Verizon Wireless customers have taken to the carrier's support forums and social media sites such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/052610-twitter-quiz.html">Twitter</a> to complain about what appears to be a nationwide 3G/4G wireless data outage.
Verizon has acknowledged a software bug on its new Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone that is preventing users from getting the maximum four bars of signal strength.
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.
While AT&T's attempts to acquire T-Mobile are stuck in limbo, rival Verizon has been quietly gobbling up spectrum from cable companies like Cox Communications, which today sold Verizon $315 million in licenses for 20MHz of its Advanced <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">Wireless</a> Services (AWS) spectrum.
Google launched its Android mobile operating system as an open platform, but the company is being closed in how it is working with Verizon Wireless on the Google Wallet mobile payment app on the Galaxy Nexus, an analyst said Thursday.
Verizon Wireless said its nationwide 4G LTE network service returned to normal Wednesday night after a technical issue was resolved.
Verizon Wireless is thwarting the use of the Google Wallet mobile payment app, at least for now, on the coming Galaxy Nexus smartphone running on Verizon's 4G LTE network.
The Samsung Illusion The Samsung Illusion smartphone, made from recycled materials, will be offered for free by Verizon Wireless with a two-year contract from Thursday through Monday in an online promotion.
Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running Android 4.0 (also known as Ice Cream Sandwich) will be available through Canadian wireless carriers starting Dec. 7 and is already shipping <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222002/Samsung_Galaxy_Nexus_on_sale_in_U.K._with_new_video_ad">in the U.K.</a> . Verizon Wireless still hasn't announced a release date for the device in U.S.
Samsung's hot new Galaxy Nexus smartphone, the first to run Android 4.0, went <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/17/2568251/galaxy-nexus-uk-release-date-launch">on sale</a> Thursday in the U.K. and is expected to be available in the U.S. on Verizon Wireless by the end of the month.
Verizon Wireless plans to turn on its 4G LTE network in 14 more U.S. cities tomorrow, for a total of 179 markets.
Verizon Wireless announced a rugged Casio push-to-talk cell phone that will go on sale Nov. 23 for $149.99 after rebate.
Verizon Wireless will launch the new <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220973/First_look_Motorola_Droid_Razr_is_razr_sharp">Droid Razr</a> for $299.99 in its stores Friday, marking the event with a later opening at 11:11 a.m. on Friday's date of 11-11-11.
Buried inside many of the latest smartphones is a capability that few people take advantage of. A feature called tethering lets a phone go beyond talk, email and Web surfing to act as a mobile hotspot that can supply Web access to nearby computers, tablets and other devices.
Online orders for the $299.99 Droid Razr will start at 8 a.m. ET on Thursday, and Verizon Wireless promised the devices ordered online will ship no later than Nov. 10.