OpenSignal’s latest tests showed T-Mobile remained the nation’s speed king ahead of Verizon, and its expanded reach surpassing AT&T
T-Mobile US continues to be the nation’s wireless speed king, while Verizon Wireless maintained its position as the carrier with the greatest LTE reach, according to...
Verizon continued to dominate rivals AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile, while a report tied a half-million new jobs to broadcast spectrum … 5 years ago this week
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What impact will a now expected prolonged 600 MHz spectrum auction have on 5G deployment plans and will millimeter wave bands help bridge the gap?
On this week’s Carrier Wrap, we spoke with Dan Hays, principal at PwC’s Strategy& division to get his insight into...
Canadian telecom operator Bell said the 5G technology trial with Nokia produced speeds six-times faster than current 4G technology
Canadian telecom operator Bell has jumped into the “5G” technology trial morass, announcing a successful demonstration with partner Nokia.
The demonstration, which was conducted at the carrier’s...
Boosted by strong network data speed performance from T-Mobile and Sprint, the Michigan market surged to the top in the latest RootMetrics test
RootMetrics crowned a new market winner in its latest ranking of cellular network performance across the nation’s 125 largest markets, although the...
Countering similar promotions from T-Mobile and AT&T, Sprint customers traveling to Brazil to have unlimited ‘high-speed’ data throughout August
Sprint is the latest domestic carrier to launch a new promotion targeting the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
The carrier said domestic customers traveling to the...
5 things to know today...
1. The connected car is much more than a consumer market for Verizon Communications. Today the company announced a major investment in a maker of vehicle fleet management software.
Just one week after announcing a $4.8 billion deal to buy Yahoo's...
A new promotion offers up 2 GB per line of shareable data for Verizon Wireless customers selecting higher-tiered buckets
Just weeks after thoroughly revamping its data buckets, Verizon Wireless is already throwing more data at consumers looking to either switch or upgrade.
The carrier said customers...
WOTW gives its own spin on which carrier ran the table in terms of the latest quarterly results, with T-Mobile and Sprint the two stand outs
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes...
AT&T supplanted T-Mobile as the best performing full-service carrier in the latest J.D. Power customer care survey, Consumer Cellular tops for no-contract service
AT&T Mobility jumped T-Mobile US for the top spot in customer care satisfaction, according to the latest J.D. Power U.S. Wireless Customer...
T-Mobile and Sprint CEOs are skeptical of telcos getting into the content business
Earlier this week Verizon Communications announced its intention to acquire Yahoo's internet-related businesses for $4.83 billion to grow its user base and content portfolio. Now that the long-rumored deal has been articulated,...
Sprint continued to see operations impacted by ownership uncertainty, while Dish looked to be eyeing a T-Mobile acquisition … 3 years ago this week
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Carrier Wrap speaks with Recon Analytics to take a stab at dissecting the latest quarterly results from Verizon, Sprint and AT&T
In a somewhat rare occurrence, three of the nation’s four largest wireless carriers reported their latest quarterly results within days of one another. Those...
Analysts react to Sprint's improving performance; not all are convinced
Sprint made a big impression on Wall Street this week, convincing some of its critics it is indeed moving in the right direction. The nation's No. 4 carrier in terms of customer base reported 173,000...
T-Mobile continues to dominate the market in terms of overall customer growth despite a year-over-year dip, with investor response muted
T-Mobile US continued to dominate the domestic wireless space in terms of customer growth during the recently completed second quarter, though that overall increase is...
Sprint stock hits 20-month high, as management talks potential rate plan changes tied to the next iPhone launch, tests lower-priced unlimited data
Sprint has had its fair share of ups and downs over the past several years, but reaction to the carrier’s latest quarterly results...
Positive postpaid trends provide shot in the arm for Sprint investors, although overall financial picture remains muddled with capex drought
Sprint yet again managed to show positive customer growth across its wireless division during its latest fiscal quarter, although investors did not seem to mind...
Name checking AT&T, T-Mobile said it will offer postpaid customers free high-speed data and calls in Brazil throughout Summer Olympics
T-Mobile US is jumping on the Summer Olympics hype wagon with an offer of free high-speed data, calls from Brazil back to the U.S. and...
AT&T received government approval to acquire DirecTV for $48.5B, while Sprint stock plunged on competitive concerns … 1 year ago this week
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Global Wireless Solutions discusses wireless network testing methods core to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint marketing efforts
In an attempt to gain an advantage over rivals, domestic wireless carriers have turned more aggressively to claims of superior network performance based on various testing methodologies performed...
AT&T, Cricket and MetroPCS all launched new prepaid-focused offers, highlighting the continued battle among no-contract services
Competition among prepaid services continues to ratchet up as AT&T Mobility, Cricket Wireless and MetroPCS all recently launched new promotions highlighting the aggressive playing field for noncontract services.
AT&T Mobility...
Growing consumer demand for mobile video continues to drive traffic across mobile networks, with no slow down in sight
In the not so distant past, mobile video was a precious and expensive commodity. But by 2020, Cisco reports video will account for more than 75%...
Verizon prepaid customers blowing through data buckets can now continue to access lower speed data services at no charge
At least one feature from Verizon Wireless’ recent overhaul of its postpaid rate plans has trickled down to its prepaid service.
The carrier today said customers selecting...
AT&T is the Republican National Convention's official communications, video and technology provider, and the carrier claims its investment in Cleveland has been significant. But inside Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, Verizon Communications operates the distributed antenna system that is helping to keep delegates and journalists...
