According to a new report from iSuppli, Nokia continued to dominate the handset market in the third quarter with 39.2 percent of the market, up from 38.9 percent last quarter. Samsung retained its second place with 14.9 percent, while Motorola held down third place with 13.1 percent. Sony Ericsson retained 9.1 percent of the market […]
The FCC has approved the $24.7 billion acquisition of Alltel by a private investment group, Atlantis Holdings, which is a holding company made up of TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs. The FCC said the deal would not hurt competition in the wireless industry and may lead to deployment of […]
Apple is restricting purchases of the iPhone to only two per customer in a move to stop people from selling them. The company is also no longer accepting cash or gift cards for iPhone purchases. The new policy took effect Thursday, and replaces the old limit of five iPhones per person.
“Customer response to the iPhone […]
Sprint Nextel has agreed to give departing subscribers the means to unlock their phones for use on competitors’ networks, as part of a proposed class-action settlement. The California suit accused the company of anti-competitive practices like forcing a customer to buy a new phone when switching carriers. A similar suit in Palm Beach County, Fla. […]
Although it didn’t top rival AT&T, Verizon Wireless reported strong growth with 1.6 million net new subscribers in third quarter 2007 bringing its total subscriber base to 63.7 million. AT&T, which reported its earnings last week, had a record-breaking quarter with 2 million net new customers and a total of 65.7 million customers.
Verizon CEO Denny […]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt this week floated the possibility that Google could make use of at least one partner to bid in the upcoming 700 MHz auction in January. Google was integral to the cause of “opening” up one slice of the spectrum in the C-Block, which now requires the winning bidder to allow “any […]
The latest study by J.D. Power & Associates on customer satisfaction with major wireless carrier-branded stores found that Verizon Wireless stores met consumers’ expectations better than the other carriers’ stores. Verizon Wireless fared particularly well in terms of store facility, store display and price/promotion. T-Mobile USA came in second place, according to the study.
Overall satisfaction […]
A Washington state Supreme Court ruled that the former AT&T Wireless’ forced buyouts of several regional mobile phone carriers did not violate state law. The court determined that AT&T did not “breach the legal duty of loyalty by self-dealing” since the sales did not specifically authorize sales to a related company. The court ruled that […]
Earthlink reported the results of its third quarter and reassured analysts that it had no plans to sell its stake in Helio, which the company said “is continuing to roll out and ramp up its innovative wireless services.” During the third quarter the MVNO brought in $52 million in revenues, up from $13 million this […]
Embarq, the independent telco spun off from Sprint Nextel last year, acknowledged it was beginning to offer voluntary separation packages to some employees. The company recently consolidated two call centers and cut about 170 jobs. It hasn’t announced other cuts, but it appears that Embarq is trying to be proactive about reducing costs, as the […]
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