The Cell Phone Junkie

Qualcomm ends bid to acquire NXP, Verizon announces its own VPN, and Android P enters its final preview beta.

Verizon restricts new activations to devices with VoLTE, T-Mobile updates its Simple Global Plan, and answering the question about iMessage syncing on the Apple Watch.

The US lifts its ban on ZTE, Apple releases iOS 11.4.1, and downloading Netflix shows for offline viewing is about to get a little easier.

Comcast changes the terms of it’s unlimited plan, Light working on a nine camera array for a smartphone, and re-considering the AirPods.

Three new chipsets from Qualcomm, the WiFi alliance launches WPA3, and AT&T increases it’s administrative fee.

Carriers kill sharing of customer location data, Sprint and T-Mobile petition the FCC for permission to merge and the Car Connectivity Consortium releases the Digital Key spec 1.0.