Now we are getting somewhere. After years of having wireless carriers “buying” customers with device subsidies, they have finally decided that the best way to lure new users is to just put cash in their hands. Cold, hard cash.
The most fantastically horrible rumor again surfaced this week claiming that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US in a deal that would combine the nation’s No. 3 and No. 4 operators to form a new No. 3 operator.
As the calendar has now turned over to December (do people even have “turnable” calendars any more), thoughts begin to turn towards what the hell just happened over the past 12 months?
What a week for spectrum news. For those of you not amazed by talk of billions of dollars worth of charged air currently running through your body, you may want to click on one of the other interesting stories we pump out each day
Well, few could argue that it’s been a long week (month, year, years) for BlackBerry. This one-time proud (and oddly-named) non-polar bear or hockey monument
Well, it’s official. By this time next week, we will all be wearing a smart watch, or at least wanting to rip the smart watch off of the wrist of the next person we see wearing one,
For those not in the know: towers are big business. As in “big money” with a “B,” which stands for “billions.” Think there is any doubt? Just check out the reported $5 billion or so AT&T is looking to get for its nearly 11,000 towers.
Much a to-do was raised this week by rogue wireless provider FreedomPop, which announced its “free” wireless service for a smartphone. I say “a” smartphone because
Consumers love their mobile devices, and more to the point, love to watch funny cat videos on their mobile devices. Can you blame us? Being able to watch some fat cat struggle to get out of a Kleenex box
So, there we have it. Apple’s annual nose-thumbing to all of those that can’t get enough Apple is in the bag and yet again no one comes away happy. (Or at least no one that has access to and the time to post their opinion on the Internet.)
Verizon Communications this week did what it has wanted to do for some time. (No, not make everyone with an unlimited data plan migrate to a capped data plan. ZING!).
Big, big news this week was that Vodafone (finally!) confirmed that it was in talks with Verizon Communications over a possible sale of its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless for something like $1,300 million,
The world is beginning to lather over Apple’s planned unveiling of its latest iPhone iteration, expected to happen on Sept. 10. Rumors are swirling around faster than a hippie-pit at a Phish show,
This week I would like to stay on that topic, but attempt to figure out why AT&T ended up paying what it paid to acquire Leap. From a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Leap released this week, it would appear that
This week I felt it was necessary to look at the other extreme of this mimicking, specifically the way the nation’s two largest wireless operators – Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility – tackle the prepaid space.
Good ideas always attract imitation. (Heck, just look at all the different toilet paper brands and types we have to choose from.) The same plays out in the wireless space, where every good idea will
I think it’s human nature to be drawn towards things with bright lights and people on stages. How else can you explain Bieber-mania. As such the “event” phenomenon that has overtaken the wireless industry
As has been often said, and in more loquacious ways, spectrum is the lifeblood of the wireless industry. Without it, we would all still be running for payphones, concentrating on our driving and having conversations with each other.
"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away and know when to run. You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table. There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done."
To the surprise of few and the delight of many, Clearwire’s “special committee” nearly depleted the world’s exasperation supply this week by throwing its support behind Dish Network’s attempt to
