Cricket Wireless announced that it will be significantly expanding its area of data plan operations to include Mexico and Canada. Customers of Cricket Wireless have had unlimited calling and texting while traveling anywhere in North America for some time now, but data usage was limited to the United States. Although this allowed users to stay […]
Verizon Wireless intends to increase the price of its grandfathered unlimited mobile data plan by $20 per month to a total of $49.99. The change affects only 1% of Verizon customers, who’ve held onto these unlimited plans for some time. Verizon doesn’t offer unlimited plans to new customers any more, who instead need to purchase […]
T-Mobile today expanded the availability of its Simple Global data roaming feature to a total of 145 countries. T-Mobile says postpaid customers can now use their T-Mobile handsets across all of Europe and all of South America, in addition to numerous other countries such as the Bahamas, without incurring data roaming charges. Data speeds when […]
Verizon Wireless today debuted a fifth option for data-hungry customers. For a limited time, Verizon is offering an 18GB shared data plan that costs $100 per month. The plan is XX-Large when compared to the Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large plans already available from Verizon. Each data plan comes with unlimited talk and text, and […]
Sprint adjusted its offer to DirecTV customers and added more data options. The original pitch included unlimited talk and text and just 2 GB of data per month for a year for free for DirecTV customers who port to Sprint. Now, those customers will be able to improve their data bucket to 4 GB for […]
MetroPCS today announced several promotions meant to entice consumers to ditch their carrier in favor of MetroPCS. For starters, customers who activate a new line on a $40 or higher service plan will receive an extra 1GB of LTE data per month on top of whatever data bucket they choose. The extra 1GB will remain […]
Republic Wireless today announced Republic Refund plans, which will reimburse customers for unused cellular data each month. The company is offering a range of new plans with varying data buckets. Any cellular data that goes unused will be credited on the customer’s next bill. Republic’s business banks on customers’ proximity to WiFi hotspots. The entry-level […]
Sprint was forced to remove a speed limit on its new All-In plans after customers were quick to complain. On Tuesday, Sprint revealed a service plan called All-In that offers monthly service and phone payments bundled together for $80 per month. In the fine print, Sprint disclosed a policy to throttle mobile video speeds to […]
The International Telecommunications Union has agreed on the basic framework for defining what will eventually become the 5G wireless data specification. The ITU will use the name “IMT-2020” to refer to the roadmap, which, as the name implies, it hopes to have finalized by the year 2020. IMT-2020 may seen a somewhat obtuse name, but […]
T-Mobile has given its unlimited data customers 2 more gigabytes of data just for mobile hotspot use. The unlimited plan costs $80 per month and had included 5 GB for mobile hotspots; now customers have access to 7 GB of data for mobile hotspots. “We’ve enabled mobile hotspot benefits on all active data plans,” said […]
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