New Phone Cannot Make or Receive Calls, Carrier Blames Network
A customer's phone, purchased less than two months prior, stopped making or receiving calls, and neither manufacturer support nor the carrier's technicians could resolve it. The carrier attributed the fault to the network rather than the device, leaving the customer without a working work phone.
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