorize the Federal Communications Commission to allocate spectrum, a move that gets T-Mobile closer to tapping into spectrum it’s been patiently waiting to get its hands on. Kennedy, a…
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T-Mobile and SpaceX’s Satellite-Cellular Partnership May Be Grounded For Now
A little more than a year ago, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk came together to unveil a partnership to offer a hybrid service that utilized satellites to boost the coverage and range of cellphones, with a promises of expanding coverage and eliminating dead zones for customers. Fast forward to today, and…
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FCC Is Ramping Up its Efforts to Provide 5G Home Internet Access to Rural America
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking further comment on its effort to connect more Americans with a 5G network, with a goal of better using its updated coverage map to dole out needed funds. The FCC released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to “refresh the record” for the 5G Fund for Rural Americans to…
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Telecom and Cable Companies Are Starting to Mirror Each Other as Cord Cutting Takes Center Stage
The telecom companies and the cable providers, with legacies of providing phone and video services, respectively, have traditionally been like water and oil or fire and ice – industries that are diametrically opposed to each other. But a funny thing happened: They increasingly started to look and act more like each other. Two decades ago,…