AT&T Shuffles Resources in New York in Push for Faster Data, Fewer Dropped Calls

The company is shifting bandwidth away from its older 2G network and toward its newer networks. Ma Bell is aiming to convince customers on the older network to upgrade their phones.
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Verizon Finds an Innovative Way for Customers to Bust Through Their Data Caps

The carrier details plans for Viewdini, a service designed to help its 4G LTE customers find videos from a variety of sources, including Netflix, Hulu Plus and Xfinity.
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Voyager Mobile, a 22-Year-Old’s Cellphone Start-Up, Launches After Delay

It’s a few days later than he had hoped, but John Mardini’s cellphone start-up is open for business.
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Verizon Unlimited Users’ Plans Not Going Away, but Options Likely to Narrow

Those who have an unlimited data plan and want to move to a 4G LTE phone might want to get a move on it.
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T-Mobile CTO: Network Should be Ready for iPhone Users by Q4

While T-Mobile USA doesn’t expect to offer LTE service until next year, another part of its network modernization efforts should allow iPhones to run at full speed on its networks later this year.
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LTE-Enabled PlayBook’s Latest Launch Date: “Later This Year”

First it was summer 2011. Then it was fall 2011. Is this a launch window RIM can actually stick to?
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Apple on Australian 4G: You’re Branding It Wrong

Apple tells regulators it’s not the iPad that’s been mislabeled, it’s Australia’s 3G networks.
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Verizon: Half of Our First-Quarter Smartphone Sales Were iPhones

Verizon sold 6.3 million smartphones in Q1. Of those, 3.2 million were iPhones.
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Carly Dumps Her Pink Dresses, as T-Mobile Aims for an Image Makeover

The No. 4 U.S. carrier is looking to reboot itself after a year in which it failed to sell itself and lost customers. But can a new ad campaign offset the lack of an iPhone?
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Alternatives to the iPhone

Walt answers a reader’s question on an alternative to the iPhone.