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Deals could pocket Verizon $15B per reports Verizon Communications is reportedly moving closer to an asset sale that could include both tower and wireline properties, netting the telecom giant close …

Senior Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Jan. 20 asked Verizon Communications’ CEO Lowell McAdam whether the wireless division would continue to use “supercookie” software, …

Lots of plane time last week, which means lots of time to think about earnings announcements and trends. On top of this, last week was heavy on non-earnings news, with …

T-Mobile US, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon part of $32.5M DAS deployment An elaborate distributed antenna system will bring LTE to the Chicago subway system under the terms of a deal between …

Trio of participants account for 93% of total proceeds As expected, AT&T and Verizon Wireless were the big spenders in the Federal Communications Commission’s record-setting Auction 97 proceedings. Both operators …

Nebraska tower collapse It almost looked like we were going to get through all of January without a tower incident, but that changed yesterday. A strong gust of wind caused a …

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 column is a chance for …

FCC proposes $640,000 fine tied to PTP backhaul sites The Federal Communications Commission is prepared to fine AT&T $640,000 for operating point-to-point microwave sites in unauthorized spectrum bands. The claim …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Competitive pressures impact revenue, churn The domestic market’s dynamic nature was apparent in the latest quarterly results from AT&T, which showed its wireless business attracting more connections despite increased churn. …

FCC fined Verizon $5M tied to failed investigations covering 26 rural areas Verizon Communications is set to pay a $5 million fine to the Federal Communications Commission to settle claims …

Verizon Communications reported earnings last week. Without going through every detail of their 1.99 million wireless retail postpaid net additions – 1.4 million of which were tablets – let’s focus …

Sprint offering guarantees $200 trade-in credit Sprint continues to bolster its competitive position, announcing today that it would provide T-Mobile US customers who switch their allegiance to Sprint with $200 …

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 column is a chance for …

Sprint breaks from script on Title II investment impact As part of comments made during its release of fourth-quarter financial results, Verizon Communications CFO Fran Shammo noted that should the …

Verizon Wireless manages to match T-Mobile US with 2.1M net adds Boosted by strong interest in tablet devices, Verizon Wireless managed to match fourth-quarter customer growth of smaller rival T-Mobile …

Cloud computing, OTT video drive data demand Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are the latest locales in which Verizon Communications has deployed a 100G fiber network, adding some 11,681 miles …

Sprint’s Virgin Mobile USA brand recently launched new data plans exclusive to big-box retailer Wal-Mart that include both single- and multi-line plans with shared data. The single-line plans include unlimited …

Ntelos to sell towers to Grain Management for $41 million Regional telecommunications operator Ntelos announced it has reached an agreement to sell up to 103 of its towers to an …

    It’s been a week full of news, with the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 almost ending, AT&T’s acquisition of Iusacell closing, rumors that the Verizon/AT&T/T-Mobile US Softcard mobile …

AT&T late last week filed an 8-K form with the Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it will take a one-time $10 billion charge when it reports earnings on Jan. …

The Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing spectrum auction somehow made it through this week with only a handful of bids in its most recent rounds. Should the auction make it to …

Supreme Court rules against Roswell As we reported a few months ago, T-Mobile US headed to the highest court in the land to get a final answer on a dispute …

Pricing move realigns prepaid service below Simple Choice postpaid T-Mobile US is set to slash pricing on its prepaid rate plans and eliminate the unlimited data offering in a move …

DETROIT – Earlier this week, Verizon announced Verizon Vehicle, signalling another mobile operator to up its telematics game through aftermarket solutions. RCR highlighted this story on the day of the announcement …