Regional carrier U.S. Cellular updates data plans with lower per-GB rates, higher per-device charges
U.S. Cellular said it’s targeting larger rivals Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility with updated rate plans as part of its previously announced guarantee to “beat” data plans from those carriers.
The Chicago-based...
The Federal Communication Commission and the Ministry of Information and Technology of Colombia announced a memorandum of understanding aimed at cracking down on mobile device theft in the South American country.
Colombia has long been a hot bed of violent insurgent groups and narcotics...
All the press coverage around Apple's event has included the obvious territory: the specs and sizes of the new products, etc. I'm less interested in covering the same ground. One of the points most interesting to me was how clearly Apple is focused on a...
Because of upcoming nonstop travel over the next two months, I took a hall pass from this year’s CTIA Super Mobility show. There was plenty of news, however, from Verizon Wireless’ announcement of its “5G” strategy and establishment of 2016 testbeds (more here); to...
New Verizon Wireless data bucket packs 18 GB of shareable data for $100 per month
Verizon Wireless expanded the amount of data available as part of its recently launched “The Verizon Plan,” rolling out a new “extra, extra large” size bucket of 18 gigabytes of shareable...
Analyst predicts Apple could dive into the device leasing space inhabited by Sprint and T-Mobile US
The move by domestic mobile operators toward device leasing programs could spill over into the original equipment manufacturer market, with one analyst seeing Apple tapping into such channels in...
While there are many benefits to living and working in our always-on connected world, there is one downside for business: It takes a lot more to impress mobile consumers than it did just a few years ago.
Those awestruck early adopters who interacted with smartphone...
Softbank spends $73M on latest Sprint stock purchase
Sprint parent company Softbank continues to invest in its U.S. operations as this week it pumped another $73 million into a stock transaction that boosted Sprint’s stock price and increased Softbank’s ownership stake.
According to a filing with...
As mobile phones have become “smarter” over the past few years, they have also become essential to our everyday lives. Beyond merely connecting people, smartphones stream videos and music, monitor our health, manage finances and pay bills, and offer easy access points to the...
AT&T rolled out adjustments to its Mobile Share Value plans that continue to support device subsidies
Keeping pace with rivals, AT&T Mobility is set to adjust its shared data plans with increased data and maintaining the ability to receive a device subsidy tied to a...
New rate plans move to new naming scheme and pricing adjustments
Verizon Wireless is set to adjust its more popular shared data plans to a new naming scheme as well as put a greater emphasis on its previously labeled Edge device-financing program.
The carrier said that...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
A new J.D. Power survey found low customer-satisfaction scores for EIP, despite wider acceptance
Equipment installment plans for mobile devices have officially swept the domestic wireless space, with just about every operator actively promoting plans that trade in a lower per-monthly rate plan price in...
Motorola Moto X Style and Moto X Play run on Qualcomm chipset
Motorola this week held simultaneous events in New York, London, Mexico City and Sao Paulo to unveil the latest flagship smartphones, the Moto X Style and Moto X Play.
The Moto X Play will hit...
Smartphones increasingly replacing cellphones on Indian subcontinent
WASHINGTON – A new Deloitte India report paints the subcontinent’s wireless tower market as primed for a transformative period.
“India is at the cusp of a data revolution,” wrote Hermant Joshi, author of the report. “With the increasing proliferation...
Verizon Wireless reported a slowdown in Q2 customer growth, though a lessening impact from T-Mobile US
Continued strong results from at least one rival seemed to have impacted Verizon Wireless' second-quarter results, though the carrier did surpass some expectations.
Verizon Wireless said it added just over...
According to the study, the Asian nation will reach 1B 4G connections by 2020
SHANGHAI – China is expected to have 913 million smartphones by the end of the year, up compared to 805 million at the end of the first quarter of 2015, according to GSMA...
Sprint claims MaaS platform streamlines mobile management
Sprint furthered its attempt to lure enterprises with the launch of its “Mobility-as-a-Service” offer that it claims streamlines the management of multiline accounts for customers.
Businesses with at least 15 lines of service are eligible to share a bucket...
WASHINGTON – A new poll by research group Gallup indicates that most Americans keep their smartphone with them every second of their life.
According to the poll, which included 16,000 people across all 50 states, 81% said they kept their smartphone with them at all...
Research report: Expect big growth in mobile data, broadband and pay television
Bolivia is one the smallest countries — and telecommunications markets —in Latin America, but, despite its stature, is poised to lead in telecom growth, according to new research.
The Bolivian telecom industry generated...
Ericsson Mobility Report: As the decade ends, 90% of the globe will have access to mobile broadband networks
In the mobile technology landscape, 2020 is poised to be a big year. The latest Ericsson Mobility Report projects that by the end of the decade, 70%...
Report: Record-setting sales represents an 8% year-over-year increase
Market analytics firm GfK reports record-setting smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2015; consumers spent some $96 billion on smartphones, an 8% increase over the same quarter in 2014, according to the analysis.
GfK, which based its...
Could a nationwide stock of connected umbrellas (see here for a $43 prototype) replace the National Weather Service? Is a weather forecast by crowdsourcing more accurate than a room of high-performance computers?
These were some of the questions posed at a recent London event by...
Sprint offers service discount, free LG G Pad
Sprint is looking to encourage the uptake of tablet devices, announcing a deep discount on tablet data plans connected with a smartphone rate plan.
Sprint said customers can receive a 50% discount on monthly tablet data plans for...
