Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski has requested a trial-like hearing for the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile merger after deciding that the deal would hurt consumers.
The FCC’s hearing would be yet another roadblock to the beleaguered telecom merger. On …
Sprint has added two new 3G and 4G mobile broadband data plans to its lineup that will replace more-expensive plans it previously offered, as well as undercut AT&T and Verizon, the company announced today.
As the distant third-place carrier in …
T-Mobile will offer the HTC Radar 4G, the carrier’s first smartphone to run the next generation of Windows Phone 7 OS, starting Nov. 2nd, the company announced today.
The Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system has an uphill battle ahead …
As AT&T continues to fight a legal battle with the Department of Justice to move forward with its ambitious T-Mobile takeover, former Vice President Al Gore expressed skepticism about the massive deal going through in its current form.
Speaking at …
Chinese mobile manufacturer Huawei on Tuesday announced its 7-inch Springboard for T-Mobile, a new Android tablet that will compete with other 7-inch tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 and the red-hot Amazon Kindle Fire.
Android tablets have failed …
Sometimes, just “liking” a friend’s Facebook update isn’t enough. That’s when a good old-fashioned voice call is in order.
Today, T-Mobile is expanding its efforts to let you call your Facebook friends for free with the launch of its new …
We’re a few hours away from Apple’s next iPhone unveiling, but one thing we can be pretty sure of at this point is that it won’t support new 4G LTE and WiMax networks.
People “familiar with the company’s plans” say …
The plethora of 4G-equipped Android devices released over the last year has made the platform a leader in 4G. Thirty-seven percent of Android phones in the US offer some form of 4G, reports the app analytics firm Localytics.
That’s an …
Early next week, Manhattanites will start seeing more reception bars on their smartphones while underground, thanks to a pilot program from AT&T and T-Mobile.
The rollout will begin in six stations starting Tuesday, Sept. 27, with cell service coming to …
Of all the people to defend AT&T’s $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam comes as one of the biggest surprises.
Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference on Wednesday, McAdam said the massive deal has to occur, …
An executive from the country’s fourth largest wireless carrier, T-Mobile, said the company won’t be getting the iPhone 5 this year, according to a leaked internal document obtained by Tmo News.
Right now, T-Mobile is the only carrier that has …
Sprint late last week quietly announced it will phase out its Sprint Premier program, which gave loyal customers a way to upgrade their phones as often as once a year.
“In order to continue offering customers one of the best …
Seven U.S. states on Friday teamed up with the Department of Justice to block AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile, providing even more roadblocks to an already contentious deal.
The attorneys general of New York, California, Massachusetts, Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania and …
AT&T on Thursday announced that it will launch its first five 4G LTE markets on Sunday, Sept. 18.
The long-awaited launch will help AT&T better compete with the Verizon LTE network that was launched last year. AT&T is already far …
In a bid to differentiate itself from AT&T and Verizon, Sprint may offer the iPhone 5 at launch with an unlimited data plan, Bloomberg reports.
Truly unlimited plans are a rare thing these days — both Verizon and AT&T have …
Sprint on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile USA.
“Sprint opposes AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile,” Susan Z. Haller, Sprint litigation VP, said in a statement. “With today’s legal action, we …
AT&T will soon present a plan to the Justice Department to save its proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile, which is said to involve some major concessions on AT&T’s part, Reuters reports.
The carrier has to make clear to the …
AT&T is having a bad day thanks to the U.S. government’s decision to try and stop its much-talked-about T-Mobile acquisition. But that didn’t stop AT&T from releasing details on its next tablet offering, the 10.1-inch HTC Jetstream tablet with Android …
FCC chairman Julius Genachowski is throwing his agency’s weight behind the Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against AT&T over its proposed merger with T-Mobile.
“By filing suit today, the Department of Justice has concluded that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile would …
The U.S. government has just filed papers to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile, Bloomberg reports.
The Justice Department argues that the merger would “substantially lessen competition” in the wireless market, according to the filing. The DOJ goes …
