GigaomHow we got here: a visual history of US mobile companies
Had the T-Mobile/Sprint merger gone through, we would’ve found ourselves with three wireless companies, each with more than 100 million customers. Read more »
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AT&T is a telecommunications corporation and is the second largest provider of mobile telephone and the largest provider of fixed telephone in the United States, and also provides broadband subscription television services. As of May 2014, AT&T is the 23rd-largest company in the world as measured by a composite of revenues, profits, assets and market value, and the 16th-largest non-oil company. As of 2014, it is also the 20th-largest mobile telecom operator in the world, with over 116.6 million mobile customers.
MoreHad the T-Mobile/Sprint merger gone through, we would’ve found ourselves with three wireless companies, each with more than 100 million customers. Read more »
With no merger possibilities on the horizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will have to look at a different acquisition target: spectrum. The 2015 incentive auction will be both carriers’ opportunity to get… Read more »
History isn’t going to judge Dan Hesse’s tenure kindly, but many of the problems Hesse faced weren’t of his own making. And instead of fixing Sprint’s cultural flaws when he took… Read more »
A new AT&T deal throws in a $1 mid-range LG tablet when buying an LG smartphone, but both devices need to be connected to a 2-year data plan. Read more »
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