WOTW takes apart this week’s divergent marketing moves from T-Mobile and Sprint, finding sometimes it’s better to listen than yell
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this...
Sprint announced plans to cut up to 1,100 jobs from its business unit, while Verizon and Nextel clashed over public safety interference solutions … 12 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to...
The recently resolved Verizon labor strike is expected to impact the company’s Q2 bottom line to the tune of 5 cents to 7 cents per share
Verizon Communications said it expects the recently resolved labor strike will hit financial results for the current second quarter,...
KDDI customers set for access to Verizon VoLTE network this month, Verizon customers to be reciprocated capabilities later this year
Verizon Wireless customers may still lack formal nationwide voice-over-LTE roaming, but are expected to gain capabilities later this year when traveling to Japan.
Verizon Wireless and...
Rivada fleshed out its FirstNet plans, announcing a handful of vendor partners, claims of agreements with a nationwide LTE carrier and regional telecom operators
Fresh off plucking a former Sprint executive to help lead its cause, Rivada Mercury unveiled vendor partners lined up to help...
Sprint 5G showcased at kick off of Copa América event this week in California, using millimeter wave spectrum to support 2 Gbps speeds
Sprint used this week’s Copa América Centenario tournament in Santa Clara, California, to tout a demonstration of “5G” technology using the 73...
All four nationwide U.S. carriers now offer Wi-Fi calling, but not for all smartphones. AT&T Mobility, for example, only offers Wi-Fi calling on select versions of Apple's iPhone. Verizon Wireless lists 13 devices on its website that support Wi-Fi calling.
Carriers can use authentication, authorization...
The telecom giant unveiled its AT&T Thanks program offering free gifts for select customers as it struggles with postpaid phone defections
AT&T is tapping into its cache of service offerings for a customer reward program targeting postpaid wireless customers.
The AT&T Thanks program is set to...
5 things to know today ...
1. Smartphone shipments will increase by 3.1% this year, according to IDC Research. The firm expects 1.48 billion units to ship. The market is expected to keep growing for the foreseeable future, but it is not expected to repeat...
Cricket Wireless services are now set to be offered at 3,400 GameStop locations, which will include ‘dedicated Cricket’ salesperson
AT&T Mobility’s Cricket Wireless prepaid brand is set to expand its presence at retailer GameStop in a move the carrier said will make the outlet its...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we speak with Signals Research Group to break down the current pace of 5G technology development
With deployment of true “4G” networks still in their infancy, the mobile telecom space has turned its full attention to plans for the next...
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from Sprint in regards to a tax case brought by N.Y. claiming the carrier failed to pay taxes on consumer bills
Sprint reportedly lost its bid to have an appeal heard in a court case filed...
Sprint continues to pilfer executives from rivals as part of its broader corporate restructuring, with the latest coming from AT&T
Sprint’s ongoing corporate restructuring gained yet another executive from a rival as the carrier announced former AT&T executive Nelly Pitocco joined as VP of enterprise...
FutureMobile expects robust participation in the 600 MHz auction, forecasts up to $100 billion in total bids
The reverse-auction phase of the 600 megahertz auction (Auction 1001) begins on May 31, 2016. The Federal Communications Commission seeks to clear 126 megahertz of spectrum so that it...
Verizon strike by nearly 40,000 CWA and IBEW members ends with new 4-year deal; workers expected back on the job this week
Story updated with details on agreement
Verizon Communications and unions representing nearly 40,000 striking employees have reportedly reached an agreement on a new four-year...
This week we speak with Wireless 20/20 on the FCC’s 600 MHz auction, which could see record bids from the likes of Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
Few would argue about the complexity of the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing 600 MHz incentive auction proceedings, with the...
AT&T GoPhone prepaid customers are set to receive an extra 1 GB of LTE data to better position rate plans against offerings from Verizon and T-Mobile
The carrier prepaid battles continue this week as AT&T Mobility bolstered the unthrottled data allotment for select GoPhone rate...
In its immediate attempts to right its financial ship, is Sprint hampering its competitive position going forward against rivals Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile?
Time for the third – and last – article on the immediate outlook for Sprint. And in the words of Billy Joel,...
T-Mobile commits to small cells as groundwork for 5G
Small cell deployments are proving to be more complex, costly and time consuming in the U.S. than they were in East Asia, but wireless carriers know they need to move forward and are slowly but surely...
Google’s Android platform is a powerhouse around the world, which Jim Patterson said could be set for even more growth at the expense of Apple
Back when we wrote the first “Android World” column a few years ago, the thesis was that Google’s commitment to...
Latest Temkin Group survey found prepaid brands MetroPCS, Virgin and TracFone superior to postpaid focused Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint and AT&T
Assumptions that prepaid customers are often neglected in terms of the overall customer experience was countered by a new survey from Temkin Group, which found...
Wells Fargo Securities slashes Verizon Q2 and full-year earnings forecasts due to labor strike, trims wireless growth on talk of slowing upgrades
Verizon Communications' ongoing labor woes look set to impact its financial results, with management’s acknowledgement of a slow down in broadband orders and...
T-Mobile 5G plans are set for a boost as the carrier filed applications for experimental spectrum license usage around its Washington headquarters
T-Mobile US is moving on plans to begin testing of “5G” technologies, filing applications with the Federal Communications Commission to use experimental spectrum...
