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According to a market research made recently by IDC, Verizon is again the market leader with a total of 56.8 million subscribers, compared to Cingular's 56.3 million.

"Verizon became the new market leader in terms of total direct retail subscribers/customers, with a total of 56.8 million, against 56.3 million for Cingular," said IDC's Julien Blin in a statement.

The market research firm said there were 236 million U.S. wireless subscribers at the end of 2006. Their data revenue totaled $4.8 billion in the fourth quarter and that figure represented 13.5% of the ARPU, or $6.74 a month. Also, Sprint earns more wireless data revenue per subscriber than any other carrier, with $8.32, regaining its lead over Verizon, which only has $7.91.



Via mobileburn.

After being announced at CES 2007 together with the Mobile TV service, Verizon Wireless and Samsung today launched the Samsung u620 Mobile TV slider phone.

The Samsung u620 comes equipped with a QVGA screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, microSD card slot and Bluetooth. The Samsung u620 is available for $149.99 after a $50 online discount and a 2-year contract.

Via phonearena.

After everybody got crazy about the Chocolate, it's time for the LG Shine to rule the world when it comes to fashion phones. Asia got it first, followed by European announcement and now we have a spy photo of clamshell version for Verizon Wireless with the same brushed-metal look.

Still there is no information about the final specifications of the phone, but it will probably have a QVGA internal display and 2-megapixel camera, as the one used in the ENV. Also it is not sure if Verizon will use the "Shine" brand name exclusively in the States (as it happened with Chocolate) or will just use numeric model for the phone.

Via engadget.

Verizon and Motorola have already prepared the promotional materials about the latest phone (part of RAZR family) they plan to launch – the Motorola maxx Ve, or the CDMA version of the MAXX. We’ve known this will happen for a few months now, after a Motorola image of the MAXX with Verizon logo on it leaked, but the promo materials hint us about soon-to-be release date.

The Motorola MAXX Ve Ve has large external color display and music dedicated touch keys like the one of the KRZR K1m. Its internal display is QVGA and it has 2-megapixel camera with large LED flash. Still it is not sure if it will run on the standard Verizon’s UI, or will feature Flash UI themes.

Via slashphone.

MTV and Verizon Wireless announced recently a new event series entitled "MTV Live" which will feature live artist performances from some of the biggest names in music.

The monthly series will be recorded in front of a live audience at the Hard Rock Cafe NY in Times Square and will be presented as a multi-platform program across MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Tr3s, MTV.com and on MTV Mobile on V-CAST.

"MTV Live" will be powered by Verizon Wireless and the first episode will premiere on MTV on February 6 at 11:30pm with a commercial free performance by Fall Out Boy. Artists Nas, Akon, and Gym Class Heroes have been booked for future shows.

Via softpedia.