T-Mobile Market Share Increased Substantially This Summer
T-Mobile is currently the fourth-largest mobile provider in the U.S. With almost nothing to lose following the company's failed acquisition by AT&T, the carrier began offering prices lower than its...
View ArticleAT&T Gained Subscribers, Raises Revenue in Third Quarter
Through big changes in pricing plans and a larger shift in the mobile industry, AT&T is still standing solid as the second largest mobile provider in the U.S. The company today released its...
View ArticleSprint Tanks in New Consumer Satisfaction Survey
With smartphone industry growth in North American now slowing, mobile providers in the U.S. are getting creative to scoop up the last few customers who have yet to sign up for mobile plans and to...
View ArticleMobile Providers to Rely on Multiple-Device Plans For Future Growth
The smartphones markets in established markets such as North America and Europe have already begun to saturate as even price-sensitive consumers can now afford low-cost smartphones. Even the tablet...
View ArticleAT&T Announces 4G Data Roaming in Canada Through Rogers
AT&T today announced a deal with Rogers Communications to provide its customers with 4G LTE data roaming capabilities while in Canada. Access to the data will, of course, not be free. AT&T...
View ArticleAT&T to Pay Up to $450 For T-Mobile Subscribers to Switch
Just over two years ago AT&T and T-Mobile were set to merge into But for the U.S. Department of Justice that merger would have created the largest mobile provider in the U.S., further stifling...
View ArticleT-Mobile CEO Calls AT&T Payouts "Desperate"
Earlier today, AT&T announced that it will now pay up to $450 to T-Mobile customers willing to switch over to an AT&T plan. The deal included $200 per line for the switch and up to $250 for a...
View ArticleCES 2014: AT&T Announces New "Sponsored Data" Offering
AT&T today unveiled a new plan to allow content providers to subsidize data costs for AT&T mobile subscribers. The plan, called "Sponsored Data" would allow companies to pay for any data...
View ArticleAT&T's Sponsored Data Criticized by Congresswoman
Yesterday AT&T announced its "Sponsored Data" initiative, which would allow companies to pay AT&T subscribers' data costs for accessing their content. The plan immediately raised red flags for...
View ArticleSprint Announces New "Framily" Service Plans
While AT&T and T-Mobile have been dealing with their own issues during this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sprint has used the venue as the debut of a new mobile service plan it is calling...
View ArticleT-Mobile to Pay Other Carriers' Early Termination Fees
Late last week AT&T announced a plan to pay T-Mobile subscribers up to $450 to switch to AT&T. T-Mobile CEO John Legere’s criticisms aside, it now seems that AT&T was getting out ahead of a...
View ArticleT-Mobile Claims It Now Has The Fastest 4G Speeds
Today at its Consumer Electronics Show (CES) presentation T-Mobile laid down the gauntlet for other mobile providers, promising to pay customers' early termination fees if they trade-in their devices....
View ArticleAT&T's Sponsored Data Raises Big Concerns For Consumers and Content Providers
Though it was easy to miss among the flood of CES coverage this week, AT&T has announced a plan to capture new revenue from its data network. Called “Sponsored Data,” the plan would see AT&T...
View ArticleSprint's "One Up" Plans No Longer Available
Less than four months ago, Sprint announced its "One Up" pricing program. The offering was a reaction to T-Mobile's "Jump!" announcement, which allowed T-Mobile subscribers to Pay for their smartphones...
View ArticleMobile Data Revenue Hit New Highs in 2013
Smartphone manufacturers may be seeing their sales growth slow in established western markets, but the companies providing mobile data access on the those devices are still seeing their revenues soar....
View ArticleSprint's "One Up" Program is Now "Easy Pay"
When T-Mobile announced its "JUMP!" pricing and upgrade program last year, U.S. mobile providers scrambled to implement similar deals. Sprint was the last major carrier to roll out its plan, which was...
View ArticleVerizon Earnings & Subscriber Numbers Up in 2013
Verizon today released its fourth quarter 2013 and full-year 2013 financial results, showing that the company has made a significant turnaround from its disappointing fourth quarter 2012 numbers....
View ArticleAT&T Now Allows Current Subscribers to Upgrade to "Next"
AT&T today announced that it has eased up on the requirements for its Next plans. The carrier will now allow current AT&T subscribers to enjoy the same Next plans that new subscribers do. The...
View ArticleAT&T Offers $100 For Adding Devices to Plans
AT&T's recent quarterly earnings were solid, but it's clear that the mobile provider is shaken by recent competitive moves from T-Mobile. AT&T last year was forced to adopt service plan...
View ArticleVerizon Raises Data Caps, Lowers Prices a Bit
For months now T-Mobile has been bringing significant changes to the U.S. mobile market. The company was the first to introduce the now-standard device subscription pricing model with its "JUMP"...
View ArticleAT&T to Offer Unlimited International Texting
The march toward change in the U.S. mobile industry is continuing, with larger mobile providers now reacting to T-Mobile's unlimited international data offering and the rise of mobile messaging apps....
View ArticleT-Mobile Raises Data Caps For Simple Choice Plans
For the past year T-Mobile has been putting pressure on its mobile competitors through low prices and a variety of innovative pricing schemes and service offerings. More recently the largest mobile...
View ArticleAT&T Drops Price For Individual Mobile Plans
The Sprint/T-Mobile merger talk is dying down, and with good reason: competition in the U.S. mobile space is now benefiting consumers immensely. Led by T-Mobile, U.S. mobile providers are now dropping...
View ArticleT-Mobile Promises Fast 4G Expansion This Year
T-Mobile has shifted the mobile landscape significantly in the past year, doing away with device subsidies and forcing a small price war among the largest mobile providers in the U.S. One area T-Mobile...
View ArticleT-Mobile Rolls Out Low-Priced "Simple Starter" Plan
For the past year now T-Mobile has been rolling out offers that have forced the U.S. wireless industry into competition. Starting with its "JUMP!" plans and more recently with its offer to pay...
View ArticleT-Mobile Announces New 4G Tablet Deal
Though 4G tablets have been heavily marketed over the past two years, the devices still make up a relatively small portion of the overall tablet market. This is largely due to U.S. wireless carriers,...
View ArticleT-Mobile Eliminates Overage Fees
For over one year now T-Mobile has been shifting the mobile landscape in the U.S. The competition the company has brought with its "JUMP!" service plans, early termination fee pay-offs, and more has...
View ArticleVerizon Announces New "MORE Everything" Deal
Verizon today announced a new pricing initiative that could provide subscribers with significant savings. The new pricing scheme will bring lower "MORE Everything" pricing to its month-to-month...
View ArticleBest Data Plans Challenged by New Sprint Offering
AT&T and Verizon are sitting content at the top of the U.S. mobile industry, but other carriers are continuing to bring competitive prices and services to the sector. The new moves are an attempt...
View ArticleWireless Plans With More Data Offered by Boost Mobile
As more of the web becomes mobile-friendly, wireless subscribers are now using mobile apps more than ever. This, combined with the fact that there are now few brand-new mobile customers in the U.S. has...
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