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Sprint Will WiMAX & LTE? - Sprint is expected to stick with Clearwire's mobile WiMAX in its network plans but may add LTE in the future. Sprint will announce a decision on LTE before the middle of the year, said CEO Dan Hesse during the Deutsche Bank Media and Telecom Conference.
Highest Data Wireless Bill $68,000! An FCC study claims that 30 million Americans have experienced Bill Shock with sudden spike in bills and that the highest phone bill was $68,000.
Cheaper iPhone 3GS ($50) Helped AT&T Compete - AT&T Mobility CFO, Pete Ritcher, said that lowering the price of the iPhone 3GS to $50 before Verizon's iPhone 4 launch helped AT&T compete in a non-exclusive iPhone smartphone market. 40 percent of AT&T's wireless subscribers now use smartphones. See webcast from Deutsche Bank Media and Telecom.
VZW Sues SMS Frauder Refunds Customers - Verizon Wireless said that it filed a lawsuit Monday in federal district court in Phoenix,
outlining an ongoing scheme that used Premium SMS campaigns to defraud
Verizon Wireless and its customers. Customers who believe they have been affected by this scheme, had phone charges for content associated with a company known variously
as Cylon, Jawa and/or Eye Level Holdings and think they are due a refund. You can visit www.premiumsmsrefunds.com to learn how to submit a claim.
Get Your iOS 4.3 Update in App Store - Apple has released the iOS 4.3 for iPhone 4/3GS (AT&T versions only) iPad and iPod Touch in iTunes. The update inlcudes AirPlay/Home Sharing, mobile hotspots and an improved Safari browser. The iPad 2 is due out Friday.
webOS on All HP PCs - In a Business Week interview, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said that he is putting plans in place to put the mobile webOS on every PC that it ships next year. The PCs will also run Windows.
Full news stories today include the next 4G LTE smartphone from Verizon, the Samsung Stealth, Droid X2 rumors and mobile browsing stats from Chitika.