Phil Goldstein

If you think of Denver as a rose and Phil Goodstein as the thorn in its side, well then, you have a pretty good idea of the prickly relationship between

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Phil Goldstein Shortly after moving to Colorado in 1998, our homeowner’s association in Fort Collins sought volunteers for its board of directors. I ignored my wife Amy’s advice about letting others do that thankless job [...]

Collaboration, videoconferencing and security are all essential elements of modern telework strategies, but managers can’t forget the human element.

SprintMVNO TextNow launched international calling options to more than 150 countries around the world and also unveiled a program to let customers earn bill credits by watching video advertisements or choosing special offers from advertisers and marketing partners -- all from the company’s app.

Security researchers discovered a security flaw in the website of T-Mobile US’MetroPCS prepaid brand that could have allowed digital thieves to steal customers’ home address, type of plan and even their phone’s model and serial number.

Verizon Wirelesswill start charging a $20 fee to customers who activate new lines of service on Verizon’s “device payment option,” its equipment installment plan. The changes go into effect on Nov 15. Up until now Verizon has not charge any activation fee for customers who choose its EIP option.

AT&T Mobilityis letting its Mobile Share Value customers roam freely when it Mexico and is also giving those subscribers extra data to use when south of the border. The offering is the latest salvo between the carriers as they try to offer better international roaming and data usage plans, especiall…

Verizon Wireless is wading into the competitive market for international roaming offerings, and said its customers can now use their existing voice, messaging and data plans for$2 per day per line in Canada and Mexico, and $10 per day per line in more than 65 other countries around the world. Verizo…

AT&T Mobility’sCricket Wireless prepaid brandwill not let customers on its $50 and $60 per month plans use their plans’ data buckets in Mexico and Canada free of charge as if they were in the United States. The new offering adds data to Cricket’s current offer of unlimited calling, texting, and mess…

Sprintagreed to pay $2.95 million in civil penalties to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the carrier failed to properly alert consumers with lower credit scores that they were being placed in a special program and charged an extra monthly fee.

Sprintsaid its AppleiPhone customers will be able to get access to enhanced Wi-Fi calling features that will let them make and receive calls from multiple Apple devices with a single number. Thanks to the iOS 9.1 software update, Sprint’s iPhone customers take calls to their iPhone on an iPad, iPod …

Verizon Wireless recently launched a national promotion to give customers a $300 gift card when they switch and trade in their phone. Meanwhile, according to research firm Wave7 Research, Verizon is also running two regional promotions, including one in Chicago that offers up to $650 in credit.

Verizon Wirelesssaid all 21 of its partners in its LTE in Rural America (LRA) program have not launched LTE service, which it said fulfills its goal of expanding coverage to rural parts of the country.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said the company remains “solidly on track” to achieve its previously committed goal to cut around $800 million from lossesin its mobile business this year and said more than 75 percent of that goal has already been realized so far. The chipset maker also confirmed it acquir…

AT&T Mobilitysaid it continues to work with several smaller carriers, likely including T-Mobile US and U.S. Cellular, to create roaming between different 700 MHz band classes but is still encountering some hurdles. Nevertheless, in delivering a progress report on its 700 MHz interoperability efforts…

AT&T Mobility’s Cricket Wireless prepaid brand has “few” remaining customers on its legacy CDMA network, which is being officially shut down tomorrow. Cricket said that it has some customers on that network remaining in California “and a few additional locations.”

AT&T Mobilityhas deployed its 2.3 GHz WCS spectrum for LTE service in a handful of markets, fulfilling its goal of launching service on the spectrum this summer. However, it’s unclear how widespread the rollout is at this point or how quickly it will proceed to bring extra capacity to the carrier’s …

CommScope, which focuses on designing, building and managing wireless networks,is adding small cells to its portfolio of products and solutions by buying privately-held small cell specialist Airvana. CommScope aims to use the deal to help it in Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) deployments. Terms of the acquisition…

Verizon Wireless is clarifying that despite its recent introduction of new plans that do away with two-year contracts and subsidized smartphones for new customers, existing customers who have two-year contracts can renew them and keep getting subsidized phones.