Secondary iPhone Market a Boon for AT&T, Verizon — and Apple, Too

The thriving secondary market for iPhones is increasing in importance for Apple’s carrier partners, and for Apple itself.
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Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your Phone

Worried about smartphone software that tracks your keystrokes? Here’s what to do.
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Sprint Gearing Up to Offer Services on the iPhone

Sprint is bringing services like Sprint Zone and Sprint TV to Apple’s operating system in an effort to stand out from other carriers selling the iPhone.
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Cellphone Users to Get Billing Alerts Under New Voluntary Standards

Wireless-phone customers will begin receiving real-time alerts next year if they are about to go over their monthly voice, data or text-message limits under new voluntary industry standards set to be announced on Monday.

Sprint Plunges on Concern Over 4G, iPhone Costs

Sprint Nextel Corp. shares fell Monday to their lowest level since February 2009 on continued concerns about the costs from rolling out a fourth-generation wireless network and selling Apple Inc. iPhones.

Vodafone Becomes Latest Carrier to Set Up Shop in Silicon Valley

Vodafone’s new Redwood City facility aims to identify partners and have them in trials on one of the company’s networks within nine months.
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Sprint to Get iPhone 5, Sources Say

Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, closing a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another channel for selling its popular phone.

Sprint Abandons Plans for 4G PlayBook

Sprint Nextel Corp. has abandoned plans to sell a version of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that runs on its high-speed network, citing a lack of demand from business customers.

Carriers, Credit Card Companies Make Headway on Mobile Payments

Three of the major wireless carriers in the U.S. today made major headway in rolling out a mobile payments strategy by announcing partnerships with Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.
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What’s in Their Wallets?

That’s the question I asked some digital money experts, whose job it is to push the creative boundaries on payments.You’d think they would be on the cutting edge, right?
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