Internal Sprint Documentation Confirms Sprint Direct Connect Now Android App
Sprint to Launch DirectConnect as an app, beginning with Android
You Can Use Your Verizon Smartphone LTE SIM in an iPad (with Unlimited Data Plans & Hotspot too) – Verizon Responds
We go hands-on to answer the most burning, lingering question that Verizon techies have with the new iPad.
Sprint Announces Formal Termination of LightSquared Agreement
Sprint officially announces termination of network hosting and spectrum agreement with LightSquared
Verizon to Launch Home Fusion LTE Service for Homes
Verizon Wireless is taking its 4G LTE network and offering the service to residential subscribers in lieu of FiOS access in a new service debuting this month known as Verizon Wireless Home Fusion. The service will initially be offered in select markets such as Birmingham, Alabama, Dallas, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee with the goal of making […]
Google Sells Off Clearwire Stake at Massive Loss, Triggers Market Selloff
In its latest 10-K filing with the SEC, Google has revealed that it has sold off its minority stake in Clearwire for $47 million in cash, which represents nearly 9.5 percent of its original $500 million investment in the ISP and signals the beginning of the exodus for the initial investors that made up the […]
T-Mobile Details “Challenger Strategy”: UMTS Only Transition and LTE in 2013
In an unusually detailed press release this morning, T-Mobile has announced its key strategy for moving forward in the wake of the rejection of the T-Mobile/AT&T merger by regulators earlier this year. T-Mobile USA currently faces an uncertain future as parent company Deustche Telekom accelerates its own 4G LTE transition in Europe at the expense […]
LightSquared CEO Sued By Investors, Network Rollout Halted by Regulators
After a tumultuous year which saw LightSquared garner attention by attempting to become the first wholesale LTE network powered by satellite arrays and signing on carriers such as Sprint, Leap Wireless and countless virtual operators, Philip Falcone’s attempt to become the Craig McCaw of LTE has been struck dead thanks to the FCC and the […]
Clearwire Confirms Deactivated CLEAR iSpots Are Bricks
A representative for Clearwire confirmed to PhoneNews.com today that inactive CLEAR iSpot 4G modems are, as of now, glorified bricks. They cannot be reactivated on any Clearwire service, nor can they be converted to standard Clear Spot devices. This follows on our reporting, early this morning, that Clear iSpot devices on suspended monthly service plans […]
Clearwire Quietly Terminates CLEAR iSpot Plans, Gives Until 10th Before Shutdown
It appears that Clearwire Corporation is giving iSpot customers less than 72 hours to sign up for new service. The carrier quietly let customers who have iSpot accounts in suspended animation (or inactive status) know that they have until February 10th to reactivate their service, otherwise their accounts will be terminated. The more shocking news […]
ETF Out: Sprint to Begin Phasing Out iDEN in April
According to the latest internal Sprint employee documentation, the carrier will begin the second phase of its Network Vision initiative by “retuning” iDEN cellsites in order to repurpose spectrum for CDMA and future LTE service beginning next month, with a wider retuning in April. The newsletter breaks down what Sprint will do for customers that […]