Wireless carriers China Telecom and China Unicom have begun promoting a rumored dual-SIM feature for new iPhones ahead of tomorrow's “Gather round” iPhone Xs event keynote.
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Japan is forcing carriers to end smartphone bundling in a move that could hurt Apple
The government of Japan wants wireless carriers to stop bundling the cost of smartphones into fixed-term monthly service fees in a move that could hurt Apple's iPhone.
Apple tells German carriers 2018 iPhone pre-orders are kicking off September 14
Apple will start taking pre-orders for its three upcoming iPhones next month on Friday, September 14. If true, it indicates the Cupertino tech giant should announce the new phones earlier that week, probably on Wednesday, September 12, coinciding with our own educated guess.
AT&T is raising prices across all DirecTV Now packages come August 1
DirecTV Now, a US-only subscription streaming television service owned by carrier AT&T, is about to raise prices across all its packages by $5, effective of August 1.
Apple carrier billing picks up new providers in UK, Switzerland, Italy and elsewhere
Apple has expanded the iTunes carrier billing option to additional providers in more than a half dozen countries, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Italy.
T-Mobile launches FamilyMode to let parents monitor what their kids are doing online
Carrier T-Mobile on Monday unveiled a comprehensive digital solution that it says was designed to give parents control over their kids’ online activities and screen time on smartphones and across the Internet-connected devices in their homes.
LTE Apple Watch is now supported by local carriers C Spire and US Cellular
You can now connect your LTE-enabled Apple Watch Series 3 to a wireless network operated by local carrier C Spire or US Cellular, with the latter's deal starting as low as $5 per month.
iTunes carrier billing expands to UK’s EE, Germany’s Telekom, Orange in France & Spain
Joining standard payment methods accepted on Apple's content stores—such as Paypal, plastic money and iTunes credit—customers in some European countries can now have their app and media purchases charged to a monthly mobile phone bill from their carrier.
Major US carriers unveil cryptographically verified phone number authentication for apps
The big four wireless carriers in the United States—Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint—announced Thursday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain an interesting plan for a new authentication system in apps based on mobile phone numbers.
T-Mobile reveals its 5G rollout plans
Following Sprint's announcement today revealing its first six United States cities that will be getting “5G-like capabilities,” rival T-Mobile has now detailed its own 5G rollout plans while taking swings at “dumb and dumber” competition.
Sprint reveals its first six US cities that will be getting “5G-like capabilities”
United States carrier Sprint on Tuesday announced its first six cities that will be getting a high-speed, low-latency fifth-generation (5G) wireless service in the first half of 2019.
US lawmakers attempting to stop Huawei from entering US market on national security grounds
Members of Congress are lobbying against Chinese handset maker Huawei's plans to enter the US market via AT&T's discount subsidiary Cricket, demanding that federal regulators stop the move on national security grounds.