The battle of Sprint Nextel’s future continues unabated between initial suitor Softbank and late-comer Dish Network, with both again pushing their offers as superior, while taking swipes at their rival. Softbank this week again bolstered its online support for the deal, with a new website touting the benefits of its proposed $20.1 billion acquisition of [...]

Carriers are committing marketing dollars and mindshare to a national campaign to stop drivers from texting behind the wheel. Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile US have all joined AT&T’s It Can Wait campaign, as hae 200 other organizations. Their efforts will support a new national advertising campaign, a nationwide texting-while-driving simulator tour, and retail [...]

A billion wireless subscribers rely each day on a network operator who never sends them a bill or makes them an offer. Ericsson now manages networks covering a billion people, customers with whom the company has no direct relationship. The world’s top vendor of wireless network equipment now has more than 300 contracts to manage [...]

LAS VEGAS—One of the hottest topics in the telecommunications industry today, analytics was highlighted by several companies at this year’s CTIA event. During the wireless association’s trade show, RCR Wireless News interviewed key players to better understand what’s going on in the industry and the impact of big data on carriers. Check out some of the [...]

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! –Verizon Wireless continued to inch its way towards LTE coverage parity with its legacy CDMA network, [...]

LAS VEGAS – Leap Wireless used this week’s CTIA event to finally put a launch date on the availability of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 device to its no-contract customer base. The carrier said pre-orders were now being accepted and that the device would be available June 7 at a retail price of $600. Leap was on [...]

Clearwire’s management, which had previously thrown its support behind Sprint Nextel’s attempt to acquire the remaining stake in its operations for $2.97 per share, was unsurprisingly just as enthused with the increased offer of $3.40 per share. “The special committee of the board of directors determined that the revised offer, when compared with other potential [...]

LAS VEGAS – Verizon Wireless looks set to move aggressively into small cell deployments, announcing a deal with infrastructure powerhouses Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent to add small cells to enhance the carrier’s LTE network. The deal with Ericsson calls for the infrastructure provider to provide its micro remote radio unit small cells for Verizon Wireless’ LTE [...]

LAS VEGAS – Globecomm Systems’ moves to offer an alternative to rural carriers rolling out LTE services marked some success as the company announced progress with a trio of operators. Globecomm, which offers 3G and LTE core and gateway solutions, said that Texas-based Evolve Broadband had completed LTE trials and plans to continue its LTE [...]

LAS VEGAS – T-Mobile US’ aggressive meanuvers in the consumer space have overshadowed most of its activities leading up to and moving beyond its recent merger with MetroPCS. However, the carrier has also maintained a focus on bolstering its enterprise offerings, the latest move of which is the rollout of international data roaming plans. The [...]