T-Mobile added 1.5 million new mobile connections in 2nd quarter, beating out its three larger rivals in growth, but it didn't come close to matching the blowout performance of Q1.…
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Different quarter, same story: Sprint customers flee as network construction grinds on
Sprint suffered another big subscriber loss last quarter as both prepaid and postpaid customers departed. Sprint continues to blame the exodus on its ongoing network upgrade.…
Read MoreAT&T’s Q2: Hello, new smartphone subscribers; Goodbye, Cricket prepaid customers
AT&T set records when it came to attracting new and keeping old smartphone subscribers, but its prepaid business witnessed at mass exodus. After AT&T's acquisition of Leap, Cricket customers are finding new carriers.…
Read MoreVerizon’s mobile growth engine revs back up, fueled by the tablet
Verizon's lackluster growth rebounded in the second quarter as the company added new phone customers. But as in previous quarters, most of its 1.4 million new connections came from connected tablets.…
Read MoreAT&T’s Next upgrade plan booms; on track for half of smartphone sales in Q2
AT&T may have been behind T-Mobile with its smartphone upgrade program, but it's managed to squeeze the most out of it. AT&T said it expects Next to account for 3.2 million smartphone sales in Q2.…
Read MoreQ2 solar figures show utility scale installs leading the way
The Q2 solar installation figures are out. The headline here is that growth in residential installations flatlined, leaving utility scale projects as…
Read MoreMobile subscriber growth in the U.S. slows to a standstill
The mobile industry saw its slowest quarter of overall subscriber growth since the dawn of the cellular age. Without new customers to connect, carriers are stealing them from one another and looking toward M2M for future growth.…
Read MoreDespite high costs and slow speeds, flyers are flocking to Gogo
You can complain and sulk about inflight internet all you like, but that doesn't stop you from connecting. More flyers are buying Gogo's services than ever before, and they're paying even more to do so.…
Read MoreTiny T-Mobile isn’t so tiny anymore
T-Mobile is growing again, and not just from its merger with MetroPCS. With 44 million connections T-Mobile is filling out its seat in the country's Top 4. Before too long it might even start challenging Sprint.…
Read MoreSprint lost 2M subscribers after Nextel network went dark
Sprint pulled the plug on its old Nextel iDEN network in Q2 triggering a huge exodus of customers. With new spectrum from Clearwire and new capital from SoftBank, though, the rest of the year looks brighter.…
Read MoreAT&T adds 551,000 customers, including 398,000 connected tablets
Who says consumers aren't connecting their tablets to mobile networks? AT&T has had two successive quarters of 300,000-plus connected tablet activations.…
Read MoreVerizon again sees strong subscriber growth in Q2, driven by smartphones, LTE
All of Verizon's key financial metrics are up: subscribers, revenues and profits. It activated 7.5 million smartphones, including 3.8 million iPhones and 6.4 million LTE devices.…
Read MoreAT&T sees a brighter Q2, projecting 500,000 new contract subscribers
AT&T estimates that it will close the quarter with half a million new contract customers. The big improvement on last quarter is probably due to new promotions and some key smartphone wins.…
Read MorePost AT&T tryst, T-Mobile’s decline continues
After showing signs of shaking the AT&T merger specter, T-Mobile is shedding customers again, posting a 205,000 subscriber loss in the second quarter. T-Mobile has shrunk by about 400,000 subscribers in the last year while all of its competitors have grown.…
Read MoreAs Nextel mass exodus begins, Sprint reels customers back in
Sprint saw 1 million Nextel and Boost customers kick their phones to the curb in Q2. But Sprint managed to steer 600,000 of those departing subscribers to CDMA contracts or its prepaid brands. Helped by steady iPhone sales and its MVNO business, Sprint managed to grow.…
Read MoreAT&T smartphone rampage continues with help from Apple
Though AT&T's smartphone penetration is well over 60 percent, it keeps activating new smart devices at a rapid clip. AT&T remained the carrier of choice for iPhone customers. It added 3.7 million iPhones in the second quarter, 22 percent of which came from competitors.…
Read MoreVerizon adds 1.2M mobile subs while FiOS growth continues
Verizon Communications is the first U.S. operator out of the gate in the second quarter earnings heat, reporting 1.2 million new net subscriber adds in its wireless division and 134,000 new FiOS residential broadband customers in its wireline group.…
Read MoreApple’s Q2 Conference Call: Yes, We Made Lots of Money
Yesterday, Apple (s aapl) held its quarterly conference call to discuss Q2 financial performance. Expectations were mixed heading into the call, with…
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