Quick Hit: Motorola Mobility’s Triumph on Virgin Mobile might very well be the best Android smartphone your monthly payment can buy.
Review: Stacked up against all the other Android smartphones, the new Triumph from Motorola doesn’t particularly stand out, but in the long run it...
So with all of the economic malaise out there in the past few weeks, and a new commercial from Virgin Mobile that slams T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) and AT&T Mobility, (T) I thought it would be a great time to comment on the state...
Contract customers are more satisfied with their customer care than no-contract or prepaid customers, according to a new study from J.D. Power and Associates. Among contract customers, Verizon Wireless (VZ) scored best, while Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), fared...
UPDATED: RadioShack Corp. (RSH) is set to jump back in bed with Verizon Wireless (VZ) at the expense of its long-term relationship with T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY)The electronics retailer said that beginning Sept. 15 it will begin offering Verizon Wireless' postpaid and prepaid services...
Virgin Mobile USA is set to refine its rate plans and data speeds, moves that align the company with its direct rivals and could provide a peak at the future of parent company Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) plans for data services.Citing the increased data...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.One of the great things about summer, especially this year’s Midwest rainfest, is watching things grow. Trees,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.June is a special month in the wireless industry. For the past four years, it has usually...
The first three months of the year showed an interesting pecking order among the nation's largest wireless operators.While its position as the nation's largest operator is threatened by the impending AT&T Inc. (T) acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY), Verizon Wireless (VZ) continues to...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Several companies provided earnings and further guidance last week. Interestingly enough, all of these earnings results were...
Sprint Nextel Corp.’s (S) multitude of networks, brands and wholesale partners lends a convoluted nature to its quarterly financial release, but at the end of the day the carrier managed to add 1.1 million new customers to its network during the first quarter of...
Looking to expand its prepaid reach and tap into a rapidly growing market segment, U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) unveiled a pair of no contract rate plans for smartphone devices.The plans begin at $60 per month and provide unlimited messaging 2 gigabytes of data transmission...
The “unlimited” wars continue to heat up as T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) today unveiled a new unlimited calling, messaging and data offering priced at $80 per month. The carrier does note that the “unlimited” data portion includes up to 2 gigabytes of data transmission...
Further proof that the prepaid space is the mobile industry’s hottest segment came this morning with AT&T Mobility (T) announcing it will begin offering its first smartphone through its GoPhone offering. LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Thrive has been tapped as the initial prepaid smartphone...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continues to tweak its prepaid efforts adding a more pronounced international flair to its Boost Mobile subsidiary. Boost Mobile customers can now add unlimited calling, messaging and push-to-talk features to the carrier’s unlimited rate plan for an additional $5 per...
UPDATED: Just days after further muddying its prepaid lineup, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) is now looking to clarify the waters by combining two of its offerings into one. The carrier noted the move was part of its ongoing evaluation of its prepaid branding strategy.The...
Feeling a little confused about Sprint Nextel Corp.'s (S) prepaid strategy? Well just wait until next month when the carrier's Boost Mobile brand begins offering a smartphone with price plans that undercut those offered by its data-centric Virgin Mobile USA offering.Boost Mobile announced yesterday...
Almost half of all prepaid wireless customers in the United States are on recurring monthly service plans, according to a new survey from J.D. Power and Associates. The survey found that the pay-as-you-go option among prepaid providers continues to fall in popularity among customers.The...
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 us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Sprint Nextel Corp. expanded its play into the prepaid mobile broadband space announcing an agreement with Telespree Communications to provide a mobile service management solution to the carrier’s wholesale partners looking to add broadband to their line up.The offering, dubbed Mobile Broadband on Demand,...
Editor's Note: The mobile space witnessed a lot of news over the past 12 months that have and will alter the mobile landscape for years to come. With the end of 2010 just days away, RCR Wireless News takes a look back at the...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Mobile broadband has seen something of a marketing revival with the arrival of new device...
For those finding Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s current unlimited mobile data plan priced at $40 per month too steep, the Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) division has unveiled a $20 plan that includes 1 gigabyte of data transmission. The new offering is now available exclusively...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continued to turn around its flagging customer growth results during the third quarter, though at a tough financial cost.The nation’s No. 3 operator said it added 644,000 net total customers to its network during the third quarter, which was a...
