Fandango, a movie ticket website is sending out emails, offering up to 2 free BlackBerry smartphones for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint or T-Mobile customers.Conditions: Sign a 2 year contract for each device; Pay a $36 activation fee for each line; Agree to a minimum $39.99 monthly service plan and a $200 ETF Handsets available from each of the major carriers:Verizon: 8330 Curve in silver or p...

An accretion in ETF by Verizon has the government buzzing about the company’s objective for its actions. Previously, Verizon’s ETFs, early-termination fee applied to a contract that is no longer desired, were $175. Now, Verizon decided to double the fee, transforming $175 ETF to a $350 one. Senator Amy Klobuchar decided to enforce legislation to restrict wireless carriers of the option...

Verizon Wireless is set to double its Early Termination Fee to $350 on November 15, while other carriers say they have no plan to raise the price of fees charged to subscribers to buy out their contract. Read the full story here.

It’s starting to feel like an unlimited voice and messaging plan is necessary to compete in the prepaid space these days. One company after another is adding one, and now we’re starting to see the under-the-radar carriers, including MVNOs, making this type of offering. The latest is PlatinumTel, which should have had a review up at this site a long time ago. They’ve introduced a ...

Venerable prepaid MVNO TracFone has launched a new flat-rate service called Straight Talk for users that want to have a choice between unlimited voice/messaging service, or want a fixed amount of airtime and texts per month without a contract. Click for full-size. For now the service is available nationwide via select Wal-Mart locations and the handset lineup

Verizon Wireless, under regulatory scrutiny for raising early termination fees, said on Friday those charges are reasonable because costs for offering advanced handsets has increased. Verizon increased their ETF from $175 to $350 on some smartphones. A customer who cancels their two-year contract after 23 months still owes Verizon $120. Verizon Wireless still incurs a

$50 price plans We havent seen the last of the unlimited $50 price plan that gained popularity, and a certain amount of notoriety, in 2009.  Offering unlimited voice and data, including messaging and web access, $50 plans have been something of a game-changer in the US market, but will they start to give global wireless carriers

Section: Communications, Cellular Providers, Mobile The FCC has opened an investigation following Verizon’s announcement that they would be doubling their ETF from $175 to $350. Verizon claims the rising costs of subsidizing handsets result in higher monetary losses when a customer leaves before their contract is up, leaving them little choice but to raise the early termination fee to cover ...

The folks over at BGR have confirmed that Verizon has plans to increase the Early Termination Fee on advanced devices from $175 to up to $350 starting November 15th. For every month of service completed, the fee will drop by $10. Theres been no definition of what they consider an advanced device, but were guessing

Verizon is cutting its prices for unlimited voice plans but extending the range of handsets which carry a mandatory data charge. It appears to be the latest step in networks dealing with the differing network demands of voice ...