New Report Says Sprint Unlikely To Go After MetroPCS As Verizon CEO Announces Support For T-Mobile Deal
There’s been plenty of talk since the T-Mobile/MetroPCS announcement that [read full article]
T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger Talks Began Two Days After AT&T Talks Ended
A preliminary proxy statement filed with the FCC last week by MetroPCS is yielding all sorts of interesting info on their proposed deal with T-Mobile. In fact, the most notable piece of information might be the date talks began,[read full article]
New Study Shows T-Mobile Customers Used A Lot Of Data Over The Past Six Months
A joint FierceWireless/NPD Connected Intelligence study conducted over the past six months tracked the data usage patterns of 1000 smartphones on the nation’s top four carriers. These 1000 smartphones are generally Android devices, however NPD recently added 100 iPhones to its survey database. The results are unsurprising as this [read full article]
Report: SoftBank CEO Isn’t Ruling Out MetroPCS Bid
SoftBank, the Japanese carrier set to buy a 70 percent stake in Sprint Nextel Corp would not rule out making a competing bid for MetroPCS Communications. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told the paper that his company wouldn’t rule out any other deals even as it works to close the … [read full article]
(Update: Confirmed) Report: SoftBank To Buy 70 Percent Stake In Sprint Nextel Corp
Update: SoftBank, Sprint held a press conference early this morning to officially announce the acquisition. With reports surfacing right before the end of the week that [read full article]
(Updated) Japanese Carrier Softbank Rumored To Be Looking At Sprint Purchase For $19 Billion
Update: According to Bloomberg, Sprint is confirming talks with SoftBank over a “substantial investment.” Any concerns [read full article]
Sprint To Hold Off On MetroPCS Counter-bid, At Least For now?
After it was suggested that Sprint Nextel Corp was convening their board to consider a counter offer to Deutsche Telekom’s proposed bid for MetroPCS, a new report indicates Sprint will hold off, at least for now. According to “people … [read full article]
Sprint Considering Deutsche Telekom Counter-Offer For MetroPCS?
I think we could have predicted a bit of opposition from Sprint on T-Mobile’s proposed merger with MetroPCS, but a counter-offer isn’t what I had in mind. According to the old “people familiar with the matter,” Sprint is looking at the numbers and holding talks with financial advisors … [read full article]
New Root Metric Study Says T-Mobile HSPA+ Shouldn’t Be Lost In “LTE Shuffle”
The good folks at RootMetrics are back with another network study breakdown spanning 75 markets, 100,000 miles and 500,000 driven and indoor data tests to find the very best in wireless data service. I’ll jump right to the conclusion and let you all in on how T-Mobile performed: T-Mobile, meanwhile, often recorded download speeds that were closer to LTE speeds … [read full article]
HTC Says Some Products Now Entering US, Won’t Reveal Which Products
Through a statement to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC is now publicly saying that “some of our products have passed the review and have been delivered to our telecoms operators’ clients in the US.” HTC has been engaged in a battle with US Customs for permission to bring the [read full article]