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AT&T to require Mobile Share plan to use FaceTime under 3G, 4G connections

You’ll be able to do FaceTime over 3G and 4G connections, you’ll just need the right kind of account to do so. Per AppleInsider, wireless carrier AT&T on Friday announced it will be limiting FaceTime over 3G and 4G networkds to iPhone who sign up for the carrier’s upcoming Mobile Share plans, which are slated […]

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Verizon to begin shared data plans starting June 28th

Maybe shared data plans will come into vogue this year. Per AppleInsider, wireless carrier Verizon has announced that it will be initiating shared data plans later this month, making it the first of the “big-three” U.S. telecoms to offer such a program. The company announced the new “Share Everything” option on Tuesday, which includes unlimited […]

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AT&T CEO states data-only plans could become “inevitable” with next 24 months

One day, AT&T will provide something for everyone. Per the Associated Press, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said on Friday that data-only wireless phone plans are likely to arrive within the next two years, marking a dramatic shift away from traditional cell network usage toward VoIP and text-as-data solutions like Apple’s iMessage. Speaking at an investors […]

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Sprint now offering $100 trade-in credit for iPhones from competing carriers

It never hurts to offer an incentive. In an effort to drum up subscribership and advertise its unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S, Sprint revealed on Friday that it will begin offering a US$100 credit to any customer who trades in an iPhone from another carrier. Per AppleInsider, the carrier said that it would […]

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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, […]