How the new Apple SIM could upend the wireless industry One of the most notable new features of Apple’s iPad Air 2 wasn’t mentioned in the company’s official announcement yesterday, but it’s… Read More
5 reasons Apple is poised to finally usher in a cashless society A endless list of companies — from wireless carriers and handset makers to tech giants as big as Google — have… Read More
Why T-Mobile should delay selling to Sprint — or anyone else A T-Mobile sale has appeared inevitable for almost a year, following constant rumors that it’s in talks with Sprint, and more recently,… Read More
Over dinner with Facebook’s Zuckerberg, wireless carriers dish on being a dumb pipe It’s no surprise that a dinner between Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and wireless execs at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona played… Read More
Battery-free wireless communication: UW research breakthrough enables ‘Internet of Things’ One of the hurdles facing the “Internet of things” is the need for every device to have a source of… Read More
T-Mobile on the rebound: Wireless renegade adds 1.1M customers in second quarter T-Mobile US added a net total of 1.1 million customers in the second quarter, including 678,000 for its T-Mobile and… Read More
Sprint gets waiver from Softbank to weigh Dish’s $25.5B bid Two weeks after Dish Network jumped into the bidding for Sprint with a $25.5 billion offer, the wireless carrier has… Read More
T-Mobile revenue falls 5% as company signals future cuts T-Mobile USA, looking to rebound against its larger rivals, reported lower fourth quarter revenue and profits overnight, and gave a… Read More
Clearwire shares surge after Sprint positions for full buyout Shares of Clearwire jumped more than 10 percent today after CNBC reported that Sprint Nextel may try to acquire its… Read More
Report: Dish made a $4 billion play for MetroPCS weeks before T-Mobile deal Here’s some more evidence that wireless carrier MetroPCS was a hot commodity this summer. The Wall Street Journal reports that… Read More
Federal funding alone can’t deliver wireless broadband Americans in urban and suburban areas take wireless service for granted. This is not so much so for those living… Read More
Cee Lo Green and Stephen Baldwin stump for controversial wireless startup Solavei Solavei has its fair share of critics, but it turns out the company also has some well-known celebrities in its… Read More
Google, Boingo bring free Wi-Fi to 4,000 hotspots (but not for Windows Phone or iPhone) Boingo Wireless and Google Play announced a new partnership today to bring free Wi-Fi to more than 4,000 hotspots across… Read More
NetMotion Wireless sold to private equity firm Seattle’s NetMotion Wireless, a maker of wireless network performance management software, has been sold to Clearlake Capital Group in a deal… Read More
Craig McCaw pays $35M for classic Ferrari — most expensive car ever sold If you’ve ever driven off a car lot feeling like you spent more than you should have, you can take… Read More
Shares of Sprint continue to fall as analyst cites bankruptcy fears Could the country’s third largest wireless carrier Sprint be headed toward a bankruptcy filing? That’s the fear of at least… Read More
T-Mobile executive: Key to fixing industry is removing device subsidies As mobile devices become more powerful, prices continue to fall. And while consumers now have more computing power in the… Read More
Clearwire intros $49 USB modem to connect users to 4G Clearwire today introduced a new 4G USB modem called the Clear Stick Atlas, a device that’s designed to give customers… Read More
Money-hungry Clearwire tells investors it needs even more cash It was just two months ago that Clearwire inked a deal to receive up to to $1.6 billion in financing… Read More
Do you live in a 4G city? When it comes to wireless networks, everyone loves speed. And with more data-intensive activities taking place on mobile devices, the… Read More
Clearwire shares jump as it nears 10 million subscribers, cuts loss Shares of Clearwire have been on a turbulent course in recent weeks. And the company today saw yet another double… Read More
How to buy a phone: Watch the AmazonWireless rap video Buying a new mobile phone can be a serious pain. To sort through the mess, Amazon.com has resorted to short-form… Read More
Centri raises $1.6M to help carriers boost performance More and more smartphones are ending up in the hands of Americans, and with those new devices come added stresses… Read More
Clearwire boosts wholesale subscriber count as headwinds mount Investors have been treating Clearwire as if it is pretty much dead. But the Kirkland broadband wireless company today preannounced… Read More
T-Mobile’s discount strategy now includes a $30 plan at Walmart T-Mobile plans to begin selling a $30 wireless plan at Walmart, one of the latest moves by the Bellevue carrier… Read More
Seattle trio accused of crazy high-tech crime spree A federal grand jury indictment announced today against three Seattle men reads like the plot for a high-tech crime novel… Read More
Clearwire, China Mobile to partner on smartphones, tablets and other LTE devices China Mobile and Clearwire have entered into a partnership to work together on new TD-LTE devices, including tablet computers and… Read More
Study ranks Verizon as the best wireless network in the West; AT&T comes in as the worst Looking for a wireless provider, but not sure where to turn? A new study from J.D. Power and Associates may… Read More
With AT&T acquisition pending, T-Mobile USA goes local in bid to revive its business Eric Schlumpf is surprisingly upbeat for someone in his position. As T-Mobile USA’s newly named vice president and general manager… Read More
No joke: Senator Al Franken says AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile will hurt consumers AT&T’s proposed buyout of T-Mobile for $39 billion has run into a number of opponents, including Sprint CEO Dan Hesse… Read More
