Verizon to Pay $3.6B for Mobile Spectrum
Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $3.6 billion to buy licenses for mobile spectrum covering 259 million U.S. residents from SpectrumCo, a joint venture of three cable providers.
Verizon Wireless has agreed to pay $3.6 billion to buy licenses for mobile spectrum covering 259 million U.S. residents from SpectrumCo, a joint venture of three cable providers.
The Galaxy Nexus, the first phone to run the latest version of Android, will finally go on sale Thursday from Verizon.
The <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221572/Nook_Tablet_vs._Kindle_Fire_Which_will_win_">low-cost computer tablets</a> coming next week from Amazon and Barnes & Noble connect only over Wi-Fi networks, which reduces costs and also cuts the nation's 3G/4G cellular carriers out of the equation.
The Monday introduction of another low-priced rival to the iPad won't keep anyone at Apple's California HQ up nights, analysts said.
Republic Wireless on Tuesday launched a limited beta program of its $19-a-month hybrid wireless service using, to start, the LG Optimus smartphone running Android 2.3.