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Verizon Gets Ready to Launch 4G
Verizon Wireless is about to move from talking about 4G to actually launching its service. The company announced that it will hold a press event on Wednesday to officially spill the beans. A lot of...
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For RIM, 2011 Hopefully a Lot Better Than 2010
For Research in Motion, 2010 was a difficult year, one marked by slowing momentum and ebbing market share. But next year promises to be different. Because in 2011, RIM will be more on point than it has...
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at Dive Into Mobile
When Sprint CEO Dan Hesse joined the company three years ago, the third-largest carrier was bleeding subscribers from having a poor reputation for customer service and facing stiff competition from...
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Sprint-Nextel CEO Dan Hesse: "We Couldn't Wait" to Deploy LTE
Asked in an interview at D: Dive Into Mobile why Sprint is deploying WiMax and not LTE as its 4G technology, Sprint-Nextel CEO Dan Hesse said it was the success of the iPhone that demonstrated that the...
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D: Dive Into Mobile: The Full Interview Video of Sprint Nextel's Dan Hesse
As promised, All Things Digital will be publishing the full videos of the interviews we did two weeks ago at our D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco. The first extension of the event, it...
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Where Calls Are Dropping, Towerstream Sees a Business Opportunity
Frustrated customers see New York and San Francisco as cellular nightmares–places where they are likely to have their calls dropped or their mobile Internet speeds slow to a crawl. But amid all those...
View ArticleSprint Kicks Off Marathon of CES-Timed Mobile Phone Announcements
Just ahead of the start of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sprint revealed the details on the HTC Evo Shift 4G and the Novatel MiFi 3G/4G portable Hotspot. The announcement bulks up...
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Obama's Wireless Broadband Plan: 98 Percent or Bust
Remember how President Obama said in the State of the Union address last month that he wanted to build a broadband network that would reach 98 percent of the U.S. within five years? Today he explained...
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Clearwire Shakes Up Executive Ranks, Names Chairman as Interim CEO
Still facing an uncertain future, wireless network provider Clearwire announced a broad revamp of its executive suite on Thursday, replacing CEO Bill Morrow and several other executives. Morrow, who is...
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Sprint Details Plans to Sunset Old Nextel Network; Move Could Pave Way for LTE
Sprint on Wednesday offered more details on its plans to shift push-to-talk services to its mainstream CDMA-based network and shut down its old Nextel network in 2013. The move is part of a planned...
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Clearwire Amends Deal With Sprint, Gets $1 Billion in Further Guaranteed Cash
Sprint and Clearwire announced an amended deal on Tuesday that guarantees that Clearwire will get $1 billion in cash over the next two years and gives Sprint new rights and flexibility. Under the new...
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Clearwire Sees Revenue Rise, but Posts Big Q1 Loss on Charges
Clearwire reported first-quarter results on Wednesday that included a more than doubling of revenue to $242 million. However, the WiMax network operator also posted a big loss as it took hefty charges...
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AT&T Announces Its First Five LTE Markets (Sorry, San Francisco and New York)
AT&T on Wednesday announced the first five cities that will be part of its high-speed Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. The carrier said it will light up LTE networks in Dallas, Houston, Chicago,...
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RIM Forced to Rewrite Its Playbook Again
With Sprint scrapping its plan for a WiMax version of the PlayBook tablet, Research In Motion is now pinning its 4G hopes on a different technology. In the meantime, the shift means it will be even...
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Sprint Said to Be Launching LTE Network Early Next Year
Sprint was the first out of the gate with 4G when it launched its WiMax-based network. However, with the rest of the industry moving toward LTE, Sprint has said it is open to other technologies. CNET...
View ArticleClearwire Signs Deals With Sprint, Makes Debt Payment
Clearwire Corp. signed a four-year deal with Sprint Nextel Corp. valued at as much as $1.6 billion, giving the wireless-broadband provider breathing room as it builds out a new fourth-generation...
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AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco
AT&T took a big step toward expanding its high-speed LTE network, announcing on Thursday that it has added 11 more areas, including Los Angeles, the New York Metro Area and the San Francisco Bay...
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No Matter How You Define 4G, Most U.S. Smartphones Still Aren't Running on It
Flickr/Gawen947 There may be all kinds of new high-speed wireless networks out there, but the fact is most new phones being sold don’t support them. According to NPD, 35 percent of the smartphones sold...
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4G or Not 4G: A Guide to Cut Through All the "Fast" Talk
Of all the confusing technology terms used in consumer marketing today, perhaps the most opaque is “4G,” used to describe a new, much faster generation of cellular data on smartphones, tablets and...
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Sprint Says No More WiMax Phones as It Prepares for LTE
Sprint confirmed on Thursday that it doesn’t plan to release any further phones running on WiMax as it prepares to light up a new, LTE-based 4G network later this year. Speaking at the Competitive...
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Sprint Product Exec: Launching LTE Devices Before Network Just Makes Sense
Sprint isn’t too concerned that it is selling LTE devices but has yet to officially launch the high-speed service anywhere in the U.S. “I think it is much to-do about nothing,” Sprint VP Fared Adib...
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Sprint's Chief: iPhone Was Worth the Billions
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse says the opportunity to sell the iPhone was too good to pass up. Even though the company has had to spend billions to get that privilege — more than $15 billion in commitments over...
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FreedomPop Raises a Few More Million to Further Disrupt Mobile Broadband
FreedomPop, the Niklas Zennstrom-backed mobile broadband company, is adding another $4.3 million to its coffers. The funding will come from its existing investors, but at a higher valuation than its...
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FreedomPop Makes Its Move Into the Phone Business With Free and Low-Cost Options
After a year of providing free and low-cost hotspot service, FreedomPop is moving into the cellphone business. It is offering low-cost and free plans, though for now its only phone model is a...
View ArticlePay-As-You-Go Hotspot Provider Karma Says It Will Expand to Sprint Network
Karma, which offers pay-as-you-go mobile hotspot service for $14 per gigabyte, said on Wednesday that it plans to expand next year from Clearwire’s WiMax network to Sprint’s faster LTE network. The...
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