by Pivot
Tag: Sprint
Good News or Bad? T-Mobile Paid ETFs for 21% of New Postpaid Customers
Not surprisingly, T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier strategy is generating serious subscriber growth, as the company’s first quarter results, announced today, reveal. The question now is how the rest of the industry will respond, now that the financial…
600 MHz Auction Plan Recommends PEAs, Paired Spectrum
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler late last week gave the other FCC commissioners a draft of rules that would govern the upcoming incentive auction of TV broadcast spectrum, which will be re-purposed for mobile broadband. Wheeler…
Sprint WiMax Shutdown is One Element of Complex Network Transition
Sprint’s plan to shut down its WiMax network by the end of 2015 which came to light in a new financial filing, is a reminder of the complex network transition the company is undergoing and…
Sprint Partners With CCA and NetAmerica to Expand Rural 4G LTE
Sprint wants to accelerate its 4G buildout and it’s turning to rural carriers to help them achieve it. Rural carriers will soon be able to partner with Sprint through their affiliations with the Competitive Carriers…
Proposal Seeks Spectrum Auction to Fund Broadband to Schools
The Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology has an idea for how to fund President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, which aims to bring 100 Mbps broadband to 99% of the nation’s schools within five years. In…
Sprint Continues 4G LTE Expansion with 20 New Markets
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), March 17, 2014 – Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced 20 new 4G LTE markets, bringing faster data speeds to customers in such locations as Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk, Conn.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Omaha, Neb.;…
Sprint Mobile Broadband Demo Delivers 2.6 Gbps
Sprint says it has demonstrated wireless speeds of 2.6 Gbps on a single cellular sector. The information came to light in a blog post from Sprint CTO Stephen Bye. Sprint previously demonstrated a speed of…
AT&T and Sprint Donate Mobile Broadband for Schools
Updated February 4 AT&T and Sprint today said they would donate free mobile broadband connectivity for use by schools nationwide. AT&T pledged to provide $100 million worth of free mobile access to help middle school…
Sprint and Pogo Partner for Unlimited Cloud Storage
January 27, 2014 – OVERLAND PARK, Kan. & SAN FRANCISCO (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sprint (NYSE: S), one of the only U.S. wireless carriers to offer unlimited talk, text and data, today announced that it is…
A Rumored Sprint/ T-Mobile Merger Would Not Be About Spectrum
Rumors continue to circle around the possibility of a Sprint and T-Mobile merger, accompanied with the usual speculation: How would such a merger benefit each company? What is its likelihood of gaining approval? How would…
New Sprint Upgrade Option Likely a Stop-Gap Tactic
Sprint today became the latest carrier to liberalize its device upgrade plan, following in the footsteps of AT&T and T-Mobile. The move is a bit surprising coming from Sprint, considering that the company has resigned…
T-Mobile Pays Termination Fees – and it’s Only Part of an Aggressive New Strategy
To call T-Mobile a scrappy competitor would be a supreme understatement. The company made big news today with the announcement that it would pay up to $650 per line for up to five family members…