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Verizon Wireless will be charging customers a $2 “convenience fee” for single bill payments made online or over the telephone.

Verizon Wireless, which this month angered customers with three separate data service problems, said on Thursday it will add a $2 fee for one-time telephone and online bill payments.

Verizon may be the largest U.S. mobile broadband supplier, but a series of network outages throughout December have plenty of customers on edge, and it's the kind of thing many customers won't forget. After all, it was just this kind of coverage issue that drove so many people from AT&T over to Verizon a year ago as AT&T slipped to the number two spot among U.S. teleco's.

Verizon Wireless, which this month angered customers with three separate data service problems, said on Thursday it will add a $2 fee for one-time telephone and online bill payments.

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Verizon's new LTE wireless service is back up and running, but after four outages since April and three mass shutdowns in December alone, infuriated customers are threatening to jump ship. What's causing the 4G outages, and will Verizon be able to hold on to its image as America's most reliable network come 2012?

Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it had resolved an issue with its high-speed wireless network overnight, after its third widely reported problem in a month.

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AT&T Inc said late on Thursday that it won regulatory approval to buy wireless spectrum from U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc, a move that would boost the company's 4G network.

AT&T Inc said late on Thursday that it won regulatory approval to buy wireless spectrum from U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc, a move that would boost the company's 4G network.

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AT&T Inc said late on Thursday that it won regulatory approval to buy wireless spectrum from U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc, a move that would boost the company's 4G network.