Sprint stock hit levels not seen since last November following comments of continued support from SoftBank chairman
Sprint stock surged more than 10% Tuesday, on the heels of a pending management shakeup at parent company SoftBank.
Investors traded more than three times the average daily volume...
Amidst significant operational change across the organization and thousands of job cuts, Sprint is boosting the reach of its in-house ad agency
Sprint’s latest move to garner greater relevancy and trim operating costs includes the bolstering of its in-house advertising agency, according to local reports.
The...
More than half of Bouygues Telecom phone connections running on LTE network at end of Q1
French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom said it added 240,000 new mobile connections in the first quarter of 2016, reaching 12.1 million total connections on its network at the end...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with 556 Ventures for a deep dive into the latest quarterly results from Sprint and where the carrier is positioned moving forward
The domestic market’s three largest mobile carriers recently reported first quarter financial results, all showing various...
Iain Gillott parses out Sprint network plans in light of recent comments, noting what’s there today will likely be the same in a year
Market research analysts love change and confusion. And so in the mobile world of 2016, Sprint is like a gift straight...
Jim Patterson tackles the latest Sprint results and lays out 3 ways in which the carrier can regain its standing in the market
There’s a lot to cover with Sprint’s earnings. Most importantly, they eked out 56,000 postpaid net additions (22,000 of which were phones),...
U.S. Cellular investors reacted strongly to mixed Q1 results and missed forecasts, sending the carrier’s stock on a roller coaster ride
U.S. Cellular stock rebounded early today following a strong sell off late last week on the heels of mixed first quarter financial results.
On the...
WOTW hands out gut influenced quarterly results grades for AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, and you might be surprised who the gut favors
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this...
On this week’s carrier wrap we speak with Recon Analytics to dissect Q1 financial and operating results from T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
The domestic market’s three largest mobile carriers recently reported first quarter financial results, all showing various strengths and weaknesses across different sections of...
Sprint overall growth shows competitive pressure, through the carrier managed to shore up liquidity position and actually added postpaid connections
Sprint highlighted its improved liquidity position as customer growth slowed and revenues slid through the first three months of the year. Sprint said it added...
Jim Patterson looks at T-Mobile Q1 results in terms of what could slow down the carrier moving forward
T-Mobile US announced earnings last week, and the results were strong across the board. Prepaid was especially strong (807,000 net adds; 3.84% monthly churn), as MetroPCS took...
Telefónica said it ended the quarter with 35.6 million LTE customers
Telefónica reported 10.78 billion euro ($12.32 billion) in revenues for the first quarter of 2016, down compared to the 11.54 billion euro reported in the year-ago period. The telco’s net profit for Q1 reached...
ZTE said it invested 14% of revenues in research and development during the quarter, while China Telecom posted strong LTE growth
ZTE posted CNY 21.86 billion ($3.37 billion) in operating revenues during the first quarter of 2016, climbing 4.1% year-over-year.
Net profit for the quarter...
AT&T mixed results showed own customers love unlimited data, 2G network turn down remains on track for year-end and software improving financials
Story updated to correct AT&T CTO as John Stephens
AT&T this week reported mixed first quarter results, somewhat muddled by its current state of...
SK Telecom posted Q1 growth highlighting continued growth among LTE and smartphone users, with planned focus on IoT expansion
SK Telecom said it added 295,000 mobile customers during the first quarter, pushing its total customer base to 28.92 million subscribers. LTE customers numbered 19.52 million...
Sprint PCS posted a quadrupling in net losses despite a tripling in revenues, while AT&T CEO Dan Hesse touted PCS-based network expansion ... 17 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate...
Here is a breakdown of the top 5 most interesting facts from T-Mobile US following release of its latest Q1 operating results
T-Mobile US this week posted another quarter of robust customer growth, especially in high-valued segments its rivals continue to struggle in. Following the...
AT&T’s mobile business showed overall growth on the back of prepaid and connected devices, but lost ground to T-Mobile in higher-valued phone market
Prepaid and connected devices continue to power AT&T Mobility growth as the carrier posted strong year-over-year increases in those segments offsetting a...
T-Mobile posted more than 2.2 million Q1 net adds, including strong postpaid and prepaid numbers sure to put AT&T and Sprint on notice
T-Mobile US continues to be one of the domestic mobile market’s main growth drivers, posting more than 2.2 million net connection additions...
Jim Patterson digs into Verizon Q1 results, noting a potential zero-rated Go90 offerings; and questions the FCC moving the goal post on the cable industry
Verizon Communications reported first quarter earnings (link here) that generally met expectations. They have already completed several items on their...
Analysts cite lack of new handset excitement to expected lower device-related revenues and overall postpaid device-related growth
AT&T and Verizon Communications were both dinged within the past week over concerns about first quarter performance.
Wells Fargo Securities Senior Analyst Jennifer Fritzsche early last week cautioned investors...
Jim Patterson looks at a trio of headlines set to impact Q1 wireless results
This week, we’ll look at three key headlines that will drive first quarter momentum in the wireless world. Next week, we’ll look at the three most important events for the wired...
DT reports international operations represented more than 64% of overall revenues
German telco Deutsche Telekom posted 17.85 billion euro ($19.68 billion) in fourth quarter revenues last year, climbing 5% compared to the same quarter in 2014. International operations, which include its T-Mobile US holdings, accounted...
Jim Patterson tackles the T-Mobile ‘to do’ list and looks at Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphone
We have a lot to cover this week with T-Mobile US earnings and Samsung’s announcements from Mobile World Congress.
T-Mobile US ‘to do’ list
1. Continue to lead/dominate industry phone net...
