Prepaid phone boom extends to top models (Mobile Minute)
Friday, May 17th, 2013 Despite those hefty carrier subsidies that keep the iPhone affordable for smartphone buyers, many of those buyers are now choosing to pay full price for the iPhone and other top smartphones. NPD Group says that [...]

MetroPCS brand to live on, focused on urban markets
Friday, May 17th, 2013 MetroPCS’ future appears to be set as new parent company T-Mobile US said it plans to bolster the MetroPCS offering, focusing on urban markets. Speaking this week at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and [...]

AT&T partnership offers MS in computer science through MOOC (Mobile Minute)
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 AT&T has said that software skill sets are increasingly important for its workforce, and now the carrier is partnering with the Georgia Institute of Technology for online education. Today’s Mobile Minute: [...]

Telecom Analytics: Breaking down silos to improve analytics

Telecom operators are looking at telecom analytics solutions to better understand their customers and develop more [...]

Google Glass for the working class (video)

While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a [...]

Verizon Wireless bolsters prepaid data, but remains 3G only

Verizon Wireless bolsters prepaid data, but remains 3G only

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

Verizon Wireless continued to sweeten its prepaid offerings, announcing this week that it would double the amount of data available to customers selecting its $70 per month and quadruple the data bucket for customers selecting its $60 per month plan. The enhancement will see the $70 plan now include 4 gigabytes of data services to [...]

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Sprint Nextel closes on U.S. Cellular deal

Sprint Nextel closes on U.S. Cellular deal

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

Sprint Nextel said it has closed on its $480 million acquisition of a handful of markets from regional carrier U.S. Cellular. The deal included operations in Chicago, St. Louis and a handful of markets in the Midwest and spectrum assets in the 1.9 GHz band. The deal originally was to include approximately 585,000 customers when [...]

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Prepaid phone boom extends to top models (Mobile Minute)

Prepaid phone boom extends to top models (Mobile Minute)

17 May 2013 by Martha DeGrasse

Despite those hefty carrier subsidies that keep the iPhone affordable for smartphone buyers, many of those buyers are now choosing to pay full price for the iPhone and other top smartphones. NPD Group says that according to its latest Mobile Phone Track report, the iPhone is making big gains in the prepaid market, increasing its [...]

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MetroPCS brand to live on, focused on urban markets

MetroPCS brand to live on, focused on urban markets

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

MetroPCS’ future appears to be set as new parent company T-Mobile US said it plans to bolster the MetroPCS offering, focusing on urban markets. Speaking this week at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference this week, T-Mobile US executives noted plans to increase the footprint of the MetroPCS offering into a larger [...]

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4G Americas: LTE connections to surpass 100 million this week

17 May 2013 by Kelly Hill

Worldwide LTE network connections will pass 100 million this week, according to estimates by 4G Americas and Informa Telecoms and Media, with about 57 million of those coming from the United States and Canada. 4G Americas reported that there are now 172 operators in 70 countries with existing LTE networks around the world, in various [...]

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Test & Measurement: Streamlining LTE certification; Agilent dominates market

17 May 2013 by Kelly Hill

The Global Certification Forum and the CDMA Certification Forum announced that they are working together to offer a single certification process for mobile devices that incorporate any combination of 3GPP and 3GPP2 wireless technologies. CCF is the official authority for certifying devices that use CDMA2000, a 3GPP2 technology. GCF is responsible for the certification of [...]

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Telus to acquire Mobilicity for $370M

Telus to acquire Mobilicity for $370M

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

Canadian telecom provider Telus said it plans to acquire regional rival Mobilicity for $370 million, picking up the carrier’s approximately 250,000 customers. Telus is currently one of the “big three” Canadian operators that along with Rogers and Bell Canada dominate the country’s wireless market. Mobilicity, which announced re-structuring plans last month, hinted that the move [...]

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PCIA moves 2014 trade show to spring

PCIA moves 2014 trade show to spring

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

The game of musical chairs among trade shows continued today as PCIA announced it was moving its annual get together from its traditional fall date to the spring for next year. This year’s PCIA event is scheduled for Oct. 7-10 in Hollywood, Fla., while the 2014 event will take place May 19-22 in Orlando, Fla. [...]

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Google Glass for the working class (video)

Google Glass for the working class (video)

17 May 2013 by Martha DeGrasse

While a select group of app developers and early adopters are paying $1,500 for prototypes of Google Glass, a competing set of digital eyewear is already making inroads with businesses and software developers who are focused on practical uses for the technology. Epson’s Moverio BT-100 glasses can be purchased for about $400, and the suite [...]

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Worst of the Week: The sweet smell of desperation

Worst of the Week: The sweet smell of desperation

17 May 2013 by Dan Meyer

There is nothing like desperation to make someone sweat. And there is nothing like the smell of sweat to tell when someone is desperate. Some may call it sweet, but I prefer to refer

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