The past week has been full of setbacks for those striving to boost competition among broadband suppliers and provide consumers with more choice. From Tennessee to San Francisco, these efforts… Read More
Verizon continues to be have the best overall performance in the U.S. wireless industry, according to a new study by RootMetrics covering the second half of 2015. However, AT&T is gaining in… Read More
T-Mobile is continuing to push back against Verizon’s claims of network dominance by kicking off its #BallBusterChallenge today on Washington’s San Juan Island. At the same time, the Bellevue-based “Un-carrier” is promoting… Read More
AT&T will let its mobile customers sign up for unlimited wireless data plans again, bringing back an option that the wireless carrier started phasing out in 2010. But there’s a… Read More
T-Mobile added a net total of 2.1 million customers in the fourth quarter, growing to more than 63 million customers overall — still a distant third to industry giants AT&T and… Read More
In what’s becoming an annual tradition, T-Mobile CEO John Legere today made some bold predictions for the new year. However, there’s a new twist this year when it comes to his take on T-Mobile’s… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: GeekWire’s Jacob Demmitt breaks down T-Mobile’s “Binge On” video streaming news, the latest “Un-carrier” move from the growing wireless carrier and its… Read More
T-Mobile continued its industry-leading growth in the third quarter, adding 2.3 million customers to bring its total to more than 61.2 million customers. The Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless company also posted… Read More
Uber and AT&T announced a partnership today that will let riders in select cities stream live college football games from the backseat via built-in tablets. If the score is close,… Read More
AT&T has filed suit against former employees alleged to have been paid tens of thousands of dollars to install malware on company computers to help “hundreds of thousands” of AT&T customers unlock their… Read More
T-Mobile has pulled its fair share of publicity stunts, from cookies for tech talent to Twitter rants from CEO John Legere. But now the company is asking for a little input for what… Read More
Verizon recently announced changes to the types of plans it offers, simplifying pricing and dropping phone subsidies and contracts. If you think the changes sound familiar — you’re not alone. These are… Read More
The Federal Communications Commission today approved AT&T’s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, paving the way to create the largest pay-TV provider in America. The merger brings together the nation’s second-largest wireless… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere likes to talk about the wireless battle happening here in the U.S., as Verizon and AT&T tower over the industry and hold customers captive, as he… Read More
You’ll soon be able to take your Microsoft tablet to the park or on the train and still stay connected, if you use AT&T. Microsoft first unveiled its latest update… Read More
T-Mobile is launching a new version of its JUMP device upgrade program, called “JUMP On Demand,” that gives customers the option to lease a smartphone with the ability to upgrade to… Read More
The FCC is slapping AT&T with a hefty fine after finding that it misled customers about unlimited data plans. The Commission said AT&T used inaccurate terms, like “unlimited” to label a plan… Read More
On Thursday, T-Mobile CEO John Legere went on an epic rant about the upcoming FCC spectrum auction, claiming that there was some “serious shit” going on in D.C. and that… Read More
It has been a little while since we’ve seen a classic rant by T-Mobile’s John Legere, the long-haired outspoken rebel CEO who is doing everything he can to shake up the… Read More
Editor’s note: This story was corrected to reflect that Claure referred to network performance, not subscriber count. Sprint has some lofty ambitions. Speaking at the Code Conference, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure… Read More
Google is taking another swing at the mobile payment market by partnering with three of the major U.S. wireless carriers to expand the reach of its Google Wallet mobile payment… Read More
How do AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile stack up? We’ve looked at their customer growth, and this week on the GeekWire Radio Show, we take a closer look at their network… Read More
T-Mobile continued to post strong growth in the fourth quarter, adding more customers overall than Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. The Bellevue, Wash. company is gaining quickly on Sprint, and growing much faster… Read More
Sprint’s call quality is getting better, T-Mobile is improving its data speeds, and Verizon is still the overall highest-performing carrier. Those are some of the results from RootMetrics’ newest study, which examined the… Read More
AT&T is taking a page from T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier book, announcing a new program today that will enable its customers to save unused data for use later. But unlike T-Mobile’s plan, or even AT&T’s… Read More
T-Mobile announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter this morning, disclosing that it added 2.1 million customers during the period, bringing its total customer count to just over 55 million —… Read More
Sprint’s catchy promotion last month that offered to “Cut Your Bill in Half” was very effective in drawing new customers into its stores. A new report released today said visits to Sprint’s stores jumped seven times… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Automobiles today just aren’t steel, glass and rubber. They also are 4-wheeled computers, with new vehicles containing millions of lines of software code — controlling everything from… Read More
LAS VEGAS — We’ve just settled in here at the Palms Casino Resort, where we’ll hear from AT&T executives who are speaking on a panel at the 2015 AT&T Developer… Read More
LAS VEGAS— This city is known for sleepless nights, and hot action on the casino floor. And that’s exactly what’s been occurring over the past 36-hours in the Palms Casino… Read More