News tagged with prepaid phones
Lawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror
(AP) -- Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Microsoft adds app access to non-smart phones
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs that smart phone owners have embraced.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Motorola loss widens; analysts see worrisome signs
(AP) -- Motorola Inc. defeated low expectations Thursday, posting a smaller first-quarter loss than Wall Street had expected and regaining its position as the world's fourth-largest maker of cell phones.
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Cut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry
(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Prepaid phones gain popularity as users seek to lower bills
Sales have never been better for MetroPCS. The prepaid cell phone retailer broke records in the first and second quarter of 2010 with new subscribers to its no-contract, monthly flat-rate mobile service.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts.
Sep 02, 2010 |
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FBI backs record-keeping on prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller has endorsed anti-terrorism legislation that would require prepaid cell-phone sellers to keep records of buyers' identities.
Jul 28, 2010 |
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US lawmakers target pre-paid cellphone anonymity
US lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday to enable law enforcement to identify users of pre-paid cell phones, charging that anonymity makes the devices attractive to terrorists, drug kingpins and gangs.
May 26, 2010 |
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Sprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USA
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc.
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Greeks to register prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- Greece's prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday.
Jun 17, 2009 |
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