Sprint launches mobile 5G network in four cities
As the major wireless carriers put all of their focus on 5G networks, being “first” is a priority. Sprint has just announced its first initial wave of 5G coverage in four major U.S. cities.
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Security flaws in both 4G and 5G networks let attackers intercept calls & track locations
Major US telcos and almost all of the cell networks outside the US are vulnerable to these attacks, in addition to many cellular networks in Europe and Asia.
Your location data may have landed in the hands of bounty hunters and the black market
While carriers record locations of customers’ devices on their network, they have little oversight in terms of monitoring how that data is being used once sold to a third party.
Major US carriers unveil cryptographically verified phone number authentication for apps
The yet-to-be-named mobile authentication platform aimed at countering problems like fraud and identity theft should launch commercially later in 2018, with internal trials schedule to start in the next few weeks.
Sprint reveals its first six US cities that will be getting “5G-like capabilities”
Customers in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles will first begin experiencing 5G-like capabilities while Sprint aggressively works to expand the high-speed wireless service to additional markets including Atlanta, Houston and Washington, D.C.
Sprint customers reportedly unable to use Wi-Fi Calling after updating to iOS 11.2
It’s possible that the latest carrier settings broke Wi-Fi Calling for Sprint’s iPhone customers.
Sprint acquires 33 percent stake in Tidal, Jay Z’s Apple Music rival
U.S. wireless carrier Sprint announced Monday that it’s buying one-third of Tidal, Jay Z’s music-streaming service, in a bid to give customers exclusive content not available anywhere else. That’s right, Tidal and its artists will produce exclusive content that will only be available to current and new Sprint customers.
While Sprint now owns 33 percent of Tidal, Jay Z & Co. will continue to run the artist-centric service. Sprint’s CEO Marcelo Claure will join Tidal’s Board of Directors.
Sprint partners up with Pokémon GO to add new Pokéstops and Gyms
Sprint is partnering up with Niantic to increase the amount of Pokéstops and gyms that you can access in Pokémon GO.
The goal of the collaboration is to give players more access points to stock up on Pokémon item necessities and to battle other players for experience and team gym domination, but clearly Sprint gets some positive press out of the deal too.
Sprint’s new tablet-exclusive unlimited plan degrades your video, music and gaming streams
I don’t trust “unlimited” wireless plans because they’re all but unlimited and often come with a bunch of caveats one needs to consider carefully. The latest example: Sprint’s newly announced data plan for tablets which promises unlimited 4G LTE data in exchange for $20 per month. So far so good, but the devil—as always—is in the detail.
If you take a closer look at the fine print, you soon realize that the plan limits video streaming to DVD-like 480p resolution, music streaming quality to 500kbps and your online gaming streams to up to 2Mbps.
Sprint reveals its own unlimited data plan
Joining a chorus of carrier updates, U.S. wireless carrier Sprint today revealed an unlimited plan of its own. Called Unlimited Freedom and available starting at $60 per month, it offers unlimited 4G LTE data, talk and text, with the ability to add a second line for an extra $40 per month, or up to eight lines for an additional $30 per month each.
Additionally, Sprint’s prepaid subsidiary Boost Mobile revealed a similar plan of its own. Both plans are available for new and existing customers starting tomorrow.
Sprint to fix an issue preventing iPhone users from connecting to LTE cellular data
Sprint customers took to Reddit to complain about the inability to connect to Sprint’s LTE cellular data network after upgrading to Apple’s iOS 9.3 software update last week. The most recent iOS 9.3.1 update does not appear to have fixed the issue.
Sprint has acknowledged the issue in a text message to affected users and promised a fix, which will likely be delivered in the form of an over-the-air carrier settings update. “Your iPhone may be having data connection issues with the recent software update,” reads Sprint’s message. “We’re working quickly to fix. We apologize for the inconvenience”.
Why I switched back to AT&T after just a week of using Sprint
Just before the new year, I decided to take on Sprint’s promotional event of cutting an AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile bill in half. Being with AT&T for more than 6 years, and having always wanted to try another carrier for the heck of it, I was lured in by being able to save a few bucks on my monthly bill.
Their offer to pay my contract breaching fees up to $650 from AT&T just about sealed the deal as well.
Knowing that Sprint didn’t have the best service in the world, I was wary, but since I really only use my iPhone for social networking, phone calls, and iMessaging, and wouldn’t be doing things like streaming HD videos on the go, I was going to take the plunge anyway and see whether or not Sprint would be a good fit for my needs.
If you too were thinking about Sprint for your next carrier, then read on, because what I’m about to share with you could make or break your decision and save you a ton of time of cancelling agreements and wasting time and money.