It’s no surprise that a dinner between Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wireless execs at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona played out the way it did: The young CEO talked up… Read More
One of the hurdles facing the “Internet of things” is the need for every device to have a source of power. Thanks to new research published by a team at… Read More
T-Mobile US added a net total of 1.1 million customers in the second quarter, including 678,000 for its T-Mobile and MetroPCS brands — the strongest growth in four years for… Read More
Two weeks after Dish Network jumped into the bidding for Sprint with a $25.5 billion offer, the wireless carrier has formed a special committee and received a waiver from SoftBank… Read More
T-Mobile USA, looking to rebound against its larger rivals, reported lower fourth quarter revenue and profits overnight, and gave a clear signal that it will be making additional cuts in… Read More
Shares of Clearwire jumped more than 10 percent today after CNBC reported that Sprint Nextel may try to acquire its remaining interest in the Bellevue broadband wireless provider by the… Read More
Here’s some more evidence that wireless carrier MetroPCS was a hot commodity this summer. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Dallas-based carrier was approached by Dish Network about a… Read More
Americans in urban and suburban areas take wireless service for granted. This is not so much so for those living in the rural and remote areas of the Washington where… Read More
Solavei has its fair share of critics, but it turns out the company also has some well-known celebrities in its corner. The Bellevue wireless carrier brought in actor Stephen Baldwin… Read More
Boingo Wireless and Google Play announced a new partnership today to bring free Wi-Fi to more than 4,000 hotspots across the country, including 15 airports (Chicago O’Hare, New York’s JFK,… Read More
Seattle’s NetMotion Wireless, a maker of wireless network performance management software, has been sold to Clearlake Capital Group in a deal of undisclosed size. “NetMotion is the clear market leader with… Read More
If you’ve ever driven off a car lot feeling like you spent more than you should have, you can take comfort in knowing that at least you didn’t spend as… Read More
Could the country’s third largest wireless carrier Sprint be headed toward a bankruptcy filing? That’s the fear of at least one stock analyst who said the company — led by… Read More
As mobile devices become more powerful, prices continue to fall. And while consumers now have more computing power in the palm of their hands than ever before, T-Mobile Chief Marketing… Read More
Clearwire today introduced a new 4G USB modem called the Clear Stick Atlas, a device that’s designed to give customers access to the company’s 4G wireless network without the hassle… Read More
It was just two months ago that Clearwire inked a deal to receive up to to $1.6 billion in financing from its partner Sprint. That’s a lot of coin, but… Read More
When it comes to wireless networks, everyone loves speed. And with more data-intensive activities taking place on mobile devices, the race to 4G is serious and intense. But how is is… Read More
Shares of Clearwire have been on a turbulent course in recent weeks. And the company today saw yet another double digit change — this time for the better — as… Read More
Buying a new mobile phone can be a serious pain. To sort through the mess, Amazon.com has resorted to short-form video vignettes to tout its wireless store. The online retailer… Read More
More and more smartphones are ending up in the hands of Americans, and with those new devices come added stresses on wireless networks. Seattle startup Centri, which plans to launch… Read More
Investors have been treating Clearwire as if it is pretty much dead. But the Kirkland broadband wireless company today preannounced selected third quarter results showing that wholesale subscriber growth jumped… Read More
T-Mobile plans to begin selling a $30 wireless plan at Walmart, one of the latest moves by the Bellevue carrier to sell phones and services at discount retailers across the… Read More
A federal grand jury indictment announced today against three Seattle men reads like the plot for a high-tech crime novel — accusing them of hacking into wireless networks using long-range… Read More
China Mobile and Clearwire have entered into a partnership to work together on new TD-LTE devices, including tablet computers and smartphones. In a press release, the company said that they… Read More
Looking for a wireless provider, but not sure where to turn? A new study from J.D. Power and Associates may provide a little bit of guidance. And not a huge… Read More
Eric Schlumpf is surprisingly upbeat for someone in his position. As T-Mobile USA’s newly named vice president and general manager for the Pacific Northwest, he’s responsible for shoring up the… Read More
AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile for $39 billion has run into a number of opponents, including Sprint CEO Dan Hesse who argues that the wireless industry will lose its innovative… Read More
Dan Hesse once led AT&T Wireless. Now, as CEO of Sprint, he’s trying to block his former employer from buying T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. Bloomberg News has an interesting… Read More
With gas prices on the rise, trucking fleets need to watch every penny that flows into the big rigs. Now, a new service called TruckerLink — developed by SignalSet and… Read More
T-Mobile USA says it has doubled the theoretical peak download speeds on its wireless network in Seattle and 50 other cities to 42 Mbps, following through on a promise to… Read More