Aggressive pricing moves against rivals T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T dampened consumer spending at Sprint, though recovery appears on track
Sprint fleshed out its second fiscal quarter results highlighted by the continued shift in consumer spending tied to device payment plans and reiterating its plans to...
Robust customer growth and increased consumer spending bolsters T-Mobile US bottom line, celebrated by investors with new 52-week high
As expected, T-Mobile US posted industry leading third-quarter customer growth and continuing incremental improvements in financial results.
For the quarter, the nation’s No. 3 carrier in terms...
Similar to Q3 results from Verizon, AT&T posted slowing wireless growth and impact from planned 2G decommission, while T-Mobile and Sprint surge
Goosed by its proposed $80 billion acquisition of Time Warner, AT&T bumped up the release of its third-quarter financial and operating results, showing...
Verizon shrugged off short-term competitive impact from rivals T-Mobile and Sprint, notes 5G trials remain on track for 2017 and IoT continues to grow
Verizon Communications released third-quarter financial results this week that show a considerable influence from rivals in the mobile space on growth,...
Verizon Wireless sees steep year-over-year drop in connection growth, which analysts attribute to aggressive moves from T-Mobile and Sprint
Verizon Communications’ once metronomic wireless operating performance looks to be skipping some beats with its most recent quarterly results sounding a sour note for the telecom...
Bidding activity quickly stalled in the forward auction portion of the ongoing FCC 600 MHz incentive auction, which is likely now looking at a 2017 conclusion
Well, that was quick.
The Federal Communications Commission needed just one round of bidding in the second stage of forward...
The FCC said T-Mobile is on the hook for $48 million in fines and compensation tied to its policy of throttling data speeds for unlimited data customers
The increasingly common industry practice of throttling data speeds for consumers on “unlimited” plans should they attempt to...
FCC set to kick off the forward auction part of its phase two 600 MHz auction proceedings with the offer of 90 megahertz of cleared spectrum for telecom operators
The Federal Communications Commission’s second attempt to match television broadcaster wants with wireless telecommunication operator needs...
Comcast to focus on offering cellular services to cable TV and internet customers, while also leveraging access to 15 million Wi-Fi hot spots
Comcast: Your wide-area, wireless services provider. On one hand, thinking of Comcast as your wireless network services provider seems outrageous. What do...
Tablet customers can now tap in the Sprint unlimited data morass with the carrier offering $20 per month access, in line with rival T-Mobile
Sprint is pushing a new tablet-related promotion tied to its recent unlimited data moves, allowing the big-screened devices to access services...
Sprint posts positive sequential customer growth, improved financials in teasing quarterly results; tickles investors
The recently completed third quarter is shaping up to be dynamically interesting for the domestic wireless carrier space, made more so by the release of preliminary results from the nation’s No....
In connection with the presale of the LG V20 smartphone, the T-Mobile LTE network is getting a capacity infusion from its AWS-3 spectrum licenses
As part of kicking off the presale of the LG V20 smartphone, T-Mobile US is touting itself as the first domestic...
Telecom operators seeking 600 MHz spectrum licenses, like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, will have to generate north of $54B in total bids for 90 megahertz
The value of wireless spectrum is often a difficult number to nail down but, at least for television broadcasters, 12...
Customers of the Google Project Fi MVNO service can now add up to 4 additional lines each at a $5 per month discount
Google continues to flesh out its Project Fi mobile telephone service, recently rolling out a discounted multiline “group” option.
Customers interested in the...
Carriers and vendors are solidly behind advances in 5G technology, but the advanced business and use case to support the technology remains elusive
Perhaps the most challenging issue surrounding “5G” today is in terms of use cases.
Speaking with a number of carriers leading up to...
With channel bands of several hundred megahertz expected to support 5G deployments, government regulators will need to be creative in providing resources
Spectrum remains one of the more challenging aspects on the road to “5G” deployments. With expectations of channel widths of hundreds of megahertz,...
Carriers and vendors are solidly behind advances in 5G technology, but the advanced business and use case to support the technology remains elusive
Perhaps the most challenging issue surrounding “5G” today is in terms of use cases.
Speaking with a number of carriers leading up to...
CCA and carrier member T-Mobile talked 5G, IoT, VoLTE and policy, showing such topics are not the exclusive domain of large operators
As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention showed a heavy focus on policy, “5G” and the “internet of things,” with...
A new report from Twin Prime judged T-Mobile the best performing carrier thanks to LTE and 3G speeds, though Verizon had the broadest LTE reach.
A new network performance report showed Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US continue to duke it out over LTE performance, with...
Canadian operator Telus said the 5G trial with Huawei produced network speeds of 29.3 Gbps, though details on spectrum and technology remain light.
Canadian telecom operator Telus is the latest from north of the border to get in on the “5G” trial craze, announcing work...
Nokia said it has found a way to solve small cell backhaul and power challenges for operators by using drones. The technology comes out of the Bell Labs unit Nokia acquired when it bought Alcatel-Lucent.
The solution will use drones to deposit solar-powered units called...
The Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention was heavy on policy, 5G and IoT, though response to the latter two depended on carrier size
As expected, the recently completed Competitive Carriers Association Annual Convention showed a heavy focus on policy, "5G" and the “internet of things,”...
Verizon was on the top step in 47 of 49 markets tested so far by RootMetrics through the second half of 2016, with AT&T a distant No. 2
This may sound like a broken record, but Verizon Wireless looks set to continue leading its nationwide...
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo stayed the course in terms of the carrier’s view on unlimited data, warning it will catch up with rivals
Verizon Wireless remains, for the time being, against running out an “unlimited” data plan, noting consumers that desire such offers tend to be...
