AT&T Scores Last (Again) in Consumer Reports’ Ratings; Oddly AT&T Reseller...
AT&T has once again scored dead last in a nationwide survey (subscription required) of wireless providers commissioned by consumer magazine Consumer Reports. Among national coverage carriers,...
View ArticleMoody’s Declares AT&T and Verizon the Winners — Sprint and T-Mobile Can...
Game over. In the championship of cell phone competition, Verizon Wireless and AT&T have won, and it is now too late for Sprint-Nextel or T-Mobile USA to catch up. That is the conclusion of Moody’s...
View ArticleWireless Telecom Roundup: The Big Get Bigger; Smaller Providers Feeling the Heat
A summary of recent quarterly earnings reports from America’s wireless companies: Verizon Wireless: Verizon has been uncompetitive in the prepaid market for the last several years, as it focused on its...
View ArticleSprint Attempts, Pulls Back from Buyout of MetroPCS; Wall Street Questions...
An aborted takeover attempt of MetroPCS by America’s third largest cell phone company — Sprint Nextel has some on Wall Street calling for the hide of Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. The proposed multibillion...
View ArticleBreaking News: T-Mobile in Talks to Acquire MetroPCS
Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks to acquire MetroPCS in a stock-swap transaction that would give T-Mobile USA control over the upstart regional carrier. MetroPCS shares jumped nearly 30 percent on the...
View ArticlePC Magazine Hands Out Fastest Wireless Data Awards, But Does It Matter?
Won first place nationally for the best 4G LTE network with the fastest overall speeds and best performance. PC Magazine went to a lot of effort to test the data speeds of America’s wireless providers,...
View ArticleWhat Bandwidth Crisis: Unlimited Data War Erupts Between T-Mobile, Sprint,...
T-Mobile is proving once again that as an independent cell phone provider, it is prepared to be a scrappy competitor for your wireless dollar. America’s fourth largest cell phone company today...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA Confirms Talks to Acquire MetroPCS
Deutsche Telekom AG, parent company of T-Mobile USA today confirmed it was in talks with MetroPCS Communications, Inc., to merge their two wireless businesses to achieve the greater scale both need to...
View ArticleDeutsche Telekom Approves T-Mobile USA, MetroPCS Merger – MetroPCS Network...
The parent company of T-Mobile USA has agreed to buy MetroPCS in a reverse stock split that leaves parent Deutsche Telekom able to eventually spin off the combined entity as an independent company and...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy’s Wrath on Telecommunications Extends Beyond the Hardest Hit...
Hurricane Sandy’s destructive forces of wind and water, combined with extensive electrical outages has wreaked havoc with telecommunications services from Maine to Virginia, leaving some customers...
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