Amazon is reportedly in talks with a number of leading U.S. carriers to offer mobile services to Prime members, either for free or at rock-bottom prices. That's according to Bloomberg, which says that the company has held negotiations with Verizon, T-Mobile, Dish, and AT&T about using their networks for its proposed service. According to sources quoted by the publication, the service will either be offered entirely free for Prime subscribers, or for a nominal $10 monthly fee in addition to the Prime subscription charges.
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Amazon Invests Additional $2.75 Billion in AI Startup Anthropic
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Details and Lessons Learned From the Ransomware Attack on the British Library
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CISA Moving Forward With Cyber Incident Reporting Rules Impacting 316,000 Entities
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NVIDIA ChatRTX For Windows App Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privilege
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