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OLEAN, N.Y., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Starting Thursday, April 19, Verizon Wireless customers in the Cattaraugus-Allegany area will be able to surf the Web, download large files, and share music and photos at speeds up to ten times faster than before with the company’s 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) high-speed data network. The new [...]
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Nearly 400 people crammed into an auditorium at the Chinese 6 Theatres in the Hollywood Highland shopping center to watch “One Day on Earth,” a documentary made by thousands of volunteer filmmakers around the world to promote awareness about climate change and other global issues. The sold-out screening Sunday afternoon was organized not by the [...]
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Since 2009, ATT has invested over 50 million dollars in its South Dakota networks. Now, the mobile internet provider is pushing a new campaign to prevent texting and driving, as well as continuing to expand service in the state. “It all boils down to really two things: coverage and speed,” said Hardmon Williams, Vice President [...]
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The iPhone is a hot seller, but that doesn’t mean it’s a growth driver for the industry. (Credit: CNET) ATT remains the king of the iPhone, but that distinction means less with each passing quarter. The Dallas telecommunications giant sold 4.3 million iPhones in the first quarter, more than 1 million more than Verizon Wireless, [...]
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ZestCash, an online lending service for lower-income borrowers, has begun using a new big data-driven decision-making method that it claims will allow it to lend to 25 percent more people and improve repayment rates by 20 percent. Using the new framework, ZestCash obtains data on loan applicants from alternative creditors, such as cell phone carriers [...]
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NEW YORK, NY — PennyStocksProfile.com, a leader in small-cap alerts, announces today four stocks to watch closely: Motorola Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MSI), GlaxoSmithKline Plc (NYSE: GSK), Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC). Motorola Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MSI) said this morning that its first-quarter net income declined from a year ago [...]
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Big earnings reports lifted stock futures to early gains in Wednesday’s premarket trade. But futures eased from highs after disappointing March durable goods data. Nasdaq futures were up 50.5 points. Dow futures kept a 28-point gain and SP 500 futures were up 8.1 points. Durable goods orders slumped 4.1% in March, down from a 2.2% [...]
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Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:31am EDT * Q1 EPS $0.06 vs est $0.17 * Q1 revenue $1.27 bln vs est $1.29 bln April 26 (Reuters) – Wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc posted a lower-than-expected first quarter as it incurred higher costs on subsidizing consumer upgrades of handsets and added fewer subscribers than analysts expected. Bigger [...]
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The Federal Communications Commission this week approved the transfer of spectrum from ATT to T-Mobile, which was a condition of the companies’ failed merger. The move will provide T-Mobile with Advanced Wireless Systems (AWS) spectrum in 128 cellular markets, including 12 of the top 20, T-Mobile said in a statement. “We applaud the FCC for [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – ATT Inc, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service provider, has received regulatory approval for its plan to give T-Mobile USA a big chunk of spectrum as part of its break-up offering in compensation for the failure of their efforts to merge. ATT was left with an obligation to give wireless air [...]