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 »
The new roaming deals will give a dozen smaller carriers access to Sprint’s 4G network and Sprint’s spectrum, which they can use to add LTE capacity to their own networks. Read more »
Who leads the U.S. in mobile subscribers? According to mobile analyst Chetan Sharma, it’s now a neck-and-neck race between AT&T and Verizon who collectively controls 68 percent of the market… 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 »
Sprint now owns U.S. Cellular’s spectrum in St. Louis and Chicago and it’s anxious to use it in its networks. It’s giving hundreds of thousands U.S. Cellular customers two to five… Read more »
If a tiny virtual carrier like Ting can get access to such a high profile device at the same time as Verizon, AT&T or Sprint, then it’s likely many more small… 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 »
Midwestern regional carrier Cellcom won’t reveal how many iPhones it sold last quarter, but according to CEO Pat Riordan the specific numbers are irrelevant. The iPhone is luring new customers into… Read more »