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Hands On With Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+: Taller Screens and Slimmer Bezels [telecom]

Samsung officially unveiled the latest Galaxy devices at its Unpacked event in New York today. Previous Galaxy phones w...

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T-Mobile dominates spectrum auction, will boost LTE network across US [telecom]

T-Mobile USA was the biggest winner in an auction that shifted licenses in the 600MHz spectrum band from TV broadcaster...

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Microsoft officially ends support for a bunch of Windows phones [telecom]

By Peter Bright Microsoft has just released a couple of new Windows Insider builds for people on the fast ring, one for...

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I'm looking for an used Verizon-capable cell phone [telecom]

I've been using a Samsung Galaxy SCH-I405 on Verizon's network for the last couple of years: it was a gift from my brot...

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Spectrum Auction: TV's New Exit Price Plummets to $10B [telecom]

By John Eggerton TV broadcasters in stage 4 of the reverse portion of the FCC's incentive auction have set a new price...

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WGBH, WLVI reap huge windfall in sale of broadcast spectrum [telecom]

WGBH and Channel 7 owner Ed Ansin are among eight Boston-area broadcasters receiving multimillion-dollar windfalls from...

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The government just finished a major spectrum auction [telecom]

T-Mobile, Dish Network, Comcast and AT&T were among the biggest winners of a historic government auction of wireless ai...

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FCC releases final results of spectrum auction [telecom]

Over the past several months the FCC has been engaged in a two-sided auction process to incentivize enough broadcasters...

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That Fingerprint Sensor on Your Phone Is Not as Safe as You Think [telecom]

New research suggests that the fingerprint security features on iPhones and Android devices can be easily fooled by so-...

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An Alternate Plan in Case of a 911 Failure [telecom]

Mobile carriers have had occasional trouble routing emergency calls to 911 centers, but you can plan ahead for a possib...

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Damaging Your Phone, Accidentally on Purpose [telecom]

Damaging Your Phone, Accidentally on Purpose Consumers are more likely to be careless with products when they know an u...

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Indian Man Held in Call-Center Swindle [telecom]

Authorities in India on Saturday detained a 24-year-old man suspected of using a network of Indian call centers to tric...

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Socialize the Internet [telecom]

Socialize the Internet President Trump just handed Internet providers the ability to do whatever they want with your da...

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Philadelphia courts bar cellphones, hoping to curb witness intimidation [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that starting April 3, many visitors to the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal J...

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Comcast plunges again into cell phone service [telecom]

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Comcast Corp. will launch a wireless service in mid-2017 with a network that co...

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