Sprint and T-Mobile US were engulfed in a size battle, while reports indicated Apple and Samsung were partnering on iPhone models … 2 years ago this week.
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RootMetrics' latest performance report claims overall cellular improvements, though T-Mobile call blocking issues doomed last-place markets.
U.S. wireless carriers improved their performance game across the country’s 125 largest metropolitan markets during the second half of last year, according to the latest insight and...
MWC 2017 was big on 5G hype, but mobile operators are in need of solutions today that can help deal with growing video content.
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The recent second bankruptcy filing by RadioShack hit WOTW from out of left field and could trip up turnaround plans at Sprint.
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AT&T made a $39 billion play for T-Mobile, while Sprint countered the competitive threat with its Evo 4G device … 6 years ago this week.
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Dish Network raised $1 billion through a debt offering just weeks after announcing plans to build a NB-IoT network with its spectrum stash.
Dish Network is looking to generate $1 billion through a debt offering, which the satellite television provider and wireless...
The FCC is set to begin the final phase of its 600 MHz incentive auction process, with the assignment portion starting on March 6.
Winning bidders that picked up spectrum licenses in the Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction process are...
Was the strong showing at the recent MWC event by Sprint a sign of maturation or more cynically an attempt to attract attention?
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T-Mobile US attracts the most customers in 2016, while Verizon excelled in retail churn.
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Sprint demos with Nokia highlights MIMO, 64T64R technology to boost cell capacity; with Ericsson on 3CCA, 4x4 MIMO, 256 QAM for 1 Gbps speeds.
Sprint highlighted a pair of demonstrations with vendor partners Nokia and Ericsson at this week’s Mobile World Congress...
T-Mobile US CTO, speaking at Ericsson event, adds that 5G is ‘not real today.’
BARCELONA, Spain – Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm, who took the top job in October, kicked off the Swedish vendor’s Mobile World Congress presence with a look ahead at...
Unlimited data is back, with Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile all going ape over the new marketing opportunity, to the benefit of consumers.
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Sprint's chairman is reportedly ready to do a deal with T-Mobile US as soon as the U.S. spectrum auctions conclude, but analysts are not confident the two companies will merge this year, citing timing and possible resistance from Washington as factors that could delay...
On the heels of FCC device certification, T-Mobile US said it would use 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band for LTE-U deployment.
T-Mobile US is getting a jump on using unlicensed spectrum to bolster network performance, announcing it has...
Verizon Wireless again came out on top in RootMetrics latest nationwide network testing regime, scoring top marks across all five categories.
Verizon Wireless continued to dominate RootMetrics network performance testing, with the carrier yet again getting the best of its rivals AT&T...
AT&T and Nokia said the 5G network trial showed the viability of the 39 GHz band to support low latency, high throughput services.
The “5G” race continues at full boil with AT&T noting a recent trial of next-generation network technology to stream its DirecTV Now...
The latest LTE network testing numbers from OpenSignal showed South Korea remained world’s fastest, with the U.S. wallowing at one-third the speed.
South Korea again came out on top in terms of cellular network data speeds among 87 countries included in...
Reports indicate SoftBank and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son willing to sell stake to DT but maintain minority control in emboldened T-Mobile.
Published reports late last week indicated a long-simmering merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint could be back on the table, though this time with...
NTT DoCoMo and NEC said a recent MIMO test used spectrum between the 3 GHz and 6 GHz bands and showed eight-times gain in spectral efficiency.
Work continues on what is termed “massive” multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technology, with NTT DoCoMo and NEC announcing a recent trial...
T-Mobile US claimed the industry's best customer growth and revenue growth during the fourth quarter. The carrier added 2.1 million net customers and grew service revenue by 11% year-on-year. 1.2 million of T-Mobile's net adds were branded postpaid subscribers and 933,000 were branded postpaid...
Verizon Wireless has launched an unlimited data plan starting Monday, February 13. New or existing customers can get unlimited LTE data for $80 per month per line, or for $45 per month if they activate the plan across four or more lines.
The move signals...
A flood of network performance information this week for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile added more mud for consumers to wade through.
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Verizon and T-Mobile were in a statistical dead heat in terms of LTE speeds, with T-Mobile closing the gap on Verizon in terms of LTE coverage.
The battle for domestic wireless network supremacy continues to be waged between Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US,...
Newly installed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said the government agency will drop its investigation into free data programs as industry ramps up 5G data efforts.
Domestic wireless telecom operators dabbling with free data programs received good news from new Federal Communications Commission...
