Softbank bumps its Sprint bid to $21.6B
Japanese telecom company SoftBank is sweetening its offer to purchase the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S.
Japanese telecom company SoftBank is sweetening its offer to purchase the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S.
Verizon wants to own all of subsidiary Verizon Wireless' stock. And it's willing to spend $100 billion in cash and stock to make it happen.
Metro Mobile here we come. The FCC has approved the $1.5 billion merger between MetroPCS and T-Mobile USA.
Good news, everyone! Your frequently crappy cell phone signal should be improving soon.
Microsoft could give its mobile operating system a boost by subsidizing phones itself, rather than waiting for carriers to do that.
Deutsche Telekom has confirmed that its American wireless carrier T-Mobile is in talks to team up with MetroPCS to create a single company.
While the Apple Store is where the spectacle is, the smartest way to get an iPhone 5 today is to visit your local AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint store.
The new offer gives consumers a savings of $15 per month over previous offers. Families that want in can get an even better deal, with the price dropping to $50 per month for additional lines.
Pre-paid wireless carrier Virgin Mobile has picked an unusual choice as its new celebrity spokesperson — Doug Pitt, the brother of hugely successful actor Brad Pitt.
In a new campaign called Fair Go Bro, Virgin Mobile Australia shows off Doug …
Sprint will launch its first five LTE markets in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, and San Antonio on July 15, an important step for the third-place U.S. wireless carrier.
Initially, Sprint was the first true 4G provider in the U.S. …
Verizon is currently trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve a deal that would allow the carrier to purchase a section of spectrum currently owned by big cable companies — a move that many smaller carriers, including T-Mobile, …
As expected, prepaid wireless carrier Virgin Mobile will begin offering Apple’s iPhone at the end of the month. But unexpectedly, Virgin will offer a plan for the device starting at an unheard-of $30 per month.
“This month marks Virgin Mobile …
Cricket Wireless will soon become the first prepaid carrier in the U.S. to offer the iPhone 4 and 4S, the company announced Thursday.
Starting on June 22, Cricket’s service will run $55 a month for unlimited data, texting and calling. …
T-Mobile is still bleeding subscribers — parent company Deutsche Telekom announced this morning that it lost 510,000 subscribers in the first quarter — but the fourth-place wireless carrier is finally seeing profits once again.
T-Mobile earnings were up 7.2 percent …
T-Mobile is acting tough with its edgy new marketing campaigns, but the fourth-place U.S. wireless carrier is still in a vulnerable position after its acquisition by AT&T fell apart, and it’s losing subscribers like crazy.
So what is T-Mobile’s parent …
Verizon Wireless will target prepaid customers with a new 1GB plan that gives you unlimited talk, text, and 1GB of 3G data, the company announced today.
Verizon’s new plan, as much as it seems like a solid all-around deal, does …
Number three wireless carrier Sprint posted mixed results in its first quarter financials with a $863 million net loss — but it also gained 263,000 subscribers, the company announced this morning.
Sprint earned $8.7 billion in revenue for the quarter, …
AT&T is planning to launch a new service allowing content providers and developers to pay for their customers’ data usage, thus lowering the expensive data charges for some of its wireless subscribers.
Essentially, big companies like Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal) …
In an ironic turn of events, the fourth largest U.S. carrier T-Mobile is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to halt Verizon’s pending acquisition of additional wireless spectrum currently licensed by some of the nation’s biggest cable companies.
Verizon previously …
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 …