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Last but certainly not least, the PhoneDog himself chimes in every once in a while with some obscure news and interesting reads.

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Sprint/Nextel text messaging more affordable

Sprint Nextel will be making life easier for its text-happy subscribers thanks to the introduction of new unlimited text-messaging plans priced at $10 and $20 per month for individual and family...

Options to avoid paying termination fees

Viewers in the metropolitan Washington area may have seen TRAC founder and Chairman Samuel Simon on the WTTG Fox 5 evening news on Sunday, January 28. Simon recommended that consumers keep a close...

Already MVP's, Verizon Wireless' COLTs are Ready for Sunday's Big Game

01/31/2007  MIAMI, FL ? The COLTs putting up the biggest numbers at Sunday's big game will never take the field ? they will be two Cells on Light Trucks (COLTs) from Verizon Wireless that are...

Sprint, NFL Launch Wireless Phone Recycling Initiative at Super Bowl XLI

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. ? 01/31/2007  Sprint (NYSE: S) and the National Football League have once again teamed up ? this time to benefit NFL Charities, at-risk youth and the environment. Fans who attend...

The New AT&T Makes Push to Talk a pay per use feature

ATLANTA, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A little over a year after launching its innovative Push To Talk (PTT) service, Cingular Wireless, now part of the new AT&T, today gives customers the option of...

Cingular raising text messaging rates

Following on the heels of a similar increase by Sprint Nextel, Cingular has announced that they will be raising the rate on their pay-per-use text messaging service from 10¢ to 15¢ per text message...

Rate increases on the way in Ohio

In late December, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave the state's two largest telephone companies, Cincinnati Bell and AT&T flexibility to raise rates on a number of services....

Coverage is biggest reason for switching Carriers

Service quality has become a bigger reason to switch carriers than plan prices or more minutes in a plan according to a new survey released this week by market research firm Comscore Networks. Twenty...

T-Mobile shines in J.D. Power survey

For the 5th time in a row, T-Mobile has topped J.D. Power's semi-annual wireless customer care survey, again highlighting the carrier's very good record on customer service. T-Mobile's score of 107...

AT&T Unity plan appeals to high volume users

The first product of December's AT&T-BellSouth merger has already been released. AT&T announced recently that they will be starting a service named ?AT&T Unity.? This service will allow...

Motorola Invests in DARTdevices

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SCHAUMBURG, IL, ? January 30, 2007 ? Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and DARTdevices Corporation, a developer of a disruptive software technology for consumer devices, today...

Words of Wisdom contest supported by Alltel

01-30-2007 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - In celebration of Black History Month and the 50th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine's integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., Alltel Wireless and Dr...

Cingular Launches High-Speed Wireless 3G Network in Connecticut

ROCKY HILL, Conn., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier and now a part of the new AT&T, is providing its Connecticut customers with the ability to...

Verizon turned down original offer for exclusive rights to the Apple iPhone

After months of speculation as to the existence of an <A title="Review the Apple iPhone" href="/##PATH_US_EN_WLRSapple-iphone.aspx">Apple iPhone</A>, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the device...

MoreThan 94 percent of Vonage U.S. Subscriber Lines Now Have E911

HOLMDEL, N.J., Jan 29, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Vonage America Inc., a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., (NYSE: VG), a leading Internet telephony provider, today...

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