Who leads the U.S. in mobile subscribers? According to mobile analyst Chetan Sharma, it’s now a neck-and-neck race between AT&T and Verizon who collectively controls 68 percent of the market… Read more »
The well of big regional carriers has almost dried up, so Verizon is looking to much smaller operators to acquire. It’s now targeting Mobi PCS and Golden State Cellular. Read more »
KKR is investing in three Associated Partners companies, all of which focused on delivering mobile connectivity and data capacity to rural areas. Read more »
AT&T closed the deal shortly after getting the FCC’s green light and announced its plans to begin shutting down Alltel’s network immediately. The FCC, however, imposed several conditions to make sure… Read more »
A flurry of consolidation over the last few years has all but killed off regional carriers and increased the dominance of tier-one operators. But opportunities still exist for innovative service providers… Read more »
The mobile landscape in the U.S. is balkanizing. The big regional carrier is disappearing, leaving us with four national operators dominating the cities and only the tiniest of carriers filling the… Read more »
With the help of some maps from Mosaik, GigaOM breaks down what AT&T really gets if it acquires Leap. Our conclusion: AT&T is paying a ridiculous price but it probably feels… Read more »
Former CIA staffer Edward Snowden talked about a lot of things during a live Q&A on Monday hosted by the Guardian newspaper — but there were also some important questions that… Read more »
AT&T is buying up the remaining piece of Alltel still in operation for $780 million. Though the deal gives AT&T 585,000 new subscribers, judging by the price Ma Bell seems more… Read more »
The Rural Cellular Association is now the Competitive Carriers Association. The name change acknowledges the new reality that not all nationwide mobile carriers are created equal — T-Mobile and Sprint have… Read more »