Verizon has already launched two distinct LTE networks since it first turned on 4G in 2010, but now it’s started paving the way for the third. Unlike the first two, however,… Read more »
The iPad Air 2 contains Apple’s long-awaited SIM card which will work on multiple carriers’ networks. The days of picking your carrier before you buy your 4G-tablet may soon be over,… Read more »
Sprint suffered another big subscriber loss last quarter as both prepaid and postpaid customers departed. Sprint continues to blame the exodus on its ongoing network upgrade. Read more »
FreedomPop today started selling the iPad mini and the Samsung Tab 3, offering the same free voice and data plans available to its smartphone users. Read more »
AT&T and T-Mobile both claimed they were intent on preserving Cricket and MetroPCS’s services when they made their respective acquisitions. But it looks like T-Mobile was the only one serious about… Read more »
FreedomPop is offering unlimited voice and text and 1 GB of LTE data for $20 a month. Once that 1 gig is used up, you stay connected, but you’ll be knocked… Read more »
T-Mobile had its best quarter ever, growing by 2.4 million subscribers. Most significantly, it captured most of the core phone subscriber growth in the industry. Uncarrier is working, but T-Mobile’s losses… Read more »
Though Sprint’s new friends and family plan gained nearly 3 million subscribers, it posted net losses of nearly 400,000 subscribers in Q1. Framily may be Sprint’s future, but it’s not yet… Read more »
In what could be a precursor to a full-blown voice-over-LTE service, Sprint is turning on voice-over-Wi-Fi in two Samsung smartphones, with more devices to follow. Read more »
Steve Altman built Qualcomm’s mammoth mobile technology licensing operation. Now he’s helping little-known startup MagnaCom convince the telecom industry to rethink one of underlying technologies of communications networks. Read more »