Tag archive: cell phone carriers

Consumer Reports, a nonprofit review magazine, has named AT&T the worst cell phone carrier in the United States, according to a survey of 58,000 of its readers. The survey is one part of a larger annual report on the cell phone industry. “Consumer Reports data, reflecting all versions of the phone, found that iPhone owners were much less satisfied with their carrier and rated data service (Web and e-mail) lower than owners of smart… Read More

Like Germany lining up Panzer tanks outside Poland, Google has been getting a little aggressive with wireless carriers lately. Bidding on open wireless spectrum, investing in WiMax, hawking smartphones without carrier contracts, and now experimenting with its own fiber-optic Internet service have all gotten carriers a bit antsy, but at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Google CEO Eric Schmidt assured attendees it came to play nice. “We are… Read More

The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers. The new magicJack uses, without permission, radio frequencies for which cellular carriers have paid billions of dollars for exclusive licenses.