Subsidy articles

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  Subsidized Fitbit Flex comes to Japan with $5-a-month SoftBank Healthcare plan

  By Sam Byford on May 7, 2013 04:29 am + 3 comments

  Flamboyant SoftBank CEO — and Sprint suitor — Masayoshi Son strode onto a Tokyo stage this Continue reading…

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  FCC-backed bill would subsidize broadband for low-income homes

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 24, 2013 10:26 am + 143 comments

  New federal legislation is looking to modernize an aging government assistance program aimed at Continue reading…

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  T-Mobile will reportedly detail iPhone plans at its 'Uncarrier' event tomorrow

  By Jeff Blagdon on March 25, 2013 08:05 pm + 142 comments

  It looks like the iPhone is finally making its way to T-Mobile. CNET reports that Apple’s flagship Continue reading…

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  Facebook to offer free and discounted data on overseas carriers

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 25, 2013 03:19 am + 18 comments

  Want to send someone a Facebook message from your cellphone, but don’t want to pay for it? Continue reading…

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  AT&T entices Nexus 7 buyers to sign up for two-year data contract with $100 statement credit

  By Dante D'Orazio on January 15, 2013 05:52 pm + 30 comments

  AT&T said last year it was going cease subsidized pricing for tablets, but that hasn't stopped the Continue reading…

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  T-Mobile CEO says iPhone and end of subsidies coming 'in three to four months'

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 9, 2013 08:59 am + 107 comments

  2013 is going to be a big year for T-Mobile, with a new LTE network, a new business model for Continue reading…

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  Verizon CEO calls T-Mobile's plan to end phone subsidies 'a great idea'

  By Nathan Ingraham on January 8, 2013 02:08 pm + 105 comments

  T-Mobile is planning to move away from the standard US phone subsidy model next year, and its Continue reading…

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  EU considering investigation into Huawei and ZTE's controversial trade practices

  By Sam Byford on December 17, 2012 09:34 pm + 16 comments

  The European Union's trade commissioner has said that a decision will soon be made on whether to Continue reading…

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  Cricket, MetroPCS offering phone finance programs to lower upfront costs

  By Dan Seifert on December 13, 2012 01:55 pm + 30 comments

  This holiday season, both Cricket and MetroPCS are offering new financing programs to customers that Continue reading…

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  UK newspaper The Times offering subsidized Nexus 7 tablet with its digital subscription

  By Vlad Savov on December 4, 2012 05:49 am + 33 comments

  The only major UK newspaper to embrace paywalls, The Times, is seeking to sweeten its deal this Continue reading…