Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint takes over...
US Cellular was one a top bidder in both millimeter wave auctions
AT&T dropped nearly a billion dollars on 24 GHz spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission auction, and T-Mobile US was close behind in spending more than $800 million on 24 GHz. Verizon...
Sprint and T-Mobile US have indicated that they are prepared to put prepaid brand Boost Mobile up for sale if their proposed merger is approved. Reuters reports that there is an interested buyer: Amazon.
Amazon is interested "mainly because the deal would allow it to...
Sprint has officially launched its commercial 5G service in four markets, with 5G availabile in the Kansas City, Missouri area as well Atlanta, Georgia and Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and touting a "true mobile 5G experience." Devices will start selling on Friday, with...
When Sprint launches its 5G New Radio network -- as it is expected to do this week -- it will be unique in a number of ways. The mobile network operator has laid out plans for an ambitious footprint at launch in four cities:...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s recent announcement that he supports the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile with their commitments is welcome news. The merger will create a better-resourced combined company with a renewed focus on disrupting wireless with competitive prices and new innovations, and I...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
T-Mo, Tappy and...
Carriers commit to building out a 5G network that will cover nearly all rural Americans
T-Mobile US and Sprint have committed to building out a nationwide 5G network that will cover the vast majority of the U.S. population, divest Boost Mobile and other concessions, in...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
T-Mo targets Verizon...
Sprint "optimistic" merger with T-Mobile US will clear regulatory review
Sprint invested some $5 billion into its network in fiscal year 2018, according to company executives, which marks a significant increase over 2016 and 2017 capex of $2 billion and $3.3 billion respectively. But, despite...
Cable provider Altice USA is in "heavy testing" for a mobile service launch that company executives said is on track to happen this summer -- and company CEO Dexter Goei told investors that he isn't particularly worried about 5G fixed wireless access as a...
It's been over 25 years since Neil Papworth of Vodafone sent the first ever text message.
Since then SMS has remained exactly the same. There have been no updates, enhancements or upgrades.
Despite being so outdated and clunky, SMS remains one of the most effective communication...
Last week I gave an interview to Bloomberg about my thoughts on the trouble the T-Mobile, Sprint merger is suddenly having. Plus, we are learning that Sprint is in much worse condition than they originally told us. What that says to me is this:...
On April 16, the Wall Street Journal, citing "people familiar with the matter," said U.S. Department of Justice officials are "unlikely" to approve a planned merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint "as currently structured."
Not the case according to T-Mo CEO John Legere, who...
Continued investments in network densification for both increasingly robust LTE networks, as well as 5G networks, represent a balancing act--location obviously matters, but considerations such as access to backhaul and interference from built-out urban environments all figure into the process. Here Sprint Regional Network...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
'Unmatched' speeds of...
Over the last few years, we have been discussing whether to allow or block the proposed T-Mobile, Sprint merger. All along I have said, after weighing the pros and cons, the merger should be approved. However, something new has come up which is causing...
The plan is to serve 50K households with broadband this year
Earlier this year T-Mobile US Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert alluded to an upcoming pilot of a home broadband service using the carrier's LTE network and now, according to the company, the invitation-only pilot...
The carrier said that the new tool will allow customers to access customized IoT data pricing
Sprint has launched the Curiosity IoT Estimation Tool, which it claims is the industry’s first interactive online estimation tool which allows small and medium-size business and enterprise customers, immediate access...
5G, rural coverage, pricing and which hotels T-Mobile US CEO John Legere prefers included in House hearing
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law convened a hearing to examine the potential impacts of a merger between carriers T-Mobile...
It was exciting when Comcast entered wireless with Xfinity Mobile. The same when Charter entered with Spectrum Mobile. I think the same thing will happen when Altice Mobile enters later this year. However, as exciting as this is, there is also a growing concern....
Ahead of House Judiciary Committee hearing, T-Mobile pushes home broadband and rural coverage
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on March 7 again paused its 180-day review of the proposed $26 billion T-Mobile US/Sprint merger; according to FCC documentation, the review period will resume on April...
Reps: Sprint/T-Mobile US merger will reduce jobs, hurt competition
In a Feb. 28 letter to U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Makan Delrahim, an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, 37 members of the U.S. House of Representatives express opposition...
Sprint to offer 5G access to Google Fi MVNO users with compatible phones
BARCELONA -- Sprint laid out the plans for its initial 5G roll-out in the second half of 2019 that will include more than 1,000 square miles of coverage across its first nine...
