T-Mobile US picks up remaining interest in regional carrier Iowa Wireless
T-Mobile US is expanding its footprint in the Midwest by buying out the remaining interest in regional carrier Iowa Wireless. iWireless, as it's called, was founded in 1997 and is a partnership between T-Mobile...
LTE for IoT was the subject of a panel discussion that was part of 151 Advisors' App-solutely IoT conference at Mobile World Congress Americas. The conference focuses on end user applications for IoT technology, and the LTE panel focused primarily on ways that cellular...
Apple touts iPhone 8, iPhone X and a cellular Apple Watch
Apple continues to cater to the high-end smartphone customer, introducing its iPhone X (pronounced "ten") yesterday with a price tag of a whopping $1,000 and going full Dick Tracy by enabling cellular connectivity on...
T-Mobile, Nokia, Qualcomm hit 1.175 Gbps in test
Who says you have to wait for 5G to get gigabit-plus-per-second speeds to your mobile device? As operators continue to advance their LTE networks with carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and 256 QAM--an imperative in the unlimited data...
Another week, another potentially catastrophic hurricane -- is this what the rest of the 2017 hurricane season is going to look like? Let's hope not (stay away, Jose!).
Irma has reportedly taken out all of the cellular towers on some Caribbean islands, on its path...
T-Mobile US adds Netflix to its unlimited family plans
As AT&T inches toward finalizing its purchase of Time Warner and Verizon busies itself with its new Oath digital media operations from the purchase of Yahoo, T-Mobile US is taking a partnership tack when it comes...
T-Mobile US will test FDD with Ericsson 5G equipment
The network infrastructure community remains laser-focused on facilitating the customer transition from LTE to 5G with pre-standard equipment that can be upgraded to the next-generation standards once it's agreed to by 3GPP. Ahead of Mobile World...
T-Mobile plans for nationwide 5G are hinged on 600 MHz spectrum
After an initial activation of its 600 MHz spectrum at sites in Wyoming, T-Mobile US today said it is expanding its build-out to Scarborough, Maine. In the same announcement, the operator said it will...
The internet of things is the next frontier for mobile network operators, as smartphone growth slows down and new mobile chips enable low-cost connections for all manner of assets and equipment. Companies in almost every industry are investigating the IoT, and carriers want them...
AT&T and Verizon pick up some steam, while T-Mobile makes adjustment in wholesale numbers
It is that time when we reflect on the carriers' results for Q2. Compass Intelligence just completed the final assessment of Q2 2017 and also compared this quarter’s results to those...
Hurricane Harvey leads to massive flooding, power outages; carriers offer free service in impacted areas
As Houston continues to be deluged with rain, the four national wireless carriers are waiving customer fees for voice, data and/or text in the most heavily impacted areas, as they...
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Steve Jobs steps...
Yesterday, wireless carriers AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US were all headed in the same direction. However, today they all seem to be heading in different directions. Let’s take a closer look at each and at the industry in general. At the...
The country has gone eclipse-crazy as it gears up for the big event on Monday. Eclipse glasses are sold out everywhere. Airfares to cities within the "path of totality" have skyrocketed. Mobile carriers are boosting coverage along that path in preparation for the expected...
Less than two weeks after informing the Federal Communications Commission that is plans to "rapidly deploy" its 600 MHz spectrum, T-Mobile US today followed through, using Nokia equipment to light up sites in Cheyenne, Wy., according to the carrier.
In an Aug. 4 “ex parte...
After dominating the wireless industry’s news cycle for over a year, the FCC 600MHZ spectrum auction came to an end. Now the real work begins. The 976 U.S. stations that sold their spectrum rights to the FCC, which in turn auctioned them to wireless...
T-Mobile US is trying once again to disrupt the U.S. wireless industry by attempting to offer consumers exactly what they want. This time, the self-described "un-carrier" says it has created an offer that is tailor-made for T-Mobile customers. T-Mobile says its customers use three...
T-Mobile US emphasizes IoT as key 5G use case
T-Mobile US made a splash earlier this year announcing it would deploy a mobile "nationwide 5G" network--as opposed to 5G fixed wireless access, which Verizon and AT&T are focused on--following its $8 billion acquisition of nationwide...
Rural broadband coverage is priority for T-Mobile 600 MHz plans
According to an Aug. 4 "ex parte notice" to the Federal Communications Commission, T-Mobile US is looking to "rapidly deploy" the 600 MHz spectrum the carrier purchased during the FCC-led incentive auction that concluded in...
Four-channel carrier aggregation uses three channels of unlicensed spectrum
Verizon Wireless is ready to start rolling out license-assisted access technology nationwide. Following a demonstration that delivered 953 megabits per second with commercial network equipment, the carrier's VP of network support, Mike Haberman, said Verizon will...
Take a look at carrier trials that use LAA to push toward the theoretical limit of gigabit LTE
As LTE networks continue to evolve toward 5G, the vital role of spectrum in improving end-user throughput is more apparent than ever. Simply put, most carriers don't...
I see various mergers and acquisitions in the communications service provider space eventually bringing us to just four integrated carriers in the U.S.
Since earlier this year, it feels like we get a new merger report each day as big players in the U.S. look...
So, Sprint wants to merge with Charter. This is no real surprise if you have been following the industry. If not, you may be wondering why a wireless carrier wants to combine with cable TV company. Let’s take a few minutes and discuss how...
The Moto Z supports gigabit LTE service, which Verizon says will be launched 'later this year'
Earlier this week Verizon announced preorder availability of the Moto Z2 Force Edition, a high-end smartphone, manufactured by Motorola, that boasts a range of cool technology including a "shatterproof"...
