Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler said on Tuesday that he doesn’t put much credibility in claims that U.S. carriers would stop investing…
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Alcatel-Lucent’s new network concept mixes Wi-Fi and LTE
Like many network equipment makers at Mobile World Congress this week, Alcatel-Lucent is pushing the controversial idea of carriers setting up shop…
Read MoreQualcomm readies the first 4G chips to use the Wi-Fi airwaves
At Mobile World Congress next week, Qualcomm will unveil its first 4G silicon designed to tap the 5 GHz unlicensed airwaves used…
Read MoreCan ARM processors move the mobile network into the cloud?
ARM is already powering our smartphones, and it’s seeing its processor architecture migrate into networks that supply those phones their connectivity, but…
Read MoreWhatSim becomes ChatSim as it expands to apps beyond WhatsApp
Last month, I reported on an interesting new mobile service from Italy’s Zeromobile called WhatSim that promised unlimited WhatsApp messaging anywhere in…
Read MoreAs 4G demand balloons, here come the “super” base stations
Mobile World Congress kicks off in a little more than a week, and while most of the tech world might be anticipating…
Read MoreDish Chairman Charlie Ergen takes back his old role of CEO
After pulling the strings from Dish Network’s boardroom for the last four years, Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen is once again assuming the…
Read MoreGoogle buys Softcard, teams up with carriers on mobile payments
Google and the mobile carriers have long been at odds over mobile payments, but faced with the runaway success of Apple Pay,…
Read MoreT-Mobile shows a rare profit as its growth spurt continues
John Legere’s Uncarrier campaign may have landed T-Mobile plenty of customers over the last two years, but Uncarrier’s numerous consumer enticements haven’t…
Read MoreWi-Fi industry is worried about mobile invading its airwaves
There’s a new technology buzzing around mobile carrier circles called License Assisted Access that promises to make our 4G networks faster by dipping…
Read MoreRootMetrics: Verizon, T-Mobile lead in consistently fast 4G
Independent mobile network tester RootMetrics has completed its latest round of nationwide speed and reliability tests, and while the best overall performance…
Read MoreSprint is growing, but it’s still losing core phone customers
Marcelo Claure may have brought the struggling Sprint back to growth, but the new CEO probably wishes the company were growing in…
Read MoreSprint launches a combined iPhone-iPad “For Life” deal
Sprint is getting creative with its “For Life” leasing programs, announcing Tuesday that it is creating a $100-a-month package that includes an…
Read More4G spectrum auction ends, raising a record $45B
It took a grueling two and half months, but the Federal Communications Commission auction of new 4G airwaves is finally over. The…
Read MoreSK Telecom and Nokia make big cells and small cells play nice
SK Telecom has just incorporated a tongue-twister of a technology into its Nokia-built LTE network in Gwangju, South Korea. It’s called Enchanced…
Read MoreTracFone fined $40M for selling unlimited plans with clear limits
The Federal Trade Commission is putting mobile carriers on notice that if they advertise an unlimited plan they can’t monkey around with…
Read MoreT-Mobile Super Bowl ad entreats us to “Save The Data”
T-Mobile is using a Super Bowl ad to push its new Data Stash program, which lets users rollover unused megabytes from month…
Read MoreAT&T to buy Nextel Mexico, continuing continental expansion
AT&T’s plans to tackle the Mexico market aren’t just limited to buying a single mobile operator Iusacell. It announced Monday it is…
Read MoreIn mobile, postpaid connections rise while prepaid declines
Over the last year, postpaid mobile subscriptions have been booming, while prepaid — once the strongest area of mobile growth in the…
Read MoreT-Mobile offers customers with bad credit its top phone deals
On Sunday, T-Mobile is unveiling a program that will essentially let customers with bad credit scores to prove their worthiness to the…
Read MoreVerizon adds 2M new connections, but customer turnover increases
At a high level, Verizon had a very good fourth quarter for customer growth. It brought on board an additional 2.07 million…
Read MoreYep, Google wants to be a mobile carrier — again
It’s a new year, which means we’re all ready for a new round of speculation that Google will become a mobile carrier.…
Read MoreFreedomPop cobbles together a Wi-Fi network of 10M hotspots
FreedomPop started selling its own Wi-Fi-only phone last year, so it was only a matter of time before the mobile virtual network…
Read MoreAT&T goes pan American, closing its $2.5B Iusacell deal
AT&T is now officially the first North American mobile carrier to run networks on both sides of Rio Grande. On Friday, Ma…
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