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MetroPCS mimics landline with family 'groupline'

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has a new feature designed to lure families getting rid of their landlines. The new service gives families one number that rings all their cell phones at once.





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Virgin Mobile joins prepaid price war

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Virgin Mobile USA Inc. is set to announce Thursday that it is slashing the price of its unlimited calling plan to $50 from $80 per month, a result of fierce competition and price-cutting among second-tier cellular ...


Cut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.


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Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't going ...


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Choosing a Low Radiation Cell Phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Environmental Working Group (EWG) team has released a consumer guide on the radiation levels emitted by over 1,000 cell phones sold in the U.S. The guide is the most comprehensive ever ...


T-Mobile gets into the game of laptop connections

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA is opening up its new cellular broadband network to laptops for the first time, with Wednesday's launch of a USB "dongle" that lets portable computers get wireless Internet access.


Fewer players in wireless could rein in price cuts

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- How many wireless carriers do we need? It's a question that's popping up again as T-Mobile USA is said to be looking at buying Sprint Nextel Corp.


Verizon offers to cut exclusive time for phones

Technology / Telecom

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- Verizon Wireless has offered to shorten the period in which it demands exclusive rights to new cell phones from LG and Samsung in an effort to give small rural carriers a better chance to sell up-to-date phones.


Tracfone tests cheap unlimited plan on Verizon

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Tracfone Wireless, the country's largest provider of "prepaid" cell phones, is quietly testing a new service that appears to be a response to the fierce price competition in the prepaid market.


Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USA

Technology / Business

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc.


Texting delays mar popularity of $50 Boost plan

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new $50 unlimited-calling plan sold under the Boost brand has been a badly needed success story for Sprint Nextel Corp., luring hundreds of thousands of new customers, by industry estimates.



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