The Wire - Press Releases
Ice Mobility Announces Authorized Verizon Accessory Distribution Partnership and Kicks-Off Brand Refresh
Strategic Evolution Positions Company for Next Phase of Growth in Rapidly Changing Mobility Landscape
Verizon
Products
Verizon And AT&T Successfully Conduct Cellphone-To-Satellite Video Calls
Tele companies utilized mobile devices connected to AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird satellites
Accessories
Ultrahuman Launches Ring AIR At Verizon Stores Nationwide
Smart ring can download new features through Ultraman's PowerPlugs Store platform
CTA
CTA Centennial Part 6c: Platform Wars – Airways (Part I)
The platform wars continue in the sky above...
Products
TCL Mobile’s Newest Phone Brings Impressive Performance At An Affordable Price
5G and powerful visuals for $119.99
Products
Verizon Launches Total By Verizon, New No-Contract Wireless Brand
New retail brand combines the power of Verizon's 5G network with no-contract plans
Products
Verizon Expands 5G Ultra Wideband To More Than 100 Million People
5G Ultra Wideband offers 5G speeds up to 10 times faster than 4G, and it's coming to 1,700 US cities
Product Spotlight
Verizon And Amazon Team Up To Improve Rural Wireless Internet Access
The Verizon and Amazon plans involve plenty of satellites over the coming years
CES
Live Edition of CES 2021 Official Daily Now Available
This Daily includes information from Monday’s Media Day and yesterday’s keynotes and sessions
5G
Executive Insight: 5G Almost Makes It To Mainstream
5G is right on the brink of becoming mainstream as we set off into 2021
CES
CES 2021 Date Changes, Kick-Off Keynote Speaker Announced
Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg to Deliver CES 2021 Kick-Off Keynote
Products
Tom’s Guide Report: Microsoft Surface Duo Release Date, Price, Specs And News
Everything you need to know about the Surface Duo
Products
Tom’s Guide Review: Apple iPhone SE (2020) – The Best Cheap Phone Ever
The iPhone SE 2020 is an outstanding phone for under $400, delivering fast performance and very good cameras in a compact design.
Products
Verizon’s Coronavirus Response To Consumers
Verizon responds to the coronavirus by waiving late fees, 15GB of free extra data and new discounts for low-income households
Industry
Super Bowl Commercial Sneak Peeks: What Can We Expect From Tech?
A preview of what to expect for this year’s Big Game
Products
AT&T & Verizon Gear Up To Sell World’s 1st Holographic Phone
The Hydrogen One will be able to display “four-view holographic content."
Keeping Current
Updated! U.S. Security Sanctions Nip Huawei, ZTE In The Bud
Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE had big plans for the U.S. market. Now they're essentially toast.
Industry
Verizon Agrees To Buy Yahoo for $4.83B
Verizon Communications made it official Monday, agreeing to purchase Yahoo for $4.83 billion in cash, ending a long period of uncertainty for the Internet...
Keeping Current
Verizon To Disconnect Unlimited-Data Users Who Use ‘Extraordinary’ Amounts Of Data
Verizon has decided that merely throttling the data hogs isn’t sufficient enough. “Hey buddy, you, the one who is consuming massive amounts of 4G...
news
T-Mobile, Consumer Cellular Lead In Customer Satisfaction
T-Mobile subscribers are more satisfied with their wireless service than subscribers of the three other national carriers, and Consumer Cellular is tops among non-contract...
news
Verizon’s Droid Franchise A Little Less Exclusive
Verizon’s Droid franchise is losing a little bit of its exclusivity in the U.S. with yesterday’s launch of the latest Motorola-made Droid phones. Verizon...
news
Motorola Goes Modular With Moto Z Droids For Verizon
Motorola joined the short list of companies launching or planning smartphones that can be upgraded and customized via optional modules, joining LG’s recently launched...
news
Hey Verizon, Can You Hear Sprint Now?
Paul Marcarelli, who once appeared as the “test man” in Verizon commercials, has begun appearing in Sprint commercials to promote Sprint’s improved reliability and...
Industry
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam Calls Bernie Sanders ‘Contemptible’
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam came back hard at Bernie Sanders after the presidential candidate accused his company of “corporate greed” while addressing striking wireline...
news
Wireless Zone Changing With The Times
Wireless Zone, the franchise chain specializing in Verizon phones and service, is rolling out a gross-profit royalty model to replace a gross-revenue model that...
news
Here’s How Much Time We Spend Streaming Video On Smartphones
More than 80 percent of all smartphone owners are streaming video, but people ages 25 and under spend more than twice the amount of...
Industry
FCC Unveils Wireless Auction Participants
The FCC has released the list of 104 applicants to its forward auction, which are the wireless companies and others who who applied to...
news
Verizon Adds 18.4-Inch Samsung Galaxy View Tablet
Verizon joined AT&T in offering an LTE-equipped version of Samsung’s 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet, whose large screen and built-in carry handle and stand are...
news
MWC16: 5G Cellular Speeds Along, Verizon Targets 2017
5G wireless is competing with smartphone introductions for the wireless spotlight at Mobile World Congress, where the wireless industry talked up visions of 25Gbps...
news
Which Wireless Providers Offer Best Purchase Experience?
The wireless purchase experience through carrier channels hit a record high in the latest J.D. Power survey, with AT&T taking the top spot among...
news
Sprint Targets Verizon Over Shared-Data Prices
Sprint is simplifying its lineup of shared-data plans and promoting them as offering a better deal than Verizon. The carrier is reducing the number...
news
AT&T Fighting Back To Reverse Postpaid Phone Losses
AT&T is getting tired of losing postpaid phone subscribers to other carriers and has joined its national rivals in offering consumers a monetary incentive...
news
How To Scuttle The Pay-TV Set-Top Box
Many consumers can already dispense with a pay-TV provider’s set-top box (STB), but usually only in second, third or fourth rooms. Here are some...
Car Electronics
Sprint, Alcatel OneTouch Team For In-Car Wi-Fi Hot Spot
Sprint is turning cars into mobile hot spots with the launch of the Alcatel OneTouch Ride-fi, which plugs into a vehicle’s 12-volt power socket....
news
AT&T Gearing Up For 5G, Gigabit Wireless
AT&T will move 5G trials out of the lab and into the field later this year as part of its effort to accelerate wireless...
news
Sprint Keeps The Rate Cuts Coming
Sprint is pressing down harder on the rate-cut gas pedal. For the second time, the carrier is extending a promotion offering 50 percent off...
Keeping Current
Verizon Imitates Binge On, Sponsors Free Go90 Streaming
In a move to counter T-Mobile’s BingeOn program, Verizon’s postpaid customers will be able to watch video content on the carrier’s go90 app without...
Financial
Verizon Wireless: Competitors Aren’t Stealing Our Subscribers
Verizon Wireless pointed to a continued decline in its retail postpaid churn rate as evidence that cut-rate service plans and other marketing efforts by...
news
AT&T Loses, 3 Rivals Gain In Q4 Cellular Subscriber Stakes
AT&T was the biggest and only loser among the four national cellular carriers in the fourth quarter, when the company’s cellphone subscriber base shrank...
news
T-Mobile Prices BlackBerry’s Priv Android Phone
T-Mobile priced Blackberry’s first Android phone, the Priv slider, at $719, or $34/month for 18 months when it becomes available January 26 through T-Mobile-branded...