News tagged with wireless phones
Phone home and call likely answered on the cell
May 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the ...
Fleeing customers haunt phone co. in New England
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Phone companies fear that customers will increasingly switch off their landlines in favor of wireless phones or phone service from cable TV providers. So the last thing FairPoint Communications Inc. needed was to ...
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Verizon offers to cut exclusive time for phones
May 08, 2009 |
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(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.
Verizon Wireless downplays Linux phones
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Wireless considers Linux-based software a possible long-term contender for use on its phones, but doesn't view it as a "preferred" solution, the carrier's head said.
Verizon offers small carriers fresher handsets
Jul 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is offering small cellular carriers a chance to get new phone models faster.
Cell phone users rack up accidental data charges
Aug 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is looking into ways to prevent subscribers without data plans from accidentally starting up the Web browser on their phones and racking up $1.99 in fees each time.
MetroPCS mimics landline with family 'groupline'
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(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.
AT&T to try selling wireless broadband laptops
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is going to go beyond cell phones and test selling laptops in its stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
Some cell phones to get live NCAA tournament games
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Mar 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- March Madness is in the air. To be more specific, it's on airwaves that certain AT&T and Verizon Wireless phones can pick up, letting them show live NCAA basketball tournament games this season.
AT&T to buy territories from Verizon for $2.35B
May 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. said Friday it will buy the assets of Verizon Wireless in 79 mainly rural areas for $2.35 billion, a deal that will affect more than 1 million subscribers.
Sprint to stop selling certain push-to-talk phones
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is giving up on a technology that allows some Sprint-branded phones to use a "push-to-talk" walkie-talkie service similar to what's available on the company's Nextel-branded phones.
Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnership (Update)
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices that use Google's software.
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