Comments on: Rich Carriers Got Richer in Q3

By: Q4 Wireless Scorecard: It’s Good to Be the King – GigaOM

Q4 Wireless Scorecard: It’s Good to Be the King – GigaOM — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:52:36 +0000

[...] results on the bottom line: Leap posted a wider loss for the quarter despite lowering its churn from the previous three-month period thanks partly to cheaper plans, while MetroPCS doubled its profits during the period as churn [...]

By: Mobile Industry Dances Toward Consolidation – GigaOM

Mobile Industry Dances Toward Consolidation – GigaOM — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:42:09 +0000

[...] into first-, second- and third-tier carriers, and AT&T and Verizon Wireless continue to increase their leads over the rest of the field. The saturated market leaves little hope for Sprint and T-Mobile to turn [...]

By: MetroPCS a Symptom of the Ailing Prepaid Space – GigaOM

MetroPCS a Symptom of the Ailing Prepaid Space – GigaOM — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:38:31 +0000

[...] competition was underscored in the third quarter of 2009, when both MetroPCS and Leap Wireless saw growth slide as AT&T and Verizon Wireless increased [...]

By: With Wireless Data, Smaller Carriers Must Mind the Gap

With Wireless Data, Smaller Carriers Must Mind the Gap — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:08:31 +0000

[...] AT&T accounting for 80 percent of the rise, underscoring what I wrote last week about how the rich carriers are getting richer. Given the investment needed to build out new networks, and the incredible growth in data, both the [...]

By: My Dad Doesn’t Want to Talk to Me Anymore

My Dad Doesn’t Want to Talk to Me Anymore — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:12:02 +0000

[...] multimodal communications world, the phone companies, which still rely on voice for both wired and about a quarter of their wireless revenue, should be worried. Voice revenue isn’t growing in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean that [...]

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:15:08 +0000

AT&T pulled in $13,650,000,000.00 in less than 90 *days*

vs.

“We can’t afford to build out our network, so we are implementing caps, limiting our *Unlimited* plan to 2 GB a month…” – AT&T executive