Posts Tagged ‘Verizon’

Do you know how long mobile phone service providers keep records about which cell tower you used? Or, text messages? Or, call detail records? Wired took a look at a photo copy of a U.S. Department of Justice summary table titled “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers” that provides the specifics.

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Electronista doesn’t have to work too hard to convince me that mobile phone companies’ wireless data plans charge way too much for people who do not even come close to their plan’s monthly data quota. Here, they report on a study by Validas.

Lomg before Apple even hinted that the iPhone would be available from Verizon, there was a lot of doomsday speculation that huge number of AT&T iPhone customers would defect to Verizon to get improved call quality (fewer dropped calls). However, while Verizon now has an estimated 23.9% of U.S. iPhone customers, it appears that defections [...]

It looks like mobile payments systems are getting traction. However, the current leader is not depending on NFC (Near Field Communications) which requires special hardware in phones (like the Nexus S). American Express’s Serve found a partner in Sprint last month. Sprint Rolling Out American Express’ Serve Mobile Payment System to Select Android Phones And, [...]

When AT&T was the exclusive provider of the iPhone, there was much speculation about what would happen when the day came that a competitor would start selling the iPhone. Verizon started selling the iPhone in February, and enough time has now passed to take a look back and see what the impact has been.

After looking at Nielsen’s report titled “Average U.S. Smartphone Data Usage Up 89% as Cost per MB Goes Down 46%,” I wrote:

You’ve probably seen Verizon Wireless’ commercial of three people downloading media to 4G tablets while a rocket speeds to destory a 4G MiFi hotspot. If you have a 4G capable Android phone running OS 2.2 (Froyo) or newer, you don’t need a MiFi hotspot since the phone can become a hotspot itself. However, Verizon Wireless [...]

Windows Phone 7′s launch last Fall had some interesting twists for those of us in the United States. Windows Phone devices were available in Europe a month earlier than the U.S. And, when it launched in the U.S., devices were not available on the two CDMA networks: Sprint and Verizon. Sprint picked up a device [...]

All of the major cell phone companies in the U.S. offer some kind of family plan that lets family members share a pool of voice call minutes. However, each smartphone requires its own data plan that usually costs about $30 per month. Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless is considering changing this status quo by offering [...]

Near Field Communications (NFC) is a short range wireless technology designed for secure mobile e-commerce. Some people (including me) believed that 2011 would be the year of NFC. However, as 2010 came to a close, it started to look like the NFC effort was much too fragmented. There were at least three separate projects by [...]