Starbucks has announced a national rollout of a wireless charging stations, beginning with stores San Francisco. 

Working in partnership with Duracell, Starbucks will expand Powermat charging stations to additional major markets in 2015, with a full national... - read more

H2O Wireless, an MVNO that is managed by Fort Lee, N.J.-based Locus Telecommunications and runs on AT&T Mobility's (NYSE:T) network, has revived an unlimited data offer that it had discontinued in 2011.

H2O said that its $60 monthly plan, which previously offered 3 GB of data... - read more

Airvoice Wireless has made some plan changes that give monthly plan users more data. Here's what's changed:

• The formerly data-less $30 plan now comes with 100 MB
• The old $35 100 MB plan is no longer available
• The $40 plan  goes from 500 MB to 1 GB
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Cricket Wireless today introduced the ZTE Source, a new Android smartphone that features a 4.5-inch display and 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. The Source includes a 5-megapixel main camera that can capture 720p HD video and a 1-megapixel user-facing camera for video chats. Both... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced that it will begin selling the Apple iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on October 25.

Source: Phonescoop

Cricket Wireless today made several announcements regarding phone financing, Musive Music 4.0, and new device availability. The first bit of news concerns how customers purchase phones. Cricket will offer flexible payment financing options that allow customers to pay for devices over time.... - read more

Cricket today announced that it will start selling the Samsung Galaxy S 4 on June 7.

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Cricket today announced plans to offer two new Samsung Android phones this summer: the Admire 2 and the Galaxy Discover (already offered in a GSM variant by Net10.)

• The Admire 2 is a new, mid-range Android phone with 4G LTE, 4-inch display, 5-megapixel... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced two new sets of plans, one for multiple lines and another for iPhones. The new family plan offers two smartphone lines for $40 per line per month. The plan includes unlimited voice minutes and text messages, 1GB of full-speed data (throttled thereafter),... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced the Kyocera Kona, a flip phone very similar to Kyocera's Coast for Boost. The Kona can be paired with any of Cricket's low-cost feature phone plans. The Kona runs on Cricket's 1X network and includes a 2.4-inch QVGA internal display, a 1.44-inch external... - read more

Cricket Wireless recently made the ZTE Engage LT available for sale via its web site. The Engage LT is a stripped-down version of the Engage, and includes entry-level specs for an Android smartphone. The Engage LT features a 1GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal storage; a... - read more

Page Plus Cellular recently added a new option to its lineup of prepaid plans. Page Plus now offers subscribers unlimited domestic voice minutes, unlimited domestic messaging, and 5GB of data for $69.95 per month. Customers who surpass the 5GB monthly data limit will be charged $0.05 per... - read more

Cricket today announced the addition of two Android smartphones to its lineup. The LG Optimus Regard is a rebadged version of the LG Motion 4G, which is sold by MetroPCS. The Regard features a 3.5-inch display with 480 x 320 pixels, a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel main camera,... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced a significant expansion of its nascent LTE 4G network. Its 4G service is already available in Las Vegas and Tucson. Those markets are joined today by Philadelphia, Phoenix, Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Laredo, Corpus Christi, and the... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced that it will offer the Apple iPhone 5 beginning September 28. Cricket didn't provide pricing details.

Cricket Wireless today announced sweeping changes to the rates it charges for services for both feature phones and smartphones. The cheapest feature phone plan now costs $35 and includes unlimited talk and text. The $45 feature phone plan adds more calling features, unlimited MMS,... - read more

Cricket Communications today announced that it will offer the HTC One V starting September 2. The One V, also sold by Virgin Mobile, has a 3.7-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera, Android 4.0, Beats Audio, and Cricket's Muve Music service.

Source: Phonescoop

Cricket Wireless recently made the Huawei Ascend Q available for sale via its web site. The Ascend Q is a bar-style phone that includes both a 3.2-inch touch screen and full QWERTY keyboard for messaging. The Ascend Q runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by an 800MHz processor.... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced that its customers will be able to purchase either the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S at select retailers in 60 markets beginning June 22. Both can be used with Cricket's $55 unlimited monthly plan. The plan includes unlimited voice and text messaging, but it has a... - read more

Cricket Wireless is hoping to bring 10 new devices to the market before the end of the year, with seven of them being smartphones. Cricket representative Matthew Stoiber said the company will have a "good, better, best" range of smartphones available to its pre-paid customers. The company... - read more

Leap Wireless today announced that it has signed a wholesale agreement with Clearwire so it can access Clearwire's forthcoming LTE 4G network. The deal, which will initially last five years, will provide Leap's Cricket prepaid wireless service with the ability to offload extra capacity to... - read more

Leap Wireless today announced that Tucson, Ariz., will be its first Long Term Evolution 4G market and serve as the starting point for the company's planned transition from CDMA 3G to LTE 4G services. Cricket said that 90% of its CDMA service footprint in the Tucson area has access to LTE,... - read more

Page Plus Cellular today announced a new plan that gives budget-conscious customers 250 voice minutes, 250 text messages, and 10MB of data for $12 per month. This new plan is called The 12 Plan.

Source: Phonescoop

Page Plus Cellular today announced that it has lowered the price of its Unlimited Talk & Text plan from $44.95 per month down to $39.95 per month. The price is effective starting today for new Page Plus Cellular customers. Current customers will see the price drop reflected on their... - read more

Cricket Wireless today announced availability of the ZTE Memo, a bar-style messaging phone that has a full QWERTY keyboard. The Memo runs Cricket's feature phone operating system, offers 3G data, and incudes a web browser. It also has a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera with video... - read more

Cricket and Samsung today announced the Transfix, an affordable Android phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard with four rows of keys, including a dedicated number row. The phone is similar to the Acclaim released last year for US Cellular. Its specs include 800 MHz processor, 3.2-inch... - read more

In addition to the market expansion announced today, Cricket Wireless also announced new phones that will be able to take advantage of its Muve Music plan. The ZTE Score is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that features a 600MHz processor, 3.5-inch HVGA display, accelerometer,... - read more

Cricket today announced the addition of the Huawei Ascend II, a new Android 2.3 smartphone that has a 3.5 inch display, 5 megapixel camera with video capture, 600MHz processor and support for microSD cards. It comes with all the stock Google services that make up most Android phones.

Leap Wireless today announced that the Samsung Chrono is available starting today. The Chrono is an entry-level flip phone that includes Bluetooth, speakerphone, VGA camera, dual displays, and GPS.

Source: Phonescoop

Cricket Wireless today announced the availability of the Samsung Indulge. This variant of the Indulge loses the LTE feature of the MetroPCS version, but has a 3.5 inch display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1GHz processor, and Samsung TouchWiz 3.0.

Source: Phonescoop

LightSquared, the company planning to build a wholesale only LTE network in the USA has signed a national roaming agreement with Leap Wireless. The new arrangement will allow Cricket, Leap's operating subsidiary, to supplement the LTE coverage that Cricket plans to deploy across its own... - read more

Good news for Page Plus users on the Talk N Text 1200 plan. The company recently announced some improvements to the plan that will provide customers with more messages and data. For the same $29.95 per month you get 1,200 minutes, 2,000 messages, and 100MB of data, up from 1,200 messages and... - read more

Today Page Plus Cellular announced that it has dropped roaming charges from 59 cents per minute to 29 cents per minute. Customers will only be charged this fee when roaming off of Page Plus' network.

Source: Phonescoop

Pocket Communications, the fastest growing wireless company in Texas, has launched a new network to serve markets in the U.S. Northeast plus expanding the capacity of its South Texas wireless network with 3G CDMA technology from Nortel*.

Pocket offers its low-cost, high-quality... - read more