Verizon pulls plug on joint venture with cable companies, but cross-promotion will continue

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Alongside Verizon's purchase of valuable spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and a few other cable providers, the companies also entered into a sales and innovation "joint venture." In addition to sales partnerships (like Verizon selling Comcast services at its stores and Comcast bunding...

"The commercial agreements with the cable companies remain in place. Verizon

AT&T; tries to reel in tablet users with new $5 day pass and three-month data plan

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In a bid to get more tablets connected to its network — however briefly — AT&T today announced that it's launching $5 day passes that will offer 250MB of data to tablet owners. The plans can be purchased and enabled directly from tablets that offer cellular connectivity, and AT&T is positioning the day pass as an alternative to iffy hotel Wi-Fi service. Another new plan lets users pay $25...

Google's Nexus 5 leaks again in new press images

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Google is having little luck keeping its next flagship smartphone a secret. The so-called Nexus 5 has heavily leaked, and a new image today provides us with what's reportedly the first press renders of the device. The images, obtained by Mobile Syrup, are said to be from Canadian mobile carrier Telus. The screenshot shown in the images provides a clear look at some of the visual tweaks that are expected to arrive with Android 4.4 KitKat; notice the clear notification bar and a reworked app drawer button, as well as the new camera and phone icon.

Earlier details from the Federal Communications Commission revealed that the Nexus 5 would be manufactured by LG like the Nexus 4 before it. The phone appears to be a reworked version of LG's G2 smartphone, featuring a Snapdragon 800 chip, 2GB of RAM, and a 2,300mAh battery. It's also expected to have LTE support for AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. For more Nexus 5 rumors, be sure to check our roundup.

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Verizon in Q3: $30 billion of revenue and another million users

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Fresh off agreeing on a multibillion-dollar deal to reacquire Vodafone's large chunk of Verizon Wireless, America's biggest carrier reports its latest quarterly figures today. There are few surprises to be found: Verizon has added a net 1.1 million subscribers to its wireless services, extending its user base to 101.2 million total connections, 95.2 million of them being postpaid. The consolidated revenue for Verizon over the past three months was $30.3 billion, 4.4 percent higher than it...


Rumored HTC Amazon phone could be sold only to Prime members, Bloomberg says

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Bloomberg News is today lending further credence to rumors of an HTC-manufactured Amazon smartphone. A new report claims the two sides have held discussions since June for a handset that could be sold to members of Amazon's Prime subscription service. But Bloomberg News warns that a final decision on moving forward with the project "hasn’t been made," nor has a release timeframe been nailed down. Yesterday, The Financial Times reported...

Verizon begins beefing up LTE network with acquired AWS spectrum

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Verizon is finally starting to take advantage of the all AWS spectrum it acquired in a controversial deal with cable providers. GigaOm reports that, at least in New York City, the carrier has quietly flipped the switch and enabled LTE signals on the 2.1 GHz AWS band. Thanks to the beefed-up network, one user — who happened to be carrying a spectrum analyzer — saw download speeds that topped out at 80Mbps on an iPhone 5S. Those data...

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