Fahad Khan
Verizon Completes Purchase of SureWest Wireless
According to a recent press release, Verizon Wireless has finally completed the transaction of purchasing the assests of SureWest Communications for $69 million. SureWest Communications operates as SureWest Wireless in Northern California. The said purchase consists of network and operations assests along with the purchase of spectrum licenses in the greater Sacramento area. The licenses […]
Boost Mobile Offers New $1/Day Chat Plan
Sprint’s popular pre-paid company, Boost Mobile, has recently introduced a new rate plan called $1 per Day Chat Plan. The new plan will offer unlimited N&W minutes, unlimited M2M minutes and unlimited Boost Walkie-Talkie. The daytime rate for calls has been set at 10 cents per minute while the Walkie-Talkie feature will cost the pre […]
Deutsche Telekom in Preliminary Talks for Acquiring Sprint
Early March had seen storms of speculation that Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile’s parent company, was considering an acquisition of Sprint. Recent reports are again pointing to the same direction. With talks being in the primary stage, such a move will hurl the No. 4 US carrier into the No. 1 position by having about 83 million […]
Virgin Mobile Announces New Slider Slash
The popular pre-paid service provider, Virgin Mobile, is getting ready to launch a new slider phone from Samsung known as the Slash. The Slash will be the second slider offered by the carrier after the Sonic from Kyrocera. The Slash will feature Bluetoth, camera (resolution unknown), speakerphone, a full color screen and talk times of 3 to […]
AT&T And MediaFLO to Launch MobileTV on May 4th
AT&T and MediaFLO have announced the availability of the long awaited MobileTV starting May 4th. The service will provide users with popular television programming similar to Verizon’s VCast MobileTV who are also partnered with MediaFLO in providing their service. To ‘celebrate’ the launch, AT&T is introducing LG’s VU and Samsung’s Access as the first two devices to […]
T-Mobile Launches New Pay By The Day Prepaid Plan
T-Mobile has launched a new nation wide prepay plan called Pay By The Day. The new plan is an inexpensive way for users to stay in touch. The plan offers unlimited N&W minutes starting at 7pm and ending at 6:59am. Along with the unlimited N&W minutes, it also offers unlimited M2M calling. A quick break […]
Motorola W755 To Come In Two Colors For Verizon Wireless
Motorola may be set to release the W755 for Verizon Wireless in May. With the recent press photos being released, Verizon is said to carry two color variants of the phone; purple and gray. Images courtesy of PhoneArena Not much is known about the phone as of now but from initial reports, the W755 will […]
Nokia Announces Two New XpressMusic Phones: Nokia 5320 and Nokia 5220
Nokia has recently announced two new music phones for its XpressMusic line up; the Nokia 5320 and the Nokia 5220. The 5320 features the “3G social entertainment capabilities” along with a new voice activated feature called Say and Play where a user can simply say the name of a song or artist and the device […]
Alltel Celebrates 2 Year Anniversory of My Circle, Adds Additional Number
As a special thanks, Alltel is offering the addition of another number to it’s My Circle plans. This is in response to the two year anniversary of the popular plan offered by Alltel. The addition of the extra number will apply only to those who have had the My Circle plan for two years or […]
Sony BMG to Offer Unlimited Music Downloads Through Nokia Comes With Music
Sony BMG Music Entertainment has officially decided to take part in Nokia Comes with Music; a music service that will allow free access to Sony BMG’s music catalog for a year. Users will be able to download unlimited music to their phone or computer in the first year of owning their Nokia device. At the end of […]