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<title>C Spire, others join list of US iPhone 5 carriers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/13/like.cricket.tied.to.later.launch.date/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1347562147_cspirelogo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Several more US carriers have announced plans to support the iPhone 5.  Chief among these is C Spire Wireless, which was the first regional carrier in the US to get the device.  The other companies stepping forward are also regionals, namely Appalachian Wireless, Bluegrass Cellular, Cellcom, and GCI.  In each case the carriers will only launch the new iPhone on September 28th, a week after AT&amp;T, S...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>C Spire rolls out no-contract mobile data plans</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/12/plans.cover.hotspots.tablets.usb.modems/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1342115800_ScreenShot2012-07-12at1.55.10PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Regional operator C Spire has announced the rollout of its new no-contract mobile data plans. The plans are available for data-only devices like tablets, mobile hotspots, and USB modems. The new no-contract options also give customers the choice to switch between contract and prepaid rates depending on their expected data usage....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>nTelos, Alaska Com, more to carry iPhone 4S for $50 off [U]</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/04/ntelos.becomes.fifth.us.iphone.carrier/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/iphone4s-review2sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Update 2: Alaska Communications and three others too) In an unexpected move, relatively small US carrier nTelos has unveiled iPhone plans.  The Virginia-based, nationally-focused carrier will start carrying Apple's hardware at 7AM on April 20, with pre-registrations starting immediately.  It will have a unique advantage in starting with lower prices: the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 will be available f...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FCC clears look into 700MHz interoperability, 2GHz cell data</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/21/fcc.moves.on.possibly.mandating.700mhz.unity/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/celltower-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The FCC in an Open Commission Meeting Wednesday morning unanimously voted to pursue possibilities for significantly improving 4G's use in the US.  It would verify whether there would be any adverse effect to making the 700MHz A, B, and C blocks of spectrum interoperable, letting one roam on the other.  Agency officials would want outside input on what the rules would be if there were little to no ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/21/fcc.moves.on.possibly.mandating.700mhz.unity/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>C Spire details first LTE cities, September launch</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/08/c.spire.outlines.more.definitive.lte.plans/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/cspire-4glte.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[C Spire gave out more definitive plans for its delayed LTE rollout on Thursday.  The regional carrier will focus on Mississippi and cover both the core of Jackson, the Gulf Coast, and 23 individual towns.  Among the examples include Hattiesburg, Tupelo, and West Point....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint sells 1.8m iPhones, gets best adds since 2005</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/08/sprint.owes.big.subscriber.turnaround.to.iphone/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/sprint-store.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint on Wednesday revealed a huge upswing in subscriber additions through its inaugural quarter of iPhone sales.  It sold 1.8 million iPhones during the fall, 40 percent of which went to people new to the network.  Apple's device was almost single-handedly responsible for returning Sprint to performance it hasn't seen in years: at 1.6 million net new subscribers, it saw the most adds since 2005 ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/08/sprint.owes.big.subscriber.turnaround.to.iphone/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>C Spire misses LTE goal, US Cellular sees March LTE tablet</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/05/regional.us.carriers.talk.new.lte.plans/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/cspire.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Two US regional carriers saw contrasting results for their LTE rolluts on Thursday.  C Spire had set a goal of having LTE-based 4G on its network by the end of 2011, but in a response to FierceWireless declined to say what adjusted schedule it might have.  The former Cellular South may have been counting on rules requiring LTE interoperability from AT&amp;T devices that weren't granted with the Qualco...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon: we shipped 4.2 million iPhones in fall</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/04/verizon.more.than.doubles.iphone.sales/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/iphone4-verizon6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Verizon CFO Fran Shammo in remarks at a Citigroup media and telecoms conference revealed the highest-ever sales rate for iPhones on a US carrier.  Slipping out information before the actual quarterly results, the executive mentioned 4.2 million iPhones being sold in the fall.  The amount was nearly twice as many as the 2.3 million maximum Verizon had seen before and just above an all-time high of ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>C Spire, Sprint agree to stay lawsuits over AT&amp;T merger</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/13/c.spire.and.sprint.to.wait.and.see.on.att.t.mobile/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/sprint-store.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[C Spire and Sprint together were granted motions on Tuesday to freeze their lawsuits against AT&amp;T over its proposed takeover of T-Mobile.   Filed in tandem with AT&amp;T, they agreed to stop in the wake of the Department of Justice staying its case.  The two CDMA carriers implied they would resume action if AT&amp;T tried restarting the takeover process....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/13/c.spire.and.sprint.to.wait.and.see.on.att.t.mobile/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iPhone 3GS production may still top 2m in fall</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/08/iphone.3gs.shipments.hint.strong.seller/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/iphone3gs-goodbye.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In spite of being over two years old, the iPhone 3GS is still poised to ship in large numbers in the next half-year if rumors from the supply chain are accurate.  Estimates from contacts for Digitimes have two million of the phone shipping in the fall.  Another 1.4 million to 1.6 million would ship in early 2012, they heard....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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