Verizon wireless customers on the carrier's $30 per month unlimited data plan will eventually have to leave the grandfathered plan behind.

Fierce Wireless reports Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said users on the 3G unlimited data plan will have to purchase the company's data-share plan as they migrate to 4G LTE devices. "Everyone will be on data-share," Shammo said.

No pricing details for the data sharing plan have been released, but it is expected to launch this summer.

Most carriers have had to backpedal on unlimited data plans amid the mobile device boom that brought a surge of wireless data subscribers, and fast-paced mobile technology with an increasing appetite for bandwidth.

Independent mobile testing firm Root Metrics conducted thousands of data, call and text tests throughout the Raleigh area to see which wireless network provided the fastest and most reliable data network, fewest dropped calls and fastest text message delivery.

Earlier this week PCWorld gave the edge to AT&T's wireless network as the fastest overall among the big four carriers. But is it the best? Another recent test gives the nod to Verizon.

Wireless carriers make much ado over their network speeds. But which among AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon is the fastest?  The big four networks were tested by PCWorld a year since their last wireless shootout. In the 2011 test, Verizon's LTE network and T-Mobile's HSPA+ were top performers, but the wireless landscape has changed.

From a sample of 100,000 iPhone users worldwide over 90 days, software company Onava has a compiled a list of apps used most on the iPhone, and analyzed how much monthly data each consumes on average.

AT&T has boosted its wireless network in areas hosting five N.C. colleges.

Areas surrounding Duke University, East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina -Chapel Hill, and UNC -Charlotte received the improvements..

The company recently enhanced its mobile broadband with a new Distributed Antenna System (DAS) which enhances network performance in indoor and outdoor spaces where geographical limitations – terrain, building construction, etc. – or crowd density might interfere.

In the aftermath of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, Verizon Wireless has waived all calling fees for its customers' calls to Chile.

The wireless carrier reversed its third quarter subscriber loss, but seems to be losing ground in the smart phone battle.

The numbers are in. There were winner and losers.

This commercial from Big Red is a spoof of Twilight. So then, win or fail? Cool or uncool? Hot or not?