While it’s pretty much hit-or-miss these days, when Saturday Night Live scores, it still does so with a vengeance.
Last night the sketch comedy show aired a segment that ripped apart Verizon’s 4G LTE marketing confusion, bringing to light the …
Motorola’s fourth-generation Droid smartphone with 4G LTE data speeds will launch on Verizon Wireless Friday, Feb. 10 for $200 on a 2-year contract, the company announced today.
The first Motorola Droid smartphone was one of the earliest great Android devices …
The massive success of the iPhone 4S, together with its next-generation LTE 4G network, helped Verizon see strong earnings of $0.52 a share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $28.4 billion.
Ultimately, though, the company reported a fourth quarter …
After conspicuously losing its bid to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T is still out in the cold when it comes to wireless spectrum. But a new report says the telecom company could now buy Dish Network at a considerable premium to obtain …
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If you couldn’t tell by the avalanche of product news hitting VentureBeat over the past few weeks, the next Consumer Electronics Show is almost upon us. The annual trade show, which has been held in Las Vegas for more than …
Verizon Wireless may be paying the price for being the first carrier in the world to widely roll out LTE 4G technology.
The carrier has pointed to the relative immaturity of LTE as the reason for its 4G service outages …
Verizon Wireless is currently experiencing its third data outage for the month of December, undermining the company’s sterling reputation for reliability.
Verizon last had a major outage on Dec. 21, and like that time, customers are taking to Twitter and …
Losing network access seems to be a common occurrence for Verizon Wireless customers these days. They woke up to yet another nationwide data outage this morning.
The outage, which affected the carrier’s 3G and 4G LTE data networks, drove subscribers …
eRecyclingCorps, a company that rewards customers for recycling cell phones and e-waste, announced Tuesday that it received $35 million from Kleiner Perkins’ Green Growth Fund. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
In order to keep as …
T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom apparently put all of its eggs in AT&T’s basket. Now that AT&T’s $39 billion T-Mobile purchase has been squashed, thanks to pushback from the US government, DT is scrambling once again to find additional funds …
Even before Microsoft officially adds support for LTE 4G in its Windows Phone platform, Nokia already has LTE-equipped versions of its flagship Lumia 800 smartphones in major US carriers’ hands.
Both AT&T and Verizon Wireless are testing out 4G Lumia …
New York City will officially get access to AT&T LTE 4G network this month, as will several other new markets, the company announced today.
AT&T also said it expects record sales for its fourth quarter. The company sold 6 million …
We knew they were coming, but now we know the pricing for Motorola’s new Droid Xyboard tablets on Verizon Wireless. The smaller 8.2-inch slate will sell for $430 and the 10.1-inch Xyboard will go for $530 when they’re released later …
Sprint customers may have to wait longer than anticipated to get their hands on fast new 4G LTE phones.
Sprint CFO Joseph Euteneuer said yesterday that he expects LTE devices to be released in the second half of next year, …
The anticipated Samsung Galaxy Nexus still isn’t available in the U.S., but the phone’s U.K. users have been troubled by a volume fluctuation bug since its release. Thankfully, a fix has now been found — if you’re willing to install …
Verizon Wireless may be trolling Android fans this Thanksgiving weekend.
The carrier has begun running an ad featuring the much-anticipated Galaxy Nexus for $199.99, but for some strange reason the ad doesn’t allow you to actually pre-order the phone for …
Samsung’s hyped Galaxy Nexus smartphone will launch in the U.S. in December on Verizon Wireless, according to a Business Insider report.
We contacted Samsung for more details, but a representative declined to provide us with anything exact, saying: “The Galaxy …
Hoping to push more 4G smartphones this holiday season, Verizon Wireless will offer double the monthly amount of 4G data to its subscribers.
The limited-time offer will begin Tuesday and is meant to coincide with the launch of the Droid …
Urban Airship, a mobile development platform, announced a $15.1 million third round of funding led by strategic investors Salesforce.com and Verizon Wireless.
Mobile developers face a lot of challenges, but two main ones exist: getting people to download your application, …
Verizon Wireless plans to offer the powerful Samsung Galaxy Nexus running the next generation of Android software “this year,” the company said late Friday.
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is notable not only because it’s the first smartphone to run Android 4.0 …
