The mobile industry saw some important consolidation unfold in the second quarter as the lesser tier-one carriers made some strong alliances: Sprint agreed to be acquired by Japan’s SoftBank and began… Read more »
Dish Network last week gave up on trying to acquire Sprint, and its prospects for buying Clearwire don’t look good. But T-Mobile now has the iPhone, and as it prepares to… Read more »
Clearwire has opted to accept an $80 million financing installment from Sprint, which may signal its intention to accept the carrier’s offer. If Dish Network truly wants to become a player… Read more »
AT&T’s efforts to build a big new LTE network got a boost this week when the FCC granted approval for the carrier to acquire a haul of spectrum from four companies… Read more »
A small army of MVNOs are employing innovative new business models as they come to market in the U.S. They face very long odds of surviving, but they could disrupt the… Read more »
My colleague Kevin Fitchard reports that Dish Network’s quarterly SEC filing reveals a $396 million investment of debt in an unnamed “single issuer.” Financial analysts say the most likely candidate here… Read more »
The biggest story in mobile last year came to an abrupt (if predictable) conclusion in December when AT&T threw in the towel on its effort to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39… Read more »
In the wake of its failed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, analysts are speculating where AT&T can find enough spectrum to keep pace with Verizon Wireless. But instead AT&T should be scrambling… Read more »
The U.S. MVNO market is now largely a niche where a handful of companies provide phones and services on the cheap. But several notable new players are joining the space next… Read more »
Sprint held an investors meeting in New York this morning to announce an aggressive LTE rollout that will cover more than 250 million people in 260 markets by the end of… Read more »