Sentence examples for carriers block from inspiring English sources

An Israeli startup plans to help wireless carriers block online ads in an effort to negotiate a cut of Internet advertising revenues.

Twilio estimates that wireless carriers block more than 100 million text messages that consumers opt-in to receiving each year.

Many mobile carriers block premium SMS, including those in the U.S., U.K. and Brazil, so this is less a concern for users here.

A significant chunk of mobile users have no clue how to install software on their handsets, especially as a number of carriers block the installation of software through the browser.

But unfortunately — due to the lack of network neutrality rules — we've seen carriers block messages from customers for arbitrary and unpredictable reasons – for example, because they contain web links, because they reference alcohol, and because — and I'm not making this up — they reference content from Urban Dictionary.

Wharton said he wants to get American cell phone carriers to enable analog FM chips that are already built into many smartphones -- including the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S5 -- but are turned off in phones that are sold in the U.S. "Wireless carriers block the activation of that device because they'd prefer you listen to streamed programming," Wharton said.

A third managed to climb on top of one of the four green personnel carriers blocking the bridge, as the riot police fell back.

From slow-moving caravans of cars marked TV in red tape, the few foreign journalists here glimpse inhabitants peeping out of doors and see the tanks and armored personnel carriers blocking the streets.

French soldiers backed by six armored personnel carriers blocked the main bridge over the Ibar River, which divides the Serbian and Albanian areas, refusing to allow even United Nations employees to cross.

Schneiderman and Gascon suggested that wireless carriers blocked the feature because it could undercut their profits from selling phone insurance to cover thefts.

But law enforcement officials have pressed companies to do more to reduce thefts and suggested that wireless carriers blocked a kill switch because it could undercut their profits from selling phone insurance.