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The latest news regarding the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III — after the manufacturer disappointed everyone by letting them know that there will be no Galaxy S II follow-up unveiling at MWC — came from Samsung Benelux which were inviting the press to a March 15 event . However, South African carriers seem to have information according to which the highly anticipated phone will land on their networks early-Q3.
Despite a net loss of $1.3 billion during the fourth quarter of 2011, Sprint’s latest earnings report was more positive than negative. The carrier added 1.6 million subscribers during the final months of the year, a good portion of which can be attributed to sales of the iPhone, which hit Sprint’s network back in October.
Sprint Nextel Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results Quarterly year-over-year Sprint platform postpaid ARPU growth of $3.69 is the best on record in the industry Largest sequential increase in net operating revenues in more than five years Sprint serves more than 55 million customers – highest level ever 1.6 million total net subscriber additions in the quarter – best since 2005 539,000 postpaid net additions on the Sprint platform in the quarter Strong iPhone sales – 40 percent to new customers Network Vision on schedule and on budget; six major cities to launch 4G LTE by mid-year with the addition of Kansas City and Baltimore Adjusted OIBDA* of $842 million and the first year of Operating Income since 2006 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), February 08, 2012 – Sprint Nextel Corp.
Harken back to the days of Windows 95, and you may remember downloading a few shareware titles to your Compaq or Packard Bell courtesy of Tucows and its network of mirror sites. While the company is no longer of much relevance in the software arena, it’s recently launched a mobile service called Ting that operates on Sprint’s network, and like many of its competitors (think Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile ), no contract is needed.
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Virgin Mobile will begin to reduce the mobile broadband speeds of smartphone users on March 23, following a similar path as T-Mobile, AT&T and others who have offered unlimited plans. Fierce Wireless notes that Virgin’s BeyondTalk subscribers using 2.5 GB of data in a given month will see 3G speeds reduced to 256 kbps for the remainder of that month’s billing cycle.
It’s been a long time coming , but after much backpedaling , Virgin Mobile is throwing down the gauntlet — it’ll begin throttling data speeds come March 23rd. Like expected, each month that a user exceeds 2.5GB of data usage, he or she will have their downloads capped at 256Kbps for the remainder of the billing cycle.
The ZTE Tania , potentially the cheapest Windows Phone to-date, will go on sale this quarter in the UK, the company has confirmed, with carrier Virgin Media expected to offer the 4.3-inch smartphone between £10-20 on-contract. Meanwhile, various retailers are offering the Tania - which we previewed yesterday - for around £250 ($384) SIM-free and unlocked.
ZTE’s showing off its new global ambitions, the OEM-smartphone maker brought a party bus to London and asked Professor Green (everyone’s favorite nasally-challenged Grime MC) to spread the word about the Tania . It’s a modestly-kitted 4.3-inch WVGA (800 x 480) Windows Phone, erm, phone, that’s running Mango on a single-core 1GHz chip, 512MB of RAM and 4GB internal storage.
A few months ago we reported Virgina Mobile USA’s plans to begin throttling their customers back in October but that plan never came to fruition. Instead, Virgin Mobile delayed the inevitable throttling to sometime in 2012.