You wouldn’t think it, but Verizon Wireless and fast food chain In-N-Out Burger actually have something in common: a secret menu. Big Red’s Share Everything plans allow families to share from a pool of data at a rate of 2GB for $60, 4GB for $70, 6GB for $80, 8GB for $90 or 10GB for...
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AT&T announced its Mobile Share plans in mid-July with a tentative launch time-frame of August, but now the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. has set an exact availability date. The new plan options will go live starting August 23rd. Similar to Verizon’s Share Everything plans, AT&T customers under the same plan can...
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Today, AT&T announced its new Mobile Share Plans which will allow customers to share data across multiple smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices starting this August. Similar to Verizon’s Share Everything plans, AT&T customers on the same account can get unlimited voice/texts per line while sharing a limited amount of data between up to...
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Posted above is Verizon Wireless’ TV commercial for their new Share Everything Plans, which go live tomorrow, June 28th. The Share Everything plan scheme is simple: you get unlimited talk, unlimited text, and then share data from a single pool between up to 10 devices. For example, you pay $40 per smartphone on the...
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During a Verizon Wireless investors conference, Executive Vice President and CFO Fran Shammo announced some disappointing news for loyal Big Red customers today. Verizon will eliminate grandfathered unlimited data plans for any consumer looking to upgrade to a 4G LTE-enabled smartphone when the company introduces tiered data share plans this summer. “LTE is our...
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Verizon Wireless confirmed earlier this year that they will be launching shared family data plans by mid-2012. Well, the latest leaked screenshot showing a Verizon data usage calculator may indicate that we’re inching closer to a small-scale launch. Currently, Verizon allows families to share voice and texts, but not data – instead requiring each...
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Verizon Wireless Communications CFO, Fran Shammo, apparently confirmed at an investors conference that shared family data plans will likely be offered around mid-2012. Shammo commented, it’s “a very complex equation because we have to make sure that it’s good for Verizon and it’s also good for the customer.” He then elaborated by saying, “it’s...
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T-Mobile will end up being the last of the big four wireless providers in the U.S. to roll out LTE service, but today they finally announced plans to invest in and ultimately launch their 4G LTE network in 2013. The investment will cost T-Mobile $4 billion, which includes improvements to current voice and data...
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Motorola has updated their customers on what it takes to update their current smartphones and tablets to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. We still don’t have an exact release time-frame, but you kind of get the idea that it will take a relatively long time before we see it. Also, Motorola once again confirmed...
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According to Verizon Wireless Communications CEO Lowell McAdam, the company is planning to finally offer shared data plans in 2012. Verizon acknowledges that customers don’t want to pay separate data fees for multiple devices under family plans. “I think in 2012 we will see it,” McAdam said at the UBS Global Media and Communications...
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Hooray, this is the beginning of the end for the terribly inefficient WiMax technology. Sprint announced their accelerated plans for LTE at their 4G Strategy/Network Vision Update event today. The third largest wireless carrier in the U.S. claims they’ll launch their 4G LTE network by mid-2012 and expects it to reach 250 million people...
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According to CNET, Sprint is currently preparing their 4G LTE network with a first half of 2012 launch in mind. The company is already installing LTE equipment and has been field testing the network in select areas, according to people familiar with the situation. It hopes to launch commercial service by the end of...
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