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Rumor: Apple’s talks with Korean wireless carriers suggest LTE support for next-gen iPhone

You’ve been waiting for the iPhone to support the Long Term Evolution (LTE)/4G protocol for a while. It looks like you might get your wish. Per Korea Times, SK Telecom and KT, two official Korean iPhone wireless carriers, have both been in talks to offer LTE connectivity on Apple’s next handed, officials from both companies […]

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AT&T to begin offering shared data plans starting August 23

Competition’s a good thing. Wireless carrier AT&T said Monday that it will join rival Verizon Wireless later this month in offering shared data plans to its subscribers, allowing them to spread their monthly data plans across multiple devices for an additional fee. Per AppleInsider, the previously announced plans, dubbed “Mobile Share,” include unlimited text, talk […]

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Verizon to end unlimited data plans in migration to 4G LTE, move towards shared data plans

You might not like this. Per Fierce Wireless, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo announced on Wednesday that the company will discontinue existing unlimited data plans when users move to the carrier’s faster 4G LTE network, pushing current 3G subscribers toward data share plans expected to launch later this summer. At the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Technology, […]

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Apple secures 200,000 preorders for iPhone 4S China Unicom launch

After a long, drawn-out effort to get the iPhone 4S in Chinese stores, the handset is almost there. The iPhone 4S had a strong debut on another major carrier Friday, as 200,000 preorders were made ahead of Apple’s launch on the China Telecom network. The iPhone 4S is now available for use on China Telecom’s […]

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AT&T begins data throttling on “Unlimited” data plans at 2GB mark

Sometimes it’s as if the wireless carriers WANT you to be disgruntled with them. Per iLounge, AT&T has begun to throttle—or downgrade the data speeds of—customers on unlimited data plans that go over 2GB in data usage for the month. As AT&T customer John Cozen wrote on his blog, “I received a message during my […]