Bell Canada to charge $10 tariff for HSPA+ access?
We’re not sure if we should blame U.S. wireless carrier Sprint for coming up with this idea, or Bell Canada for running with it. BGR …
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T-Mobile to throttle speeds of heavy data users
Recently, T-Mobile released a statement detailing how it would handle customers who utilize more than 5 GB of data per month on their mobile devices. …
T-Mobile announces new prepaid voice and data plans
About one-week ago, information on T-Mobile’s prepaid phone and data plans leaked… and the information was dead on. Today, T-Mobile officially announced the new prepaid …
UAE and RIM resolve differences, BlackBerry service to continue after October 11
Reuters is reporting that the United Arab Emirates and BlackBarry manufacturer Research In Motion have resolved differences that could have potentially left 500,000 BlackBerry subscribers without data services after October …
Facebook rolling out site redesign, download my data, and updated privacy settings
Today, Facebook held a press event where they detailed several new features the company will be rolling into their popular social networking site. As Facebook …
T-Mobile's pre-paid data plans leaked
It looks like T-Mobile will be joining AT&T and Verizon Wireless in offering pre-paid wireless data to its customers. Engadget has been sent in an image …
Verizon Wireless refunding $90 million in data charges to customers
Verizon Wireless just hit us up, and the news is very big. Verizon is refunding erroneously billed customers over $90 million next month. 15 million …
Sprint to release Epic 4G software update tomorrow to address data speed issues
According to an administrator on Sprint’s official forums, the company will be releasing a software update for the Epic 4G to address issues with data …
Verizon Wireless introducing tiered data pricing in the next 4 to 6 months
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon Wireless plans to introduce tiered data pricing in the coming months. “Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said …
AT&T offers Pay-As-You-Go data services on three new computing devices
Today, AT&T announced the availability of three new mobile-broadband computing devices: the Acer Aspire AS1830, Acer Aspire One 532h, and the Dell Inspire Mini 10D. The Aspire …
Verizon to cease data package requirement on new 3G feature phones
We’re not sure why the Verizon Wireless news always seems to appear on Friday afternoon… but it does. One of our VZW ninjas sent us …
Verizon Wireless announces new prepaid data packages for smartphones
We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. Today, Verizon Wireless announced that it would be “expanding its portfolio of prepaid …
Verizon Wireless, RIM data issues/outage in Midwest?
One of our Verizon Wireless sources has just forwarded us an internal email detailing some data issues in the Midwest. According to the email, the …
Verizon Wireless offering pre-paid BlackBerry plans starting Sunday?
A new ninja has sent us in a tip stating that Verizon Wireless will begin offering pre-paid mobile users the ability to sign up for …
T-Mobile sued over capped "unlimited" data plan
A California smartphone user has filed a class-action lawsuit against his wireless provider, T-Mobile USA. The plaintiff became upset and sought legal council after T-Mobile sent him …
AT&T, Verizon Wireless have 62% of U.S. mobile subscriber base
A report filed by FierceMobileContent is filled with some pretty interesting statistics about the U.S. wireless market. According to the report, AT&T and Verizon Wireless raked in …
Reuters: Google's Seoul office raided in "Street View" data collection probe
Reuters is reporting that search giant Google had an office in Seoul, South Korea raided by police earlier today. The Korean National Police Agency said …
Saudis to block BlackBerry data service August 5th
Coming on the heels of the United Arab Emirates announcement, the Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (SCITC) has asked wireless companies in Saudi Arabia …
Washington Post: UAE BlackBerry data ban to be enforced on visitors/tourists as well
The Washington Post is reporting that the United Arab Emirates’ plan to enforce a BlackBerry data ban on its citizens will extend to tourists and …
RIM: your BlackBerry data is secure, even from governments
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has issued a statement to its customers letting them know just how secure …
Verizon Wireless customers top the charts in smartphone data usage
Wireless billing vendor Validas analyzed the billing records of 20,000 wireless customers from January to May 2010 and discovered that Verizon Wireless customers top the …
Yahoo!: comScore shorted us 1 billion page views last month
Here’s an interesting one… Search company Yahoo! has published a press release stating that analytics company comScore misreported their page view numbers for June of …
Verizon Wireless Motorola DROID X selling out, activation issues
We have been told by some Verizon Wireless sources that most stores are selling out of the Motorola DROID X, yet some are having activation …
Apple iPhone 4 plagued by 3G data connectivity issues?
A voluminous thread on Apple’s support forums seems to suggest that a growing number of iPhone 4 users are experiencing problems with 3G connectivity. According to the …
Google acquires flight information software company ITA for $700 million
Google announced on Thursday that it is acquiring flight information software company ITA for $700 million in cash. Based in Cambridge, ITA mines flight data …
Research concludes that tiered data plans are a win for consumers
FierceWireless has a great article in which Roger Entner from The Nielsen Company breaks down smartphone data usage obtained from 60,000 cellphone bills. Apart from …
Data captured by Google Street View includes passwords and emails
Google confirmed last month that while snapping photos of the local flavor, the search giant was also inadvertently capturing packets of data from unsecured routers. …
Verizon Wireless to drop unlimited data plan, offer tiered pricing for LTE?
Verizon Wireless brass continue to drop hints that the advent of the carrier’s 4G LTE network will foster a change to the structure of its …
AT&T to count 3G MicroCell usage against customer's data caps
AT&T may want to be the darling of the US wireless carriers, but some of its policies are seemingly designed to turn a customer into …
AT&T to allow iPad owners in waiting to purchase unlimited data before June 7th
All of the kicking and screaming over AT&T’s decision to drop its $30 unlimited data has paid off for iPad 3G owners in waiting. Today …
