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Apple fined by Taiwan's fair trade commission over iPhone, plan pricing
- Apple has been fined 20 million New Taiwan dollars ($670,000) by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission for influencing iPhone retail pricing and rate plans with three of the country’s biggest wireless carriers: Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone Telecommunications and Taiwan Mobile.
AT&T CEO: Wireless carriers can't keep doing big subsidies on smartphones
- During a recent speaking engagement at an investor conference in New York City, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said wireless networks can’t afford to continue to subsidize devices like they have been for years.
Greedy wireless carriers aren't interested in smartphone kill switch to curb phone theft
- Earlier this year we profiled a smartphone initiative known as Secure Our Smartphones. Backed by law enforcement officials and consumer advocates, the goal was to reduce cell phone theft by getting handset manufacturers and wireless carriers hip to the idea…
EU commission drafts proposal to ban mobile roaming charges
- Wireless roaming charges could soon be a thing of the past in Europe if a leaked draft of legislation is to be believed. Apparently European commission vice president Neelie Kroes is hell-bent eliminating the fees she claims are a cash…
Massive benchmark shows AT&T fastest mobile network, Verizon most reliable
- If you've ever questioned the claims made by big cellular network operators like "America's fastest network", then here's an article just for you. After driving more than 20,000 miles and surveying mobile data speeds across the U.S, PCMag's data shows AT&T…
Roaming fees to become a thing of the past in the European Union
- For cell phone users in in the European Union, roaming charges while traveling across the region will soon be a thing of the past. The group of European Commissioners representing each of the 27 member nations voted in Brussels to…
Research shows wireless carriers charge for data you never receive
- A new study suggests that wireless carriers might be overcharging customers for monthly data usage. It’s an important study now more than ever since many wireless providers are moving away from unlimited data plans as a direct result of the…
UK Snoopers' charter to force ISPs to monitor internet and phone users
- The UK's proposed Communications Data Bill (PDF), an update to the previously highly controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), was laid before the Parliament yesterday as the government pushes forward with giving the Police, as well as other intelligence…
Telefonica, Vodafone partnership will deliver 4G to UK by 2015
- UK mobile operators Vodafone and Telefonica, better known to those in the UK as O2, announced a new deal this morning that will see the two share their network infrastructure of 18,500 mobile sites to further expand coverage across the…
AT&T explains limits for 'unlimited' data plans
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AT&T finally shared its stipulations for unlimited data plans Wednesday. We already knew the provider was restricting the top 5 percent of its data consumers, but this announcement marks the first time it has actually detailed what those restrictions are...
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