The Federal Trade Commission is putting mobile carriers on notice that if they advertise an unlimited plan they can’t monkey around with speeds — or at least must clearly disclose their… Read more »
AT&T’s plans to tackle the Mexico market aren’t just limited to buying a single mobile operator Iusacell. It announced Monday it is buying Iusacell’s competitor Nextel Mexico for $1.875 billion from… Read more »
AT&T is now officially the first North American mobile carrier to run networks on both sides of Rio Grande. On Friday, Ma Bell announced it has finalized its $2.5 billion acquisition… Read more »
Last year T-Mobile started offering free SMS and 2G data to customers that ventured beyond U.S. borders. Now it’s taking a crack at the other side of that cross-border communication equation… Read more »
AT&T may soon be the proud owner of Mexico’s third largest mobile carrier, but that doesn’t mean its going to erase the international boundaries between mobile networks and service plans… Read more »
You may think the U.S. fell short on telecom competition, but in Mexico a single company has long dominated the communications landscape: América Móvil(s amx). It services 70 percent of all mobile connections and… Read more »
Prepaid mobile operators Straight Talk and Net10 will start selling the iPhone 5s(s aapl) and 5c at Walmart(s wmt) stores starting Dec. 13. Customers will have to pay sticker price for… Read more »
Just months after throwing $40 million in Shazam’s direction, Carlos Slim has made another big bet on the startup scene. This time the beneficiary is Mobli, which already has a (mostly)… Read more »
Virtual operators have driven a good chunk of the growth in the U.S. mobile market in the last two years, according to GSMA Intelligence. AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile host 23 million… Read more »
Carlos Slim’s carrier giant is trying to break out of the Americas. Taking a 30 percent stake in KPN was a start, but now it wants to get serious by slurping… Read more »