This week the domestic wireless market’s two heavyweights announced second quarter customer results, which for their respective shareholders appeared to be dy-no-mite!
Well, it looks like Microsoft finally found out what has been ailing Nokia’s handset business over the past several years, and this week took some action.
The class-action included more than 64,000 engineers, which, according to my excellent skills at long division, means that each engineer will be able to retire with a hefty $5,000 each.
Unfortunately, for those of us not so gifted, PowerPoint’s remain a struggle to insert interesting information into a digital format that sucks the interest out of just about any non-animation information.
Apple next week is scheduled to hold its annual developers conference where the computing giant is expected to rollout enhancements to its software line up, including its mobile-focused iOS software.
The wireless industry is nothing if not good at running a copy machine. Few companies in the space ever have much of a “unique” advantage for long, despite all the claims of “world’s only” and “industry leading.”
Rumors surrounding Sprint’s interest in T-Mobile US refuse to die, thanks in part to executives at both carriers continuing to dance around the subject without really
Wireless carriers are a tricky bunch. Sure, they like to promote their transparency, but the small print and “mystery” taxes on every bill reveals their true, evil intentions.
Normally, I use this space to rant about a single topic and then sprinkle in a few extras at the end. Not this week! There was just too many WOTW-worthy items that came across my desk
As I have mentioned before, there is nothing better than when large, faceless corporations act like small children, and thankfully AT&T this week provided me with some of that goodness.
The Federal Communications Commission this week released some of the rules it plans to use for the AWS-3 spectrum auction planned for later this year. And, judging from the negative response from many, I say those rules just about hit the spot.
The world was shocked this week when news leaked out of Canada that the country’s trio of dominate wireless carriers have recently increased the price of services in near unison. Shocked!
If compliments are the sincerest form of flattery, and if in turn flattery is way to get something you want, then Softbank Chairman Masayoshi Son may need some help in trying to convince regulators
A couple of reports surfaced this week handing out pats-on-the-backs to some wireless operators, and notes of shame to others. Those reports were great in that they named and ranked carriers according to what the surveys founds,
It seemed like I picked a bad year to not attend the annual Mobile World Congress event, as from the sounds of it there was a really interesting dinner party that I am sure I would have been invited to.
Traditionally, competitive juices in the wireless communications space flow between companies in the same market segment. We have often seen this when one carrier touts its “superiority” to a rival
Two big events rocked the domestic wireless space this week as first Sprint announced mind-blowing fourth quarter results and then Verizon Wireless unveiled ground-shaking rate plan changes.
It would appear that the current price war inundating the domestic carrier space is reaching some sort of critical level not seen in years. And, it’s good to have it back.
Regardless of one’s view on the competitiveness of the domestic wireless space, few would argue that the nation’s four largest operators are going through drastic changes in an attempt to grow,
Get this: At this moment there is a spectrum auction happening not too far from where you are probably reading this. That is if you are reading this somewhere that is not “too far” from Canada, which is where that auction is happening.
