Category: 5G
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T-Mobile CEO Hints at Possible 5G Home Internet Price Increases Again
Consumers are flocking to T-Mobile’s 5G home internet service — to the point where it’s become one of the largest internet service providers in the nation after just two years. But would T-Mobile slow that growth down by raising prices? Maybe. Speaking to investors on a Thursday earnings conference call, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert hinted…
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Walmart and Boost Are Offering a Free Phone and a Year of Service for $129 — But There’s a Catch
Walmart and Boost Mobile are teaming up on a bundle that includes a free phone and a full year of service for $129 — which is a great deal as long as you don’t need a smartphone. The free handset that comes with this deal is the Summit Flip phone, a basic handset that lets…
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T-Mobile Says it Added 541,000 5G Home Internet Customers the Same Day Comcast Posted Broadband Losses
T-Mobile continued to be on a tear on the broadband front, adding 541,000 5G home internet subscribers in the fourth quarter, which has a good chance of exceeding all other broadband providers — combined. The results were part of the fourth-quarter results the company reported on Thursday. Earlier that morning, Comcast reported losing 34,000 broadband…
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Verizon’s Legacy Price Hike is Coming, But it Also Brings One Benefit
Verizon Wireless has begun alerting customers on some of its older plans that they’ll be seeing a $4 price increase starting in March. But the rate hike isn’t coming without one benefit: More hotspot data. Verizon will give all customers on legacy plans who are seeing a price increase an extra 5 GB of mobile…
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Verizon Wireless Bundles Netflix Premium and STARZ Together In Discounted Package
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a new bundle that packages Netflix’s premium plan with STARZ for a discounted price. The bundle costs $25.99 a month. Normally, Netflix premium itself costs $22.99 and STARZ costs $9.99, giving you savings of $7. It’s the latest offer from Verizon, which is increasingly rolling out discounted bundles and other…
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AT&T Adds 67,000 5G Home Internet Customers, Offsetting Massive DSL Losses
AT&T’s 5G home internet service, called Internet Air, racked up 67,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter and helped mask the mass defection of DSL customers. The Dallas telecommunications giant reported fourth-quarter results that also saw the addition of 273,000 fiber customers. But its overall broadband growth was only 19,000, indicating that the company lost…
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Scripps CEO on the Biggest Hidden Opportunity With ATSC 3.0 NextGen TV
For Scripps CEO Adam Symson, the introduction of higher quality video and audio with ATSC 3.0, also known as NextGen TV, is nice for the audience, but it isn’t what gets him excited about the technology. Symson believes that NextGen TV’s infrastructure, which is designed around transmitting IP data similar to any other wireless network,…
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Verizon is Taking a $5.8 Billion Hit Because of its Struggling Business Unit
Verizon is paying an expensive price for dealing with the reality of a struggling wireline business. The New York telecommunications giant disclosed on Wednesday that it would take a non-cash charge of $5.8 billion to write down the value of its Verizon Business Group in the fourth quarter. The move will be reflected in its…
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Samsung and Google Are Pushing the Galaxy S24 as an AI-First Smartphone. But Will Customers Care?
Artificial intelligence was THE buzzword at CES 2024, so it’s no surprises that the AI momentum continues with Samsung’s unveiling of the Galaxy S24 family of smartphones. Front and center in the latest edition of the flagship phone is a partnership between Samsung and Google focused on generative AI. As with previous years, Samsung unveiled…
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T-Mobile Crowned America’s Fastest Wireless Carrier Again
T-Mobile once again took the checkered flag as the fastest wireless carrier in America, according to Ookla. From a download speed perspective, it wasn’t close. T-Mobile posted a media download speed of 188.96 Mbps, more than double the 91.6 Mbps from Verizon and 90.8 Mbps from AT&T, according to Ookla’s report of performance in the…