Everyone may be focused on the forthcoming T-Mobile iPhone, but T-Mo revealed a strategy Thursday that will have far greater implications for the mobile industry. By eliminating subsidies it’s changing the… Read more »
At Deutsche Telekom’s analyst conference, T-Mobile CEO John Legere revealed that T-Mo’s deal with Apple will include the iPhone, but it will also coincide with a radical change in its pricing… Read more »
Today’s New York Times article on the finalization of anti-dumping tariffs against Chinese solar cell makers makes an interesting point about the impact of subsidies. Kieth Bradsher writes: To the… Read more »
An editor at the Guardian argues that newspapers should be funded by a tax on internet service providers, because public journalism needs to be supported. But there are a host of… Read more »
U.S. carriers have a love-hate relationship with the iPhone and an analyst downgrade for AT&T and Verizon after the iPhone 5 went on sale illustrates why. Carriers may get customers, but… Read more »
Last week released a paper showing that a modest carbon tax would be beneficial to the economy because it could help avoid cuts to the federal budget, which… Read more »
The Environmental Law Institute has put together an infographic showing the disparity between subsidies for fossil fuels, and those for renewable energy and nuclear. Fossil fuels took in $70.2 billion in… Read more »
AT&T has stopped subsidizing tablets, recognizing that it can’t sell slates the same way it sells smartphones. Now AT&T and other carriers need to start dropping tablet data plan pricing. If… Read more »
Free Mobile has launched a new front in its war with France’s incumbent operators. It’s taking SFR to court over the handset subsidies it charges, claiming they amount to usurious loans… Read more »
There may be more to Apple’s new deal with Leap Wireless than meets the eye. Apple could be using Leap as a guinea pig carrier to test if American consumers are… Read more »