At Mobile World Congress on Monday Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg took the stage with three executives from carriers in developing countries to talk…
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Artemis is building a 4G network in SF to prove its pCell tech works
For the last year WebTV creator Steve Perlman has been trying to convince a skeptical wireless industry that his most recent startup…
Read MoreAT&T boosts data, adds Mexico calling to GoPhone plans
Customers on AT&T’s GoPhone plans will see a substantial increase in their monthly data allotments starting Friday, and those who subscribe to the…
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…
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Report: 80% of all mobile data is consumed by just 10% of users
Cisco Systems this week offered some insight into just how much mobile data the world is consuming — 2.5 exabytes a month,…
Read MoreThe big 4 carriers will bring LTE to Chicago’s subways
4G services are finally coming to Chicago’s subways. Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile are collectively installing a $32.5 million LTE upgrade in…
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 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 strikes back at T-Mobile with its own data rollover plan
T-Mobile’s Data Stash, which lets you carry over unused megabytes from one month to the next, has only been lived seven days,…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable, Boingo turn on Hotspot 2.0
Time Warner Cable and wireless ISP Boingo signed a roaming deal in June, which allows TWC’s broadband customers to use Boingo’s Wi-Fi hotspots at…
Read MoreVerizon to install teeny tiny cells for its enterprise customers
Verizon is tapping startup SpiderCloud’s small cell technology to move its LTE network indoors, announcing plans to begin wiring up office buildings with these tiny base stations.…
Read MoreWhy T-Mobile subscribers in 21 cities are seeing faster speeds
T-Mobile is starting to clock some impressive download speeds on its newly upgraded LTE networks in different parts of the country: 30.2 Mbps in Columbus, Ohio; 24.1 Mbps in Boston; and 19.3 Mbps in Kansas City.…
Read MoreAT&T, Verizon boost caps on their cheaper shared data plans
We're seeing another round of plan tweaks from the big mobile carriers, and as with previous offers, they aren't cutting prices so much as they're bundling more data into their existing plan tiers.…
Read MoreWeightless SIG shelves white spaces, but it has new internet-of-things spectrum in mind
TV white spaces haven't emerged as global networking band like Weightless had hoped. So now it's planning to build its internet-of-things connectivity network on the same industrial bands used by ZigBee, Z-Wave and Sigfox.…
Read MoreData plans are the biggest obstacle to mobile video’s future
The high cost of mobile data is one of the main reasons why people don't stream more video on the go. High price tags on content are also a turn-off.…
Read MoreSprint drops prices, doubles data on Boost prepaid plans
Without the distraction of a pending merger, Sprint is now focused on the competition. One of its prepaid arms, Boost Mobile, is cutting its monthly prices by $5 per plan while simultaneously increasing data caps.…
Read MoreFreedomPop starts selling tablets with free data and voice plans
FreedomPop today started selling the iPad mini and the Samsung Tab 3, offering the same free voice and data plans available to its smartphone users.…
Read MoreSyntonic is creating a free-data zone on AT&T’s mobile network
Syntonic is launching an app store in which no content consumed counts against your data plan. The store is the latest example of new business models coming out of AT&T's controversial sponsored data program.…
Read MoreEurope’s roaming data cuts are welcome, but not the end of the story
It's now cheaper for Europeans to use the mobile internet, voice and SMS while traveling within the European Union. However, the plan is for the price difference between domestic and roaming mobile use to be completely eliminated.…
Read MoreVerizon says it will reconnect Chromebook Pixel users that lost their data plans
Verizon(s vz) now claims that its disconnecting Chromebook Pixels owners prematurely disconnected from their free 100-MB-a-month 4G plans was a mistake, and…
Read MoreGoogle cleans up Verizon’s Chromebook Pixel mess, offering customers $150 credits
People who bought the more expensive LTE version of the Chromebook Pixel were promised at least two free years of 4G data. Now Verizon is canning that program a year early and Google is offering refunds.…
Read MoreThe Gigaom interview: T-Mobile’s John Legere on the myth of mobile data scarcity
John Legere and his executive team talk to Gigaom about mobile competition in the U.S. and why mobile data is no longer the rare commodity it used to be.…
Read MoreSprint plans to expand LTE into rural nooks with 12 roaming deals
The new roaming deals will give a dozen smaller carriers access to Sprint's 4G network and Sprint's spectrum, which they can use to add LTE capacity to their own networks.…
Read MoreLocation-tracking app Placed raises $10M to keep learning where we shop
Location-tracking startup Placed has raised a $10 million series B round for its smartphone app that knows which businesses consumers are visiting. It's valuable information on its own, and even more powerful when combined with other data sources.…
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