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The Shape of Wireless Things to Come May 03, 2012 
Congratulations to Samsung on earning the No. 1 position in the wireless smartphone sector. On the other hand, what is the problem at Nokia and RIM? What is happening? What other earthshaking changes can we expect in the wireless space next? Plenty. We are just getting started. So who and what will lead going forward? Things change quickly -- and this is just the beginning.
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Sprint's Q1 Losses Come With Some Glimmers of Hope April 25, 2012 
Mobile carrier Sprint Nextel reported deep losses amounting to $863 million in the first quarter of this year, but the company's results actually beat Wall Street expectations. And since it began offering Apple's iPhone as of last October, Sprint added a net 263,000 subscribers. However, this has come at a price. To acquire the iPhone, Sprint agreed to a $15.5 billion deal with Apple to carry the handset over the next four years.
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Verizon Aims to Horse-Trade With FCC in Spectrum Sell-Off April 19, 2012 
Verizon reported a strong first quarter of 2012, it revealed Thursday, thanks in part to new FiOS and wireless subscribers. Verizon took in $1.69 billion in profit, or 59 cents per share, an increase from the 51 cents per share it reported from the same time last year. The company's operating revenues were $28.2 billion, up 4.6 percent.
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Verizon Phone Upgrades No Longer Toll-Free April 12, 2012 
Verizon customers ready for a handset upgrade will have to pay a $30 fee starting on April 22, the company announced Wednesday. The cost will be in addition to the price of the new phone and a two-year contract. Only users upgrading at the end of a contract, and therefore receiving the discounted price on a new mobile phone, must pay the $30.
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You're No Phone of Mine: Carriers Agree to Disown Stolen Handsets April 11, 2012 
The Federal Communications Commission and five major U.S. wireless providers have announced an initiative to create a database of stolen mobile phones in an effort to combat smartphone theft. AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and Nex-Tech Wireless said they will not reactivate phones that have been reported stolen.
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iPhone Gamble May Send Sprint Into Financial Shock March 19, 2012 
Sanford C. Bernstein has downgraded Sprint Nextel to underperform from market perform, citing concerns it won't sell enough iPhones to pay for its "punishing" commitment to Apple. Worse, from Sprint's perspective, is that there's a strong chance Sprint may have to declare bankruptcy at some point, Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett said in a research note.
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AT&T Flails in the Quicksand March 17, 2012 
The name of AT&T's pain, for this month anyway, is Matthew Spaccarelli. He's a customer that gave the carrier a small thumping in court, and that would have left AT&T with a very minor scab. But it seems the company just couldn't resist picking at it. It all started when Spaccarelli took AT&T to small-claims court over his smartphone data rate being throttled.
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AT&T's 'Unlimited' Plans Get a Little More Limited March 02, 2012 
AT&T on Thursday changed the way it handles the cellular data use of its unlimited wireless data users. Customers with unlimited data plans for 3G and non-LTE 4G smartphones will see their wireless speeds slow once they user more than 3GB of data per month. Those using an unlimited plan on a 4G LTE smartphone have a 5GB threshold before they see their speeds slow.
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T-Mobile Leaps to LTE February 24, 2012 
T-Mobile plans to invest $4 billion in improving its wireless network to expand existing coverage and launch 4G LTE service. The "network modernization" strategy will also include improvements to voice and data coverage, an expansion of the company's sales force, retail store remodeling, an aggressive pursuit of business-to-business opportunities, and an increase in advertising spending.
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AT&T's All You Can Eat Plan: Chew Slowly February 13, 2012 
If you have an AT&T unlimited data plan, and if you're in the top 5 percent when it comes to data use, you may have noticed your download rate has slowed to a crawl.
When AT&T introduced its tiered data plan in 2010, the company emphasized it would honor the millions of customers who had previously signed up for unlimited data plans. However, it has begun slowing down the top 5 percent of its unlimited plan users.
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Sprint Groans Under iPhone Subsidy Weight February 08, 2012 
Sprint Nextel delivered its Q4 and full year 2011 financial results on Wednesday. The third-largest wireless carrier reported an adjusted OIBDA of $842 million for the fourth quarter and nearly $5.1 billion for the full year 2011. The company's stock price fell after it posted an overall fourth-quarter loss.
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Solving the Snowballing Wireless Data Problem February 02, 2012 
Every day we hear about how AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless are running around like chickens with their heads cut off trying to grab as much wireless spectrum as they can. We all remember the quality problems AT&T smartphone customers suffered. That same future is in store for every carrier and every customer unless we come up with a solution.
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