T-Mobile USA this week launched the Google Android-powered G1 across the country. However, the device, which is built by HTC, is only available in retail locations in cities where the carrier's 3G technology has launched.; Android; G1; T-Mobile...
AT&T MOBILITY POSTED A COMPANY RECORD 2 million net customer additions during the third quarter, fueled by strong sales of Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone, but that growth also took a bite out of the carrier's bottom line.The industry's No. 1 carrier reported that its...
I hate to admit it, but during these troubling economic times I have succumbed to the cool, refreshing Kool-Aid the wireless industry is serving. And I gotta tell you, it tastes good.Sure, nearly every company involved in the telecom space has seen its stock...
In addition to recent pricing changes, Sprint Nextel Corp. subsidiary Boost Mobile is altering its marketing approach as well as its target market. Matt Carter, Boost's new president and GM, said the company needs to put more emphasis on prepaid and put it in...
Thanks to a new executive position, AT&T Mobility is attempting to expand the range of gadgets its network interacts with - and counter similar efforts by its rivals.The carrier announced the appointment of Glen Lurie to president of AT&T's newly created Emerging Devices, National...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s luck may be changing, at least in terms of customer service. According to recent survey results conducted by Pali Research, Sprint Nextel ranked first in response time - a significant statement for a carrier that has been raked over the coals...
The third quarter has been busy: AT&T Mobility Inc. released the 3G iPhone; Sprint Nextel Corp. said that its iDEN network may be on the market and the economy fell apart. This last issue has pushed speculation that carriers may see impacted earnings...
Verizon Wireless offered to divest another 15 markets as part its $28.1 billion play for Alltel Communications L.L.C., but the proposed transaction is becoming trickier by the day because of fluid economic, regulatory and political factors.In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the...
An investor advisory firm has chosen Sprint Nextel executives as the most overpaid in corporate America, with top managers awarded pay valued at nearly $74 million last year while the company struggled.
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will install a do-it-yourself customer-service application from Nuance Communications Inc. on "select" handsets, which the carrier said will allow customers to solve common service and handset problems without contacting the carrier's customer-service representatives. The offering is an effort to...
The Supreme Court dealt the wireless industry a setback by declining to review lower court rulings that found T-Mobile USA Inc.'s arbitration clause in service contracts do not prevent subscribers from lodging class-action lawsuits against the No. 4 mobile-phone carrier.Opening a new term, the...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. posted limited third-quarter results, displaying strong growth and a year-over-year drop in customer churn. The carrier reported 249,265 net additions during the quarter, nearly double the 114,302 customers the carrier added during the same quarter last year. MetroPCS ended the third...
Nearly one-third of all iPhone 3G buyers have been willing to ditch their provider to go with exclusive carrier AT&T in order to get the popular smartphone.
It's materializing into a perfect storm for rural wireless carriers. But the federal government won't be coming to the rescue, since it is the one perpetuating the assault on Wireless Joe Six-Pack. In May, the Federal Communications Commission capped universal service fund support...
Sprint Nextel Corp. ( S ) has received interest in its Nextel business from a few players, The Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter. However, the Journal said a "variety of factors" are complicating the deal.
Leap Wireless International Inc. juggled its offerings with the launch of its new PayGo prepaid service, which will replace its previously offered Jump prepaid plans. The PayGo service is a daily, pay-as-you-go option that customers only pay for on the days that they access...
More than two dozen mobile operators and spectrum license holders have banded together to form NextGen Mobile L.L.C. The organization hopes to pool efforts to launch GSM-based, next-generation networks covering small and rural markets.The organization said 28 companies have joined what grew out of...
Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/EconomicDownturn.Industry CEOs have been hopping between company conferences to boast their business and assure investors that...
Following years of hype, mobile WiMAX from a major provider is now available commercially in the United States. Sprint Nextel Corp. announced that its Xohm service is live in the Baltimore area, and the carrier plans to expand to additional markets later this year.The...
You've got to hand it to carriers for at least trying to come clean with consumers, though in some cases those efforts are a day late and a dollar short. Take Verizon Wireless, for instance, which has made waves in the industry by taking...
