Sprint makes pricing move
Sprint is set to re-vamp its “Framily” rate plans in an attempt to generate consumer excitement around the nation’s No. 3 carrier. The move is the first from the company following its recent management shakeup that saw long-time CEO Dan Hesse...
Following up on its announcement earlier this month, Sprint today said it will tap into an agreement with ItsOn to offer “personalized services” through its Virgin Mobile USA prepaid division.
The offering, dubbed Virgin Mobile Custom, is a no-contact rate plan that allows customers to...
The Federal Communications Commission this week extended the comment period connected with rules to establish Citizen Broadband Radio Service in the 3.5-3.6 GHz bands.
It's a question that everyone asks. Your phone battery seems like it needs to be charged every day or even more frequently as it gets older.
But why does this happen? It appears as if researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy have finally found an...
AT&T reported solid customer growth for the second quarter, boosted by strong postpaid subscriber additions, through it saw its financial performance impacted by the robust adoption of its device financing and shared data plans.
The carrier said it added 634,000 total connections to its network...
Less than one week after announcing plans to cut 18,000 jobs, software giant Microsoft announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter showing robust revenue, margins and net income, but a dip in earnings per share.
The company, which during the quarter finalized its acquisition...
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.
Microsoft’s latest attempt to turn around its flailing mobile operations is set to cost 18,000 employees their jobs, with most of those cuts coming from its recently acquired Nokia handset division.
The computer software giant announced today that its “restructuring plan” was designed to “simplify...
For telecommunication companies, effectively managing customer relationships and delivering a critical service depends on understanding where customers are located in relation to the network they depend on.
Softbank’s recent acquisition of a controlling stake in distributor Brightstar caused some upheaval across the space and put a financial perpective on the importance of distributors to the mobile industry.
The Brightstar deal, which involved Softbank purchasing a 57% stake in the distributor for $1.26...
Amazon.com’s red-hot entry into the domestic cellphone market with its Fire smartphone looks to throw a significant wrench in the competitive landscape thanks to the company’s well-stocked application and device portfolio. However, the true success of the offering will likely be tied in some...
Ericsson's latest report on mobility shows growth in the machine-to-machine space, as well as the continued dominance of smartphones in the device market and significant regional divides in the coverage of LTE.
"We see cellular M2M taking off," said Rima Qureshi, SVP and chief strategy...
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.
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First quarter operational results for domestic wireless carriers proved eventful, as T-Mobile US blew away its larger rivals in attracting new customers, though paid for it dearly on its bottom line. At the other end of the scale, Sprint remained a work in progress...
Highlighting the increasingly competitive nature of the prepaid market, Sprint’s Boost Mobile division unveiled new rate plans dubbed “Monthly Unlimited Select” that do away with different pricing levels depending on the device selected.
The new plans are priced at $40, $50 and $60 per month...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular experienced mixed results during the first quarter as a recent billing system change tripped up customer retention, though average customer spending surged.
U.S. Cellular said it lost 80,000 direct retail customers during the first quarter of the year, significantly more...
An absolutely giddy CFO usually worries me on conference calls, especially when it’s the CFO of a company the size of AT&T. John Stephens’ ebullience showed throughout
It appears the recent pricing moves by Verizon Wireless were indeed caused by competitive pressures as the carrier announced slowing growth and increased churn.
Verizon Wireless reported that it added 549,000 branded net customer additions during the first quarter, including 539,000 customers to its postpaid...
The FCC appears ready to continue the narrow channelization idea for the upcoming incentive auctions intended to reallocate up to 120 megahertz of broadcast spectrum to wireless broadband.
AT&T set a noteworthy bar for its rivals to meet for first quarter operational results, announcing strong customer growth and growing uptake of its Next device financing program.
AT&T reported that its wireless operations added more than one million net customer additions for the quarter,...
In 2012, despite gains made in voice over LTE viability as a carrier option for delivering data and voice over 4G LTE networks through IMS cores, several industry pundits pointed out the elephant in the room:
