231 posts and columns on Verizon Wireless

T-Mobile Pooh-Poohs Shared Data Plans

in Mobile on May 18 at 12:19 pm PT

The No. 4 U.S. carrier, like Sprint, is focusing on per-device unlimited plans instead.
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Verizon Unlimited Users’ Plans Not Going Away, but Options Likely to Narrow

in Mobile on May 17 at 8:28 am PT

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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Verizon CFO: Arrival of Shared Data Plans This Summer Is a Game Changer

in Mobile on May 16 at 1:12 pm PT

The move to shared data plans could lure more consumers to go for a cellular-equipped tablet, but could also be bad news for those clinging to unlimited data plans.
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Nvidia, Intellectual Ventures Scoop Up Some Wireless Patents as Land Grab Continues

in Mobile on May 14 at 9:58 am PT

Nathan Myhrvold’s patent firm teamed with the graphics chipmaker to buy approximately 500 wireless patents.
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T-Mobile Customer Losses Continue to Mount

in Mobile on May 10 at 3:50 pm PT

T-Mobile USA said it lost more than a half million of the most lucrative customers in the first quarter, casting doubt on whether the company can regain momentum after regulators blocked its sale to AT&T Inc.

Faster HTC Droid Incredible Heads to Verizon

in Product News on May 7 at 10:34 am PT

The HTC Droid Incredible for Verizon is back, and it’s faster and more multimedia savvy than ever.
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Color’s Plan C (Or Is It B.5?): Becoming Verizon’s Live Mobile Video Partner

in Social on May 7 at 8:15 am PT

Color, the famously overfunded social app shop, is still looking for its first big hit.
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Boku Signs Up Final U.S. Wireless Operator for Carrier Billing

in Commerce on May 3 at 8:00 am PT

Boku says it has signed a partnership with Sprint, the final major U.S. carrier to adopt its mobile payments service.
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Verizon Sees Sales, Profits Climb From Year-Ago Levels on Wireless Growth

in Mobile on April 19 at 4:41 am PT

The company said that it continued to add prepaid wireless customers in the quarter, as it saw relatively low turnover in its customer base.
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Verizon Aims New Data Package at Global Travelers

in Mobile on April 18 at 9:00 am PT

The carrier is offering its customers the ability to get 100 megabytes of data in 120 countries for $25 a month.
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Either AT&T or Verizon Has the Faster LTE Network, Depending on Which of Two New Studies You Believe

in Mobile, April 18, 2012 at 5:00 am PT

Verizon Adds More LTE Cities, Says High-Speed Wireless Covers Two-Thirds of U.S.

Cellphone Unit Sales in First Quarter Were “Weakest in Years”

in Mobile, April 12, 2012 at 11:45 am PT

Google Writes Check to Acquire Payments Technology Company TxVia

in Commerce, April 2, 2012 at 4:06 pm PT

Can You Hear Windows Phone Now?

Clearwire, Leap Make Wholesale Pact

in Mobile, March 14, 2012 at 5:15 pm PT

Verizon, AT&T Get to Duke It Out Over 4G iPad; Sprint, T-Mobile Stuck on Sidelines

in Mobile, March 7, 2012 at 2:12 pm PT

Verizon Rivals Push FCC to Block Spectrum Buy

in Mobile, February 22, 2012 at 9:47 am PT

An LTE-Capable iPad Paves the Way for the 4G iPhone

in Mobile, February 14, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

PayPal Says It’s Full Speed Ahead on Mobile Payments After President Resigns

in Commerce, February 6, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

Here’s How PayPal Is Pitching Mobile Payments to Major Retailers (Slideshow)

in Commerce, February 6, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

Here’s the Worst Super Bowl Ad of 2012

in Media, February 4, 2012 at 4:37 pm PT

Are You Ready for Some Football? A Techie Guide to the Super Bowl.

in Media, February 4, 2012 at 2:24 pm PT

Google’s Head of Consumer Payments, Vikas Gupta, Resigns

in Commerce, January 26, 2012 at 5:35 pm PT

Verizon Wireless Expands Paperless Receipt Option to All Stores