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Cell phone theft is on the rise, but the industry isn't helping much (Infographic)
Nancy Marshall-Genzer May 14, 2013
Cell phone theft in this country is on the rise – some are calling it an epidemic – but there’s not really any incentive for the industry to help curb the increase.
T-Mobile's bet: Customers will pay more for phones
Mitchell Hartman Mar 26, 2013
What’s the cost of an iPhone? $200, if you pay for the rest of it through a two-year wireless contract. Now T-Mobile plans to upend the business model, asking customers to pay the true cost of the phone, and probably lower monthly wireless bills. Will their plan work with customers?
T-Mobile drops contract plans to compete with smaller carriers
Queena Kim Mar 26, 2013
T-mobile is ditching two-year contract plans and phone subsidies. Consumers will have to pay for the phone upfront or enter a payment plan.
How to bring high-speed Internet to America
David Brancaccio Mar 7, 2013
ERF Wireless uses radio waves hopscotched over short to medium distances to bring high-speed wireless Internet to places that wires or fiber optic cables can’t reach.
Get ready to stream: more Wi-Fi coming your way
Kai Ryssdal Feb 20, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission votes to set aside more of the wireless spectrum for Wi-Fi.
AT&T expands 'video bill' service
David Gura Dec 5, 2012
Video service aims to explain to customers where their money is going.
What's lost when phone service goes digital
Scott Tong Nov 8, 2012
AT&T is making a big investment in its digital network -- and signaling its original, and extremely reliable, copper-wire system is on the way out.
AT&T puts $14 billion toward expanding wireless
Dan Bobkoff Nov 9, 2012
AT&T announced this week it will invest $14 billion over the next three years to beef up its wireless and broadband services. The news is good for wireless customers, but could portend the demise of the old fashioned landline phone.
AT&T and T-Mobile combine service in storm zone
David Gura Nov 1, 2012
But is the move by the rival phone companies more about business than helping out?
The online game of borrowing money
David Brancaccio Oct 11, 2012
Payday lending -- an area of finance with one of the worst reputations -- may get a facelift with new start up LendUp, which takes its inspiration from microlending. Today, MIT is starting an outfit dedicated to delivering us from our wireless frustrations.
