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AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile…We Are All Open

What does OPEN really mean? Open handsets, open networks, open applications, open operating systems — some combination of those, or all of them? Or is it "We Scared Of Google."

Verizon Boosts FiOS Speeds

Verizon is rolling out major speed boosts for its FiOS broadband subscribers across its entire service area. These new tiers offer up to 50 Mbps/20 Mbps or up to 30 Mbps/15 Mbps, depending on the...

AT&T Changes its ‘Terms of Service’

Remember the brouhaha about AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) and the awkward language in their user agreements that prevented people from among other things criticize them. (As Bill Maher says, I kid...

700 MHz Auction: Google Takes Another Shot At Verizon

The Verizon (VZ) vs. Google (GOOG) squabble over the 700 MHz auction is getting nastier and nastier. A few weeks ago, Verizon went to the courts, seeking to block the Federal Communications...

AT&T, Verizon Mulling India Wireless Moves

For AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ), it has become impossible to ignore one of the world’s fastest-growing mobile markets: India. The Wall Street Journal reports on a recent trip AT&T CEO...

Verizon Sues, Google Expresses Dismay Over 700 MHz Auction

Verizon Wireless, a division of Verizon Communications (VZ), was unhappy with the way things were turning out for the 700 MHz auction and as such has decided to use the legal system to try and block...

AT&T U-Verse: 100,000 and Counting

AT&T’s (T) much vaunted triple-play service has finally passed the 100,000-subscriber mark — not exactly a scorcher, but good enough to meet the low end of expectations set by the...

Metro PCS Makes A Wireless Leap

In the wireless world, small is not beautiful. MetroPCS (PCS), a Dallas, TX.-based wireless operator has learnt this lesson quickly and is now proposing a tax-free stock-for-stock merger with Leap...

A Man & His 100 Mbps Fiber Connected Life

Swedish grannies are connecting to the net at 40 gigabits per second life; 100 megabit per seconds are becoming common place in Japan and Korea; and even French are dreaming of an ultra-fast fiber...