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El Cinco to be a World Phone

Aug 23, 2011
Reports on TechCrunch say that the impending iPhone 5 will run on both GSM and CDMA networks. CDMA is the standard for Verizon and Sprint, GSM runs...

Verizon strike gets nasty.

Aug 9, 2011
Not that any strikes don't. 45,000 workers are on strike, slowing down repairs and installations. The Wall Street Journal reports: "The vast...

Sprint may be ending the unlimited data party

Jul 20, 2011
Dan Hesse, the CEO of Sprint (the George Harrison of wireless carriers) says he doesn't know how much longer Sprint can afford to offer unlimited...

RIP: Verizon's unlimited data package

Jul 6, 2011
If you want to get on Verizon, make sure you do it today or tomorrow. After tomorrow, Verizon will officially moved to tiered data plans. You'll b...

If you want an unlimited Verizon data plan, sign up now

Jun 21, 2011
The honeymoon of all you can eat data ends on July 7th as Verizon will introduce tiered data for new customers. Verizon is only confirming the date...

Verizon LTE network crashes

Apr 28, 2011
Having a fancy schmancy LTE network is fine, Verizon, but only if the dang thing actually, you know, works. And for a while there it wasn't....

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FCC votes on data roaming

Apr 7, 2011
The FCC is set to vote today on whether to regulate data roaming the way the agency has regulated roaming for voice. So, if I'm out and about and...

Isis coming to Salt Lake City

Apr 6, 2011
Not the Egyptian goddess. Sadly. Isis is the massive joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and a bunch of financial institutions to...

The list of companies in the Epsilon hack grows

Apr 6, 2011
Reuters reports we can add Verizon to the list of companies whose customers' email addresses were obtained by a hacker in the recent Epsilon data...