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Dish Network may have been shut out on its attempt to acquire a stake in both Sprint and Clearwire, but the satellite television provider and wireless spectrum holder maintains an …

The government’s plans to auction off 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 1.9 GHz band lost an interested party today as Sprint announced it would not participate in the …

This past week, many in the telecommunications community began to take T-Mobile US seriously. For the second quarter in a row, the Bellevue-based wireless carrier posted net additions of over

Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos continued to squeak out customer gains during the recently completed third quarter, a noteworthy achievement as many operators lacking a nationwide network to call their own …

Longtime Sprint partner Ericsson will not be a supplier for Sprint Spark, the carrier’s upcoming TD-LTE network, but the telecom equipment giant will still have an important role to play. …

Spectrum is the foundational element of the wireless industry. For those who have tracked the industry for a while, carriers are constantly on the hunt for more spectrum to fill in order to

With T-Mobile US reporting third quarter results this week, all of the market’s nationwide operators have now laid on the table how they performed during that three-month stretch. Overall, the …

T-Mobile US continued to punch above its weight during the third quarter, with the nation’s No. 4 carrier posting overall customer growth on par – or better – than its …

This past week we had had earnings releases from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Cellular and Sprint (as well as Facebook, Apple and Amazon). On top of this, we had the “what can happen” announcement of Sprint Spark,

Weekly Tower Wrap brought to you by Towercrews.net: The FCC is taking a fresh look at its rules for local governments as they regulate wireless infrastructure siting, including existing wireless towers and …

U.S. Cellular continued to lose customers during its most recent quarter, though its rate of losses did slow. However, a combination of a smaller customer base and flat revenues caused …

Sprint and T-Mobile US plan to sell Google’s Nexus 5, a first for Google which has never before sold a phone directly through a carrier. Google’s new flagship Android 4.4-equipped …

Of course … Spark! What else would Sprint name its plan to roll out high-speed wireless broadband services to customers using the deep spectrum pool

Three top Android smartphone makers will be the first to offer tri-band devices as part of Sprint’s new “Spark” offering. Samsung, HTC and LG have all worked with Sprint to …

At the peak of the mobile virtual network operator fervor we witnessed in the 2005 to 2007 timeframe, common wisdom held that a successful MVNO must have killer content, a highly targeted

Sprint has done a pretty good job in deflecting its current financial woes by highlighting the potential of its network assets. Sure, Sprint continues to under-perform in relation to its …

Sprint looks finally set to take advantage of its recently bolstered spectrum position in an attempt to move the LTE discussion away from outright coverage to that of network speed. …

Unfortunately, Sprint surprised few in the analyst community with its third quarter financial results that showed the carrier may be the Q3 source for customer gains at its rivals and …

This past Wednesday afternoon, AT&T announced third quarter earnings. Generally they were well received, although some analysts searching for an “AT&T loses to T-Mobile US” story have been quick to point out that postpaid phone net additions were negative for the quarter

If one thing can be drawn from third-quarter financial results from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility it’s that competitive pressures are impacting their abilities to retain “price-sensitive” consumers. Executives …

It’s been more than five years since OSHA called tower climbing “the most dangerous job in America,” but there are indications that the fatality rate remains high. So far this …

AT&T Mobility shrugged off talk of lost market share during the third quarter, posting strong wireless customer growth and robust financial metrics. The carrier reported 989,000 net customer additions for …

T-Mobile US added a second phase to the third phase of its “un-carrier” marketing initiative, announcing the addition of tablet devices to its previously announced device payment model. Along with …