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Sprint says NFC will be ready this year

Apr 5, 2011
When you're the RC Cola of wireless carriers, you have to try a little harder. Sprint says it will have near field communications (NFC) available...

Appeals court rejects net neutrality challenge

Apr 5, 2011
Yep, we are in the litigation phase of the net neutrality debate. It's a phase that is expected to last through human history, past the extinction,...

Verizon cracks down on text message fraud

Mar 10, 2011
Verizon is suing individuals and small companies who have been running a scam on cell phone users. Works like this: user gets an offer to be sent...

Lots of fuss about the D-block

Mar 3, 2011
We're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of September 11th, and there's still a lot of squabbling about creating a separate network for public...

Verizon to cap iPhone data plans this summer

Mar 2, 2011
Right now when you get a new Verizon iPhone, you get unlimited use of the data network. It's always been clear, however, that this plan was only...

AT&T offers unlimited mobile to mobile calling

Feb 10, 2011
The famed telephone and telegraph company is watching a lot of customers jump to Verizon for the iPhone so they're trying to think of ways to get...

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Verizon iPhone reviews start rolling in

Feb 3, 2011
Walt Mossberg says that it's much better with phone calls than AT&T but the data speeds are shorter. Josh Topolsky at Engadget pretty much s...

Verizon iPhone reviews start rolling in

Feb 3, 2011
Walt Mossberg says that it's much better with phone calls than AT&T but the data speeds are shorter. Josh Topolsky at Engadget pretty much s...