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T-Mobile Buying US Cellular

  T-Mobile, one of the largest wireless carriers in the United States, is in talks to acquire US Cellular after recently acquiring Mint Mobile for $1.3 billion. US Cellular has been looking for a potential buyer for some time. The Wall Street Journal reports that T-Mobile and Verizon are currently in talks to acquire various segments of the wireless carrier. T-Mobile and Verizon are splitting the deal to prevent regulators from blocking it. If the deal goes through, T-Mobile will acquire a significant portion of US Cellular's assets, valued at approximately $2 billion. The remaining assets will be acquired by Verizon, but this will only happen once the deal is approved by US authorities. The approval process is aimed at ensuring that the acquisition does not affect competition in the market. T-Mobile and Verizon are the largest wireless providers with 117.9 million and 144.8 million subscribers, respectively. The acquisition is seen as a strategic move to acquire more spectrum. The

New FCC Broadband Facts Looks Like a Bag of Chips WTF

  The FCC has directed broadband providers (both wired and wireless) to provide "broadband facts" for all plans they offer by mid-April. These facts provide a nutrition label-like list of features, pricing, taxes/fees, and network information that shoppers can use to make better decisions online. These broadband facts are now widely adopted by nearly every provider I've researched, and as I discovered for the first time in my search last month, most providers include them on the pricing page rather than in the details of their website. Presenting information. I love these new broadband facts or broadband labels, whatever you want to call them. Over the past few days, I've been looking at Mint Mobile's website after T-Mobile completes its acquisition, Cricket's website about having a new $15 plan, and whether or not this information will finally come into focus. I looked at Verizon's website to find out. . It's great that you can easily find broadband i

Verizon hikes fees for smartwatch plans via 50%

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Verizon will hike expenditures for its smartwatch plans via 50% starting June three. Smartwatch records plans now can charge $15/month in its place of the previous $10 fee. in case your watch traces include a reduction, it can be applied to the brand new pricing. Verizon has announced yet a further fee hike. This time, the service is increasing expenses for its smartwatch facts plans from $10 to $15 per 30 days — a 50% hike that's taken users without warning. Don't overlook you ought to additionally pay further taxes on the expanded fee, similar to you have been paying to your outdated plan. The carrier is sending emails to its smartwatch plan subscribers, informing them of the expense hike so that it will take impact starting June three. the new $15 fee tag applies to all plans tied to Apple Watches and Android watches the use of Verizon's community. "To continue improving our trade-main network