FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants small carrier support for the the upcoming 600 MHz auction, but those carriers are reluctant to give it. They trusted the FCC in the 700 MHz… Read more »
Verizon’s 4G networks soon will start favoring customers who pay for mobile data by the gigabyte over customers who draw deeply from Verizon’s unlimited plans. The new policies will only apply… Read more »
Verizon’s lackluster growth rebounded in the second quarter as the company added new phone customers. But as in previous quarters, most of its 1.4 million new connections came from connected tablets. Read more »
Not much has changed in the pecking order of U.S. mobile networks since last year, according to Root. But there was a lot of network upgrade activity in recent months not… Read more »
When U.S. operators start bonding together their LTE networks later this year, the Galaxy S5 will be one of the first devices in the market that can tap into their increased… Read more »
Verizon has closed its $130 billion buyout of Vodafone’s stake in Verizon Wireless. Now Big Red can tear down the artificial distinction between its mobile and wireline operations. Read more »
Alcatel-Lucent says it’s begun deploying its tiny capacity-boosting base stations in Verizon’s network, and Ericsson is probably is doing the same. Don’t expect the big small cell deployment we’re seeing from… Read more »
Visa and Mastercard are bypassing the smart card in NFC phones used to verify transactions, moving those credentials into the cloud. The result will be a lot more apps that can… Read more »
Sprint has been promising a monster of a 4G network for years, but it’s failed to deliver. CEO Dan Hesse says that Sprint still maintains its mobile broadband ambitions, it’s just… Read more »
Sprint and Nokia are showing off their latest feat, but it’s doubtful we’ll ever see such speeds in real life. Sprint likes to talk about the network it could build, but… Read more »