Tech-savvy smartphone users are the least likely to stick with their carrier, and 31 percent of U.S. consumers are ready to switch wireless providers for better or improved services, says a recent Nokia Siemens Networks survey. Is the smartphone starting to render carrier loyalty obsolete? Read More »
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AT&T today introduced the TerreStar Genus, a relatively thin $799 cellular smartphone that can use a satellite network for backup voice and data communications. The Genus gives a glimpse at future satellite phones: too expensive for consumers and a step behind the latest and greatest devices. Read More »
AT&T today said it plans to launch its fourth-generation LTE network by mid-2011 and will cover 75 million people by the end of next year. The carrier will spend $700 million this year rolling out the faster networks, with trials set for Dallas and Baltimore. Read More »
The tech industry has pretty much determined that mobile is the future of the Internet: on your cell phone, on your tablet and in your car. Despite this, there’s still a huge reluctance to allow the infrastructure to helps deliver mobile connectivity: the towers. Read More »
The nation’s two largest carriers added more connected devices last quarter than postpaid subscriptions, according to data released this morning by Chetan Sharma. In his quarterly update he noted that wireless penetration in the U.S. surpassed 100 percent if one takes out children under five. Read More »
The new BlackBerry OS 6 and BlackBerry Torch handset tells me that RIM is still in the game with both an updated platform and devices that can take advantage of it. But challenges still remain because in many ways RIM is just catching up to competitors. Read More »
Clearwire now provides its 4G WiMAX service to five new cities, which brings its total mobile broadband coverage to 51 million people. However, it’s August and the carrier is only 43 percent of the way to its goal of covering 120 million people before year end. Read More »
With the worldwide mobile payments market expected to grow to $634 billion by 2014, a lot of money is being poured into mobile payment startups. If that wasn’t enough, it looks like carriers are teaming up to start a mobile payment company of their own. Read More »
