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AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA, become nation's largest operator again:

AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if approved will create the domestic industry's largest player – by a sizeable margin – with more than 120 million wireless customers. AT&T Mobility is currently...

AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

In a shock move, AT&T Inc. has announced a $39 billion cash-and-stock transaction buyout of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG in what could create the largest GSM conglomerate in the world. The deal would also make AT&T Inc. the largest operator in the U.S. by far.

Will Stanton push for three-way with Clearwire, Sprint and T-Mobile?

With John Stanton at the helm, will a possible business deal between Clearwire Corp. (CLWR),  T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) and Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) come to fruition? It’s a question at the top of my mind. Stanton knows his way around wireless mergers, as...

Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA rumors again surface

The on-again, off-again dance between Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) looks to be on again as published reports this morning indicated that the nation’s No. 3 and No. 4 operators are again in talks about a possible hook up.While the...

@ MWC: Operators DT, AT&T plot M2M strategies

BARCELONA, Spain – Machine-to-machine communications are gaining traction among the world's top wireless operators and vendors, which recognize the potential of the emerging market, characterized by lower revenues, but also lower churn and the potential to gain new business partners and customers as enterprises...

Churn, postpaid losses hurt T-Mobile USA

High churn and significant postpaid customer defections hurt T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTGEY) in its fourth-quarter financial report. The nation's fourth-largest carrier lost 318,000 postpaid customers in the fourth quarter and a net loss of 23,000 customers overall. Revenue inched up 0.9% for...

GSMA places collective heft behind NFC

A group of top mobile operators have publicly committed to launching and supporting Near Field Communications technology in short order, according to the GSMA.The group of 15 global operators making the early commitment to launch NFC services in some markets by 2012 includes: America...

@ MWC: Final thoughts: I love this show

I love this show. It has the right mix of news, one-to-one meetings and fun. The show is scheduled to be held in Barcelona next year, but up for grabs after that. It will be interesting to see if the GSMA decides to remain...

LTE Forum @ App Planet Session 2

Operator Keynote: Dr. Bernhard Scholl, VP Telekom Deutschland GmbH Sponsored by Huawei

@ MWC: Single RAN solution just beginning of next-gen networks

BARCELONA, Spain – Single radio access networks are just the beginning of how new wireless networks should be architected, said Dr. Bernhard Scholl, VP, Deutsche Telekom, during a panel at the LTE Forum here. The baseband components need to be able to support different...

Mobile Operator Panel Discussion moderated by Derek Kerton Chairman Telecom Council

Greg Franklin, Intellect Partners, Partner Aditya Khurjekar, Verizon Wireless, Director of Business Development & Partnership Management Stefan Wilhelm, Deutsche Telekom, VP of Strategic Partnering and Business Development Dumnindra Ratnayake, Etisalat, CEO

T-Mobile mulls sale of tower assets

T-Mobile USA Inc.'s (DTEGY) tower assets are likely to get interest from the top three tower companies as T-Mobile's tower assets are in good locations nationwide and have an operator (T-Mobile) already located on them, said tower expert Jim Fryer, president of...

T-Mobile USA targeting No. 3

T-Mobile USA Inc. (DTEGY) is looking to put its recent tumultuous past behind it and move aggressively forward with ambitious plans to jump past current rival Sprint Nextel Corp. as the nation’s third largest operator. During an investor conference today in New York City,...

Capital Markets: Stoke receives $17M in funding; Polaris announces increase in contract bookings; and more

Stoke announced that it received $17 million in a fully subscribed Series E funding round. Stoke provides carriers 3G mobile broadband and LTE core infrastructure solutions, and its total funding to date is approximately $92 million. Stoke's investors include: Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins...

Stanton named chairman of Clearwire's board

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) replaced one wireless industry legend with another today as it announced that John Stanton would replace Craig McCaw as chairman of its board of directors. McCaw left that position at the end of last year, with Clearwire noting that the move...

Reader Forum: Does carrier Wi-Fi herald the dawn of the small-cell era?

So, now Qualcomm is planning to buy Atheros for $3.2 billion in order to garner a bigger chunk of the Wi-Fi chip market. Wow! Wi-Fi continues to be one hot technology.I've tried to think of a suitable analogy for the continuing and growing...

Ruckus targets mobile operators with Wi-Fi solutions

Wi-Fi technology, which used to be the red-headed step child of wireless operators, is getting renewed interest from those operators as carriers look to offload traffic from their 3G networks onto Wi-Fi systems, a move welcome by Ruckus Wireless, a six-year-old private company that...

Deutsche Telekom takes control of Polish operator

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG (DTEGY) said it has signed an agreement to take over sole ownership of Polish mobile operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. The deal calls for DT to pay more than $1.8 billion, on top of $900 million it has already...

Analyst Angle: M&A in the mobile games sector – who will be next?

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.October was a busy month for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile games sector. Ngmoco...

Humm assumes CEO, president title at T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has completed its senior leadership transition with Philipp Humm taking over as president and CEO of the nation’s No. 4 carrier from previous president and CEO Robert Dotson. Dotson will stay on at the company as vice chairman of...

IMS remains elusive, though LTE provides hope

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. By Dan MeyerFor years telecommunication operators waxed poetically about how their divergent...

Report: Clearwire auctioning off spectrum

Clearwire Corp.’s (CLWR) need for funding to support expansion of its network coverage could be getting a boost from a reported ongoing auction of some if its spectrum assets, according to a report from Bloomberg.The report noted that the carrier was in the midst...

Microsoft set for broad Windows Phone 7 launch

Microsoft Corp.'s long-anticipated update to its mobile device portfolio finally got off the ground today as the computing giant unveiled launch details for devices powered by its Windows Phone 7 operating system.The launch will include nine devices set to be available in time for...

Partnerships: NII chooses SmartTrust; Azimuth supplies test equipment to DT; and more

NII Holdings Inc., which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has selected SmartTrust to provide advanced OMA Device Management and Firmware Over the Air capabilities for NII’s 3G network. SmartTrust’s SmartProvisioning system allows operators to manage delivery of new applications when subscribers...