Just like AT&T, Verizon isn’t keen on its long time customers holding on to their unlimited wireless data plans. Instead of raising rates like AT&T, however, Verizon is telling customers that have to switch to a capped data plan or face having their phone disconnected.
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VoIP-Pal Hits Apple, AT&T, Verizon with $7B Patent Lawsuit
VoIP-Pal sues Apple over iMessage, WiFi calling patent infringement According to VoIP-Pal's filing the system Apple uses to determine whether conversations in the Messages app should use iMessage or standard SMS, and the system for deciding when to use WiFi calling are covered by patents it owns. The company said Apple, AT&T, and Verizon all…
Verizon gets FCC Green Light for Wi-Fi Calling
Verizon gets Wi-Fi calling waiver from FCC Carriers are supposed to file for an FCC waiver allowing Wi-Fi calling because the feature doesn't reliably support TTY systems for hearing impaired calls. T-Mobile and Sprint have offered Wi-Fi calling support for months because they never filed for the waiver, while AT&T only recently got on board…
How to Upgrade to a New iPhone 6s or 6s Plus on Verizon
Verizon iPhone Landing Page Cash on the Barrel First up, you can buy your new iPhone outright and be done with the whole thing. If you choose the iPhone 6s, this will set you back $649 (16GB), $749 (64GB), or $849 (128GB). Going the 6s Plus route will damage your credit card at $749 (16GB),…
Verizon's New Phone Plans Prove Sometimes You Follow the Little Guy
Verizon ditches old-school contracts and subsidized iPhone deals The little guy in this case is T-Mobile, the third largest U.S. cell service provider well behind Verizon and AT&T. T-Mobile started shaking up the smartphone market by offering no contract deals for its customers, along with monthly payment plans for new phones instead of the traditional…
Verizon Plans to Use Desktop Tracking for Mobile Ads, How to Opt-Out
Image made with help from Shutterstock. Here's how it works: Like a lot of sites, when you visit Verizon’s site and log in, it sets a cookie on your computer. Verizon’s cookie includes an anonymized identifier (also common in cookies). What's new here is this identifier will now be made available to third-party mobile ad firms…
How to Check Your iPhone Upgrade Eligibility (Verizon)
With Apple's formally announced Media Event on September 10, the expectation is that Apple will be announcing one or more new iPhones. Here's a handy guide to help you determine if your current iPhone is eligible for an upgrade with Verizon. Method #1. Perhaps the easiest way to check is to call the number #874…
Verizon iPhone Sales Hint at Missed Estimates
Verizon announced during its first fiscal quarter earnings report on Thursday that it activated 4 million iPhones, which comes in above Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um's 3.5 million unit target. The cell service provider's activations were down compared to last quarter, but are up year over year. Still, Apple's quarterly iPhone numbers may come in…
Petition Asking Verizon to Drop Contracts Draws 79K Sigs [Update]
A petition hosted at Change.org is asking Verizon to follow in T-Mobile's footsteps and drop contract requirements for customers. The petition has already gathered more than 79,000 signatures out of a goal of 150,000. [Update: We added Verizon's statement.] Change.org Image for Petition Earlier in April, T-Mobile announced its “Uncarrier” plans that let customers buy…
Verizon Confirms Free Access to FaceTime via Cellular Data
Verizon Wireless will not charge customers extra or require that customers purchase specific data plans in order to use FaceTime over its cellular data network, the U.S.-based mobile carrier stated late Wednesday in a press release. FaceTime over cellular networks will also be available for U.S. iPhone customers on Sprint, although AT&T has controversially restricted…
Sprint Commits to Free 3G FaceTime, AT&T & Verizon Stall
“We are committed to our unlimited data and that means not charging for data consumption based on the application,” a Sprint spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal.A dialog suggesting users will need to pay to use FaceTime over 3G connections in the beta version of iOS 6 has led to speculation that AT&T plans to…
How to Access All Verizon iPad Data Plans
When signing up for cellular data for the first time, Verizon customers are presented with 2GB and 5GB monthly data plans for $30 and $50, respectively. We here at TMO thought that was strange, as Verizon had previously announced that four tiers of data would be available for iPad customers, including a 1GB plan at…
Verizon Says 4G LTE Requirement a “Long Way Off”
First of all, the idea makes no sense because it would tie Verizon’s hands. But never mind that. TMO spoke to several Verizon wireless representatives at CES and asked them the question. The response was, first, they haven’t seen any corporate information to that effect. Or any imposed deadlines. Secondly, they said that while the…
Verizon Makes Mobile Privacy an Option
In a notice available on the Verizon website, the company outlined two new uses of customers’ information. The first use will be in marketing and other business reports. The second use will be to provide information that is more relevant to individual customers. Verizon stated that these new uses “will not share any information that…
Verizon, T-Mobile Letters Allowed in Apple & Verizon Patent Case
Accepting the letters is good news for Verizon and T-Mobile because it means Judge Lucy Koh will at least consider their arguments in Samsung’s defense. It doesn’t, however, mean the court will act on the letters, or avoid imposing an injunction.Verizon and T-Mobile to court: Can you hear me now?Apple and Samsung have been locked…
Verizon Was Expecting a Summer iPhone Refresh, Too
Mr. McAdam is set to become CEO of Verizon next week, as Ivan Seidenberg leaves the position to become the chairman. CNBC asked Mr. McAdam to explain where future revenue growth was going to come from for Big Red, asserting that some investors have been concerned about that subject. As part of that line of…
Report: Verizon iPhone, iPad 2 Reduced Momentum for Android Apps
Flurry’s data is a subset of all iOS and Android app development, as it comes from developers who use the company’s platform-specific SDKs to add Flurry analytics tracking to their apps. That said, the company claims a total of 45,000 developers who have embedded Flurry’s tools in some 90,000 apps, a significant sample from both.…
Apple May be Recalling Some Verizon iPads
Apple may be hunting down defective Verizon iPadsIt seems Apple has provided a list of iPad 2 serial numbers to its retail stores detailing which iPad models are to be pulled from inventory, and so far all of the units are Verizon 3G-compatible models, according to 9 to 5 Mac.The devices Apple is pulling back…
Verizon CFO: Apple is Building a World Phone
Commenting on slow company growth during the Verizon iPhone launch, Mr. Shammo commented “The fluctuation, I believe, will come when a new device from Apple is launched, whenever that may be, and that we will be, on the first time, on equal footing with our competitors on a new phone hitting the market, which will…
iPad 2 Availability: Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Walmart, More
Apple StoreApple’s own U.S. retail locations will all have iPad 2 inventory available on March 11, which gives potential customers 236 stores around the country to line up at. Employees will need to set up for the launch event, so don’t be surprised when they ask shoppers to step outside about an hour ahead of…
Small Verizon iPhone Lines No Big Surprise
CNNMoney reported that eight people were in line at Apple’s 5th Ave. Cube, and CNN itself reported there were a few more than a dozen customers waiting in Atlanta, Georgia. In Coral Gables, Florida, there were a few more people, while there were none at Apple’s San Francisco flagship store. There are many and more…
Verizon iPhone 4 Packs CDMA, GSM Chip
“The Qualcomm MDM6600 chip supports HSPA+ data rates of up to 14.4 Mbps and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev. A/Rev. B. It supports both GSM and CDMA—which means that Apple could have supported GSM,” the iFixit team said. “Why didn’t they? It may be that it was easier to design antennas for a CDMA-only phone — this…
Verizon iPhone 4 Delivered Early
The video shows the gentleman leaving a UPS facility with a shipping box in hand, opening the package and pulling out a boxed iPhone 4.
iPhone 4 Breaks Verizon Sales Records in 2 Hours
“In just our first two hours, we had already sold more phones than any first day launch in our history,” said Verizon Wireless president and chief Dan Mead. “And, when you consider these initial orders were placed between the hours of 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., it is an incredible success story.”Verizon’s pre-order program was…