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Huawei Honor visits the FCC sporting AT&T bands

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You still remember the Huawei Honor which we reviewed recently, right? Last time we heard, it was released by Cricket as the Huawei Mercury. Now, that version of the Huawei Honor is a CDMA device but a new version, particulalry a GSM one was said to have visited the FCC. This time, the Honor happens more »

Motorola Defy Mini makes an appearance with the FCC, looks like it will be heading to AT&T

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We have seen a few bits and pieces in terms of the Motorola Defy Mini smartphone in the past. Most notably is how the handset will be launching in March for those in the UK. And well, thanks to a recent FCC filing it looks like the handset is also going to be making its more »

HTC Titan II makes an appearance with the FCC, shows support for AT&T LTE

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It looks like AT&T may soon have another Windows Phone device coming available. The details are coming by way of a recent FCC filing and a recently leaked AT&T device roadmap. According to the FCC filing, a smartphone bearing the model number of PI86100 has been spotted and is showing support for the AT&T 4G more »

The Sony Xperia S pays a visit to the FCC, AT&T arrival impending

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The Sony Xperia S smartphone was first introduced at CES 2012 with plans for a European and American launch in the Spring of 2012.  Before a launch with AT&T can occur, the Xperia S needs to gain approval from the FCC, and today we learned that it recently visited the FCC and everything looks to more »

AT&T prepares to transfer $1 billion in spectrum to T-Mobile

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Part of the break-up deal between AT&T and T-Mobile required AT&T to hand over $1 billion in spectrum if the deal were to fail. As we all know, the two companies gave up on the merger in late December. AT&T and T-Mobile started this week by making a request with the FCC to begin the more »

Samsung Galaxy S II for US Cellular passes through the FCC

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The big carriers are moving onto the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Note, but US Cellular is soon going to get the previous best Samsung smartphone available. The Samsung Galaxy S II has just passed through the FCC again, this time heading for the smaller carrier. The US Cellular Samsung Galaxy S more »

Verizon decides to drop plans for the $2 convenience fee

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Verizon Wireless is backtracking on the “convenience fee” that would have charged users $2 for paying over the phone or making one-time online payments. In a statement Verizon says that it has heard it’s customers’ feedback, and it won’t charge the fee that would have gone into effect on January 15. The announcement comes on more »

FCC filing reveals unannounced (and mysterious) Archos DECT device

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It looks like the FCC has revealed an unannounced Archos device. And while that would normally come as an interesting tidbit, this latest filing comes with a bit of mystery. That being said, we have yet to hear anything official from Archos and at this time the FCC information simply states that this device is more »

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 appears in FCC filing, shows off support for Verizon LTE

It looks like Verizon may soon be launching an LTE compatible version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet. Said device has recently made an appearance with the FCC and the listing was showing off a tablet (model number SCH-i815) with support for the CDMA 800/1900 MHz bands and LTE band 13. In other words, more »

The FCC puts an end to loud commercials

We’ve all experienced situations when we’re watching television late at night and the volume suddenly spikes during a commercial. We jump up, fumble with the remote and lay there angry for another five minutes because our zen-like state had been interrupted. I’m here to tell you that won’t be a problem for too much longer. The Federal Communications Commission has made it so we won’t have to suffer through those moments ever again.