In 2014, carriers will tinker with some new network technologies. They’ll start broadcasting video, shrinking the size of their cells and moving voice calls onto LTE. They’ll even start connecting cars… Read more »
Now that the big four operators have started selling (and selling out of) the new iPhones, Apple is turning to the small guys. Cellcom and C Spire are among the first… Read more »
T-Mobile is growing again, and not just from its merger with MetroPCS. With 44 million connections T-Mobile is filling out its seat in the country’s Top 4. Before too long it… Read more »
Verizon has long dominated J.D. Power’s customer service satisfaction index, using the rankings as a bulwark to its reputation for reliability. One report won’t destroy that reputation, but it’s definitely a… 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 »
Sprint finds itself in a no-man’s land between AT&T and Verizon Wireless on one hand and cut-rate prepaid service providers on the other, as its latest quarterly posting illustrates. The sooner… Read more »
Europe’s GSM Association says U.S. consumers are paying substantially more for LTE access than their overseas counterparts. While there are lots of reasons for that, a lack of competition here is… Read more »
A new SEC filing from T-Mobile USA appears to indicate the carrier plans to kill MetroPCS’s voice-over-LTE service as the companies are merged. But HD voice is soon to be a… Read more »
Dish Network claims it wants to join the wireless game, and Sprint could use some of its valuable spectrum as it builds out its LTE network. As consolidation continues to shrink… Read more »