Another year, another report from the Federal Communications Commission on the state of competition in the U.S. mobile industry, and as has been the case in the last four years, the… Read more »
AT&T had to make a few concessions to get the deal approved, but they were a small price to pay for the big spectrum haul Ma Bell will gain in key… Read more »
Leap Wireless(s leap) shareholders on Thursday signed off on AT&T’s(s t) planned buyout of the carrier, its 5 million Cricket Communications subscribers and, most importantly, its spectrum. The vote wasn’t even… Read more »
Leap Wireless(s leap) shareholders on Thursday signed off on AT&T’s(s t) planned buyout of the carrier, its 5 million Cricket Communications subscribers and, most importantly, its spectrum. The vote wasn’t even… 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 »
Computer Sciences Corporation, the IT services company, is broadening its expertise into the internet of things thanks to a partnership with ThingWorx. While this is a great deal for the five-year-old… Read more »
The PCS H-block auction only accounts for a small amount of spectrum, but given the ridiculously high value carriers have put on mobile airwaves recently, it’s bound to attract attention. Read more »
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 »
AT&T will surely face scrutiny from regulators in its attempt to acquire Leap Wireless. If the deal is approved, though, the FCC will be even more likely to favor smaller carriers… 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 »