T-Mobile's 'blow-out:' 2.2M new customers and 10.6% revenue growth in Q1
T-Mobile's first-quarter earnings topped elevated expectations, beating Wall Street estimates almost across the board. The carrier also bumped up its guidance for the rest of the year. And it shored up...
View ArticleSprint inks deal with CommScope for 'extensive deployment' of LTE/Wi-Fi small...
CommScope said Sprint has committed to "an extensive deployment" of its small cells in small to medium-sized business locations. And the deal appears to signal Sprint's eagerness to expand its presence...
View ArticleT-Mobile said to be 'comfortable' with unlimited pricing as network...
T-Mobile US executives are content with T-Mobile's current pricetag for unlimited talking, texting and data, partially as a result of the carrier's continued efforts to expand and improve its wireless...
View ArticleShares of U.S. Cellular plunge on Q1 earnings
Shares of U.S. Cellular plummeted after the carrier fell well short of expectations in its quarterly earnings. The nation's fifth-largest mobile operator posted first-quarter revenue of $958 million,...
View ArticleT-Mobile: We'll start to use incentive auction spectrum 'at the end of 2017'
Some industry analysts have speculated that it may take several years before carriers can begin to deploy services on the 600 MHz airwaves that the FCC will put up for auction in the coming weeks. But...
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Lowenstein's View: What should cellular, pay TV and broadband services cost?
A familiar refrain among consumers is that cellular, pay TV, and broadband are overpriced. But if you take a look at the cost of providing some of these services, plot them against demand and usage...
View ArticleCellular gears up to take on proprietary tech in the IoT: Explaining LTE Cat...
Players such as Sigfox, Ingenu and the LoRa Alliance are rushing to meet those demands with low power wide area network (LPWAN) technologies, taking advantage of a head start as standards for...
View ArticleIHS: Sluggish worldwide macrocell market rings up $10B in Q1
Nokia led a worldwide infrastructure market that was sluggish in all but a few regions, according to fresh data from IHS.read more
View ArticleVerizon's 'Vision Zero' smart city effort rolling out in Boston
Verizon is launching a smart city technology trial with Boston called "Vision Zero." The trial will include a combination of traffic and public safety plans and is set to run from June through...
View ArticleT-Mobile testing three-channel carrier aggregation on LTE network
T-Mobile US is testing carrier aggregation technology across three different spectrum bands, a move that could significantly improve the speed and performance of the operator's LTE network.read more
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Schoolar: Have I been using the wrong analogy in describing LPWA IoT?
A more appropriate analogy when comparing the different business models and market competition associated with LPWA IoT is Wi-Fi versus cellular data. In this case, LoRa and Sigfox would be Wi-Fi while...
View ArticleVerizon and Samsung launch femtocell for consumers and small businesses
Verizon and Samsung are targeting consumers and small businesses with a new 4G femtocell.read more
View ArticleAT&T to launch pilot of Cat-M1 technologies later this year to pursue IoT
AT&T said it will launch a pilot of Cat-M1 network technologies later this year as it looks to help businesses cut costs and boost device performance for IoT deployments.read more
View ArticleVerizon to shut down 2G CDMA 1X network by the end of 2019
Verizon confirmed to FierceWireless that it is currently planning to shut down its CDMA 1X network by Dec. 31, 2019. However, the carrier said it would work with its current CDMA 1X customers and would...
View ArticleLTE to remain 'a very relevant topic' for years
Mobile markets around the world are on the cusp of a major transition as carriers progress toward 5G and as proprietary network providers gain traction in the burgeoning IoT. Meanwhile, LTE penetration...
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