CTIA and the wireless industry are continuing to work closely with the U.S. government and NGOs to provide aid and assistance to Haiti. With only three cell phone carriers in Haiti, the U.S. government continues to state that texting (or SMS) is the most effective communications tool to reach loved ones in Haiti right now. Preliminary reports indicate two of the three are up. Debris is block...
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CTIA on 15th Jan 2010 (via ctia.org)
Following up on comments from AT&T executive Ralph de la Vega that the company may charge more to bandwidth-heavy iPhone users, iSuppli Corp has offered the view that an industry-wide behind-the-scenes struggle between wireless providers and hardware makers. As growth opportunities in voice service revenue have disappeared, cell phone carriers must turn to revenue from data. In turn, servi...
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iPhoneAlley on 11th Dec 2009 (via feedproxy.google.com)
digg_url = ' The word free gets thrown around quite a lot lately. Cell phone carriers offer "free" phones that are tethered to a two-year contract. Those free rooms in Vegas come at the price of three hours of your life spent listening to a time share pitch. Even Steve Jobs said the new camera in the iPod nano was free. If you're still paying money, it's probably no...
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MacLife on 16th Oct 2009 (via maclife.com)
Cell phone carriers are notorious for slapping consumers with fees and unexpected charges. But if you look carefully at what you're paying for and figure out what you need, you can keep your monthly bill down.
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PCWorld on 14th Oct 2009 (via feeds.pcworld.com)
All major cell phone carriers offer international calling plans. But how much do they earn from these calls? If Verizons new partnership with Skype provides any insight, its that carriers dont make too much from subscribers calling internationally. Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon users can call international numbers through the Skype application and ...
Image © Chad Baker, Getty ImagesThe acronym ETF stands for early termination fee. An ETF is a fee charged by a cell phone carrier when you break your service agreement early. But how much are the ETFs at the major cell phone carriers? Why is there widespread criticism for ETFs? How can you break a cell phone contract affordably? What are the alternatives to contract-based service? For these a...
Sprint Family Locator Image © SprintVarious cell phone carriers (including Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless, Kajeet and others) allow parents to locate their kids with GPS. GPS location services range from $5 to $10 per month at various carriers with no additional equipment required. You just need a cell phone with embedded GPS technology. Along with being able to accurately locate y...
Verizon Wireless Text to Landline Image © Verizon WirelessFor the same reason you'd sometimes prefer to send a text message to a cell phone, did you know you can text to a landline phone, too? Text-to-landline service is already available to you at various cell phone carriers (including Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless and other carriers). The service, which is sometimes free or...
Image © Verizon WirelessThe major contract-based cell phone carriers are AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. In the U.S., the standard penalty for breaking a cell phone service contract has been in the range of $150 to $200. While signing a contract will typically lower the cost of the cell phone you buy, the design of the cancellation fee is to keep you with the carrier and dem...
Japan went crazy over the iPhone when it made its debut in summer last year, but China as another big Asian market for Apple seems to react differently. The iPhone officially launched in China today, offered by China Unicom, one the country's three big cell phone carriers. But our friends over at major Chinese news portal 163.com are reporting [Google machine translation] that not too many pe...
