The amount of bandwidth that all wireless carriers have for voice calls and data use is finite. There comes a point where the bandwidth just isn't there to support more calls and more services in some areas. To help alleviate this bandwidth issue and speed the network overall, most of the major carriers and even some of the smaller ones are moving to carrier VoIP solutions to help spread the load of voice calls over to other parts of the network.
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MetroPCS eyes VoIP roll out in early 2012
Huawei Glory Revealed, Inexpensive Gingerbread Superphone for MetroPCS
It's not often that we speak of Huawei at all, much less on how they're creating a superphone for Android. This device is what's possibly a dual-core but by all evidences a single-core processor*-having superphone running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, upgradable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and rocking a 4-inch 854x480 pixel resolution display with an 8-megapixel camera on the back. Sound like a phone that's going to run you $400 or more? How does sub-$300 off contract sound to you?
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MetroPCS May be the Biggest Winner in AT&T/T-Mobile Deal
With T-Mobile soon to be swallowed up by AT&T (probably), MetroPCS will be the most likely choice for many T-Mobile customers looking for a new carrier. That would most likely make Metro PCS the nation's new fourth-largest wireless carrier, and that is why MetroPCS's stock jumped up 5% upon the merger announcement. MetroPCS currently has 8.1 million subscribers, up 35% over the last two years (a time period, we should mention, in which T-Mobile lost customers).
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Snoop Dogg Promotes Samsung Galaxy Indulge on MetroPCS
If you don't know everyone in the video you're about to watch, you might not get the depth. However, the smoothness of the 4G LTE connection is as apparent as the additional Gs in Snoops new name, thustly MetroPCS has done their job well. See Snoop Dogg (with a double dose of Gs,) Warren G, model Brittany Dailey, and Ted Williams - the man with the Golden Voice all work together to bring you The G Connection in promotion of MetroPCS and the Samsung Galaxy Indulge.
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MetroPCS Samsung Galaxy Indulge adds 4G LTE to Android
If MetroPCS's 4G LTE service appealed, but the Samsung Craft didn't, then worry not: the carrier has a second Samsung LTE smartphone for you, and this time it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. The Samsung Galaxy Indulge has a 3.5-inch touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, with a 3-megapixel camera on the back and Samsung's 1GHz Hummingbird processor inside.
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MetroPCS tweak 4G LTE plans: new $40 tariff
MetroPCS always told us that the carrier was testing the waters with its $55 unlimited 4G plan, and with the new year come three new packages. The good news is that unlimited 4G - with some limits - is now on offer from $40 a month, including unlimited talk, text and YouTube video access. However, if you use streaming services, real-time internet gaming or want to download video or music, you'll have to pay a little more.
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MetroPCS 4G LTE turned on in Boston, NYC and Sacramento
We may have been all over Verizon's LTE offering in recent weeks, but let's not forget that MetroPCS got there before them. The carrier has turned on its 4G coverage in three new markets - Boston, New York City and Sacramento - though it still only has a single device you can actually access it on, the Samsung Craft.
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The Daily Slash: November 23 2010
Oh you beast, Acer, you are such a beast. How dare you sillies release a slew of tablets right before a holiday when I'm going to get so much good food to eat? I can't believe it! But we'll still write about it. All of it, in a row. Then we've got a fancy review of the rough and ready Motorola Defy, a hands-on video of Marvell's Android tablet, a questioning article pondering designer 3D glasses, and another review on the Droid Pro! Android beats out Symbian in Asia, Skyfire 3.0 launches with Facebook Connect, and our big huge "A Week With" NOOKcolor continues with what might be the most important part of the whole device: reading! All this and MORE on The Daily Slash!
Also World War III may have just started in North and South Korea. No biggie.
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MetroPCS and textPlus team for free texting to multiple people
If you are on the contract free MetroPCS mobile network here in the US and use an Android device, textPlus and MetroPCS have announced a new partnership that brings free group texting to the Android users on the network. The application can be downloaded free on the Android Market right now.
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MetroPCS switch on Dallas/Fort Worth 4G LTE [Updated]
Fallen in love with the Samsung Craft (what, really?) but don't live in Las Vegas to take advantage of MetroPCS' fledgling LTE network? You'll be pleased to hear, then, that the carrier has turned on its next 4G city: the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW).
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Metro PCS launch 4G LTE network & Samsung Craft featurephone
Metro PCS has followed up on its promise - and beaten far bigger rivals in the process - to launch its 4G LTE network in the US, but it's chosen a less than exciting handset to mark the occasion. $55 per month gets you unlimited, contract-free LTE access in Metro PCS' single initial market - Las Vegas - though you'll also need to shell out $299 (after a $50 rebate) for the Samsung Craft.
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MetroPCS LTE network arriving 2H 2010 with Samsung SCH-r900
All eyes may be on WiMAX and the HTC EVO 4G for Sprint right now, but they won't have the 4G focus for long. MetroPCS have announced that they and Samsung will be rolling out the US' first commercially-availabile LTE network this year, with the first handset being the multimode CDMA/LTE Samsung SCH-r900.
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