Verizon Wireless, Jennifer Lopez Partner to Launch Viva Movil, Mobile Retailer Aimed at Latino Market

Lopez serves as creative chief and majority owner of Viva Movil, which will offer its own stores but carry standard phones.
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Acting FCC Chair: Regulate With a Light Touch, but Touch When Necessary

Mignon Clyburn said Tuesday that she wants to work to protect rural carriers and consumers while making sure that efforts to increase available spectrum remain on track.
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Verizon Wireless Plans $7 Billion Dividend to Parent Companies

Verizon Wireless said on Monday it plans to pay out $7 billion to its two owners — Verizon Communications, which owns 55 percent of the venture, and Vodafone, which owns 45 percent. The move comes amid renewed talk that Verizon Communications might be interested in buying out its joint venture partner.

Nokia Brings Updated Windows Phone, the $99 Lumia 928, to Verizon

The long-rumored Windows Phone is similar to last year’s Lumia 920 for AT&T but is thinner and includes an improved screen, flash and audio recording.
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Sprint, T-Mobile Delay Retail Launch for Samsung Galaxy S 4

Sprint had hoped to have the new Samsung flagship in stores on Saturday, but limited supply means that it will initially be sold only online and via phone.
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Verizon Customers Will Have to Wait Full Two Years for That Phone Upgrade

Verizon is phasing out a program that let customers on a two-year contract upgrade their phone after 20 months.
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AT&T on T-Mobile’s New Rate Plans: “Whatever”

Meanwhile, Sprint said its mix of contract and no-contract plans offers customers the best of both worlds.
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Dueling Korean Robots Among the Hidden Gems on Barcelona Show Floor

AllThingsD’s Ina Fried wanders the Mobile World Congress show floor in search of the quirky and quixotic.
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Verizon, AT&T in $1.9 Billion Deal to Swap Some Spectrum

The moves, which require government okay, are part of a commitment Verizon made to sell off some of its 700MHz holdings.
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Verizon Posts Big Loss, Adds Two Million Wireless Connections

The company activated nearly 10 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, as nearly 10 percent of the company’s retail subscribers upgraded their devices.
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Verizon Shutting Down the Mobile Video Service It Launched in 2005

Dive Into Mobile Ready to Take Back Manhattan on April 15 and 16

Verizon to Shutter Its App Store in January

Verizon Wireless: Soon Majority of Data Traffic Will Be on LTE

Verizon and Apple Issue Fix for iPhone 5 Cellular Data Bug

Sprint Nearly Sold Out of iPhone 5 at Many East Coast Spots

iPhone 5 Brings Size and Speed: The Unveiling as It Happened

More iPhone Price Cuts Ahead of New Model’s Launch

AT&T Says Its Shared-Data Plans Will Arrive August 23

Verizon and T-Mobile to Swap Some Spectrum, if Cable Deal Goes Through

Verizon Overhauls Its Rate Plans, Focusing on Shared Data