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Kyocera Expands Waterproof Hydro Smartphone Line
San Diego – Kyocera will expand its range of waterproof Hydro cellphones in the U.S. to seven when no-contract provider Boost Mobile on June...
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Report: T-Mobile, Sprint Closer To Deal
New York – Sprint and T-Mobile are closer to announcing a merger agreement, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Although the...
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AT&T Sees Rapid Q2 Growth In No-Subsidy Phones
Dallas – About half of AT&T’s postpaid smartphone customer base will be on no-device-subsidy Mobile Share Value pricing plans by the end of the...
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iOS 8 To Offer T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile’s iPhone users will be able to use iPhones running iOS 8 to place calls over Wi-Fi networks in areas where...
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Blu Ships Unlocked Octa-Core Android Smartphones
Miami — Unlocked-phone supplier Blu Products has begun shipping its latest two flagship Android smartphones, both of which are its first to sport octa-core...
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AT&T Prices PadFone X, Plans June 6 Preorders
Dallas – AT&T keeps dribbling out details of its planned Asus PadFone X, announcing a price and preorder date but not an availability date....
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LG Readies G3 Flagship For Summer Availability
New York – LG promoted simplicity of design, ease of use and a Quad HD display in launching its flagship G3 smartphone, which will...
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Kantar Survey: Android Up Again, iOS Down Again In U.S.
London – Android’s share of smartphones sold to U.S. end users rose 7.3 percentage points to 59.1 percent during the three months ending April...
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Quick-Messaging Phones Live On At Pantech
Atlanta – The quick-messaging phone isn’t dead. Pantech Mobile today launched the Pantech Vybe with 3.2-inch touchscreen display, slide-out keyboard, and quick camera button...
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T-Mobile, AT&T Launching VoLTE Service
Bellevue, Wash. — T-Mobile launched Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service with HD Voice in Seattle and plans to expand the service to other markets...
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FreedomPop Expands LTE, Adds Unlimited Everything Plan
Los Angeles — FreedomPop, the MVNO that offers free and low-cost wireless voice and data service, is expanding its selection of LTE-equipped phones with...
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Boost, Virgin Add Samsung Galaxy S5
New York – Sprint no-contract brands Boost Mobile and Virgin added the flagship Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone to their selections. The brands didn’t offer...
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Verizon Promoting Enhanced LTE As XLTE
Basking Ridge, N.J. — Verizon Wireless launched a consumer advertising campaign to promote the XLTE brand for the expanded-capacity higher-speed XLTE network available in...
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Survey: Cellphone Installment Plans Keep Growing
Chicago – Cellphone financing programs have taken off, accounting for almost a fourth of new cellphones purchased during the July 2013 through March 2014...
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AT&T Relaunches Cricket Prepaid Service
Alpharetta, Ga. — AT&T relaunched the Cricket-brand prepaid cellular service, dropped its Aio Wireless prepaid brand, and launched new Cricket service plans to bolster...
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HTC Readies Latest HTC One Mini
Bellevue, Wash. – HTC plans a Mini version of its new HTC One (M8), which will be rolled out starting in June outside the...
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T-Mobile Adds Another Low-Price Smartphone
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile launched its latest low-price smartphone, the T-Mobile Concord II, through its website at $0 down plus 24 monthly payments of...
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T-Mobile, Univision, Walmart Team Up To Target Hispanics
Bellevue, Wash. – T-Mobile teamed up with media company Univision Communications for the May 19 launch of Univision Mobile-branded wireless service available exclusively through...
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Motorola Expands Low-Price Smartphone Selection
Chicago — Motorola expanded its selection of low-price smartphones designed to appeal to price-conscious consumers who it contends don’t want to settle for older...
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Boost, Virgin Get First Enhanced LTE Phone
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. — LG is providing the first Enhanced LTE smartphone for Sprint’s two prepaid brands, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile. The LG...
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New Smartphones Target Multiple Tiers
New York — New smartphones are on the way in the low-, mid- and high-tier segments of the market. At the low end, ZTE...
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Sprint Going After New Dealers With Panorama Plan
Overland Park, Kan. — Sprint Wholesale Solutions has launched the Sprint Panorama program designed to “open the door for existing and new entrants” to...
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Consumer Cellular Expanding Displays In Sears
Portland, Ore. – Cellular MVNO Consumer Cellular is expanding its presence in Sears stores. Consumer Cellular, which targets the 50-plus age group with no-contract...
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Apple, Samsung Gain U.S. Smartphone Share
Reston, Va. — Samsung posted slightly greater first-quarter gains than Apple in the share of smartphones used by U.S. wireless subscribers compared with the...
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Apple Wins Fraction Of Damages Sought Against Samsung
San Jose, Calif. — Apple won $119.6 million in damages, a fraction of the $2.19 billion it sought, from a California federal jury that...
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Samsung Offers LeBron App For Galaxy Devices
Dallas – Samsung Telecommunications America is offering a LeBron James app exclusively to owners of Samsung Galaxy mobile devices. The app will provides a...
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FreedomPop Extends Free And Low-Cost Service To iPhones
Los Angeles – FreedomPop, the MVNO that offers free and low-cost wireless voice and data service, is expanding its smartphone selection beyond Android phones...
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Consumer Cellular Doesn’t Overlook The Basics
Portland, Ore. – MVNO Consumer Cellular, which targets the 50-plus age group with no-contract postpaid service, isn’t forgetting about consumers who want a basic...
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Industry Execs Debate Key Wireless Issues
CTIA 2013 Las Vegas — Executives in the wireless industry and other industries debated issues of privacy, smartphone data security, distracted driving and the...
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Startup Zact Readies Flexible-Plan Cellphone Service
Redwood City, Calif. – Startup MVNO Zact is launching a flexible-plan cellphone service through its web site but plans to add retail distribution, a...
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Motorola Mobility Continues Workforce Reduction
Libertyville, Ill. — Motorola Mobility has begun to lay off about 1,200 people. “These cuts are a continuation of the reductions we announced last...
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Apple Launches iPhone 5, Its First 4G Unit
San Francisco – Apple will catch up with the many of its smartphone competitors with the launch of its first 4G smartphone, which incorporates...
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EarthLink To Offer Wireless Service To Consumers
Atlanta – EarthLink, the provider of data, voice and IT services, will enter the wireless market though a wholesale agreement with carrier Clearwire. EarthLink...
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4G LTE Service Expanding
New York – Consumers options for 4G LTE service are growing. In the coming months, Sprint said it would launch commercial availability of 4G...
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LG Phablet, Free Samsung Smartphone Due From Verizon
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless is tapping opposite ends of the smartphone market with the launch of LG’s first “phablet,” priced at $199,...
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Nokia Launches Music Streaming For Smartphones
New York — Nokia launched a subscription-free and ad-free free music-streaming service exclusively for Nokia Lumia smartphones in the U.S. With the service, Nokia...
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LG Flagship Smartphone Unveiled
Seoul, South Korea – LG Electronics provided more details about the flagship quad-core smartphone that it built from the ground up with three other...
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Apple Seeks Injunction On 8 Samsung Phones
San Francisco – Apple asked a federal district court here to issue a preliminary injunction banning the sale of eight Samsung smartphones, most of...
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LG Companies Cooperate On Flagship Smartphone
Seoul, South Korea – LG Electronics teamed up with three other LG companies for the first time to build a flagship smartphone said to...
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Mobile Phone Cases Power Up Accessories Sales
Port Washington, N.Y. – Mobile phone cases are the most popular comsumer electronics accessory, according to a new study by The NPD Group, and...
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LG Hits 5 Million LTE Smartphone Unit Sales
Seoul, South Korea — LG Electronics reports it has reached the 5 million unit sales mark for LTE smartphones. After reaching sales of 4...
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Verizon Expands Prepaid Smartphone Selection
Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless acknowledged prepaid-cellular’s growth by expanding its selection of smartphones available with prepaid service. Samsung’s Illusion smartphone was the...