For the first time, racial and ethnic minorities make up more than half the children born in the U.S., capping decades of heady immigration growth that is now slowing.
Clearwire has been widely expected to dump its own-branded retail business, on which it has defocused on the past two years, and adopt a wholesale-only model for its upcoming LTE network.
América Móvil issued a terse press release to the effect that its subsidiary Tracfone Wireless, Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the operations of Simple Mobile, Inc., one of T-Mobile’s largest mobile virtual network MVNOs in the United States, that services over 1 million customers and offers, voice, messaging, data and wireless broadband plans.
John Mardini still has another year left before he gets his college degree, but he’s already onto his third business, and this time he’s aiming big.
The launch of a cut-rate unlimited $39-a-month mobile plan offered by upstart Voyager Mobile was marred Tuesday by what the company claims is “a malicious network attack to its primary website.”
Sprint and Sierra Wireless today announced the May 18 availability of the first-ever device to combine 4G connections over LTE and WiMAX networks, Sierra Wireless™ 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot for the Sprint network.
AT&T. Deutsche Telekom (DT) is now setting its sights on merging its troubled U.S. subsidiary T-Mobile with small regional operator MetroPCS. If the deal goes through, DT would control the combined entity, which would be publicly listed,Bloomberg reports
Following up on a previous report, Virgin Mobile has confirmed that it will release the successor to its hugely popular LG Optimus V smartphone in the LG Optimus Elite, which features incremental updates compared to more extensive changes.
Mexican telecommunications company America Movil SAB said Thursday that its U.S. unit Tracfone Wireless Inc. has agreed to acquire Simple Mobile Inc., one of T-Mobile’s biggest virtual mobile network operators with more than 1 million subscribers.
reedomPop remains mysterious on exactly when its “free” mobile broadband service will go live, it seems to be nearing a launch date. The company started selling it’s first product online, aWiMAX sleeve that fits over the iPhone 4 and 4S.
3.7 million were from T-Mobile MVNOs and 2.7 million were using M2M services.
Virgin Mobile USA has introduced Wimax speeds with no-contract plans. It is offering customers the HTC EVO V 4G on Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk monthly plans starting at USD 35 a month for 300 minutes of voice with unlimited messaging and data.
KORE, the world’s largest wireless service provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, and ILS Technology have partnered to accelerate M2M deployments across enterprise organizations.
Boost Mobile, ranked Highest in Purchase Experience among Non-Contract Wireless Providers by J.D. Power and Associates1, today announced the May 31 release of HTC EVO Design 4G™, a member of the award-winning EVO family
The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekers and problem solvers.
In March 2012, a majority (50.4%) of U.S. mobile subscribers owned smartphones, up from 47.8 percent in December 2011. Consumers purchasing new phones picked smartphones more often, and among smartphone owners Apple was the top manufacturer of smartphone handsets, while Android was the top smartphone OS.
~ Senior Vice President Jeff Toig Keynotes Light Reading’s Policy Management & the Subscriber-Centric Service Revolution
Hop-on, Inc., announced that a Letter of Intent for services to a major distributor of prepaid calling cards, SIM Cards and all local carriers services in Mexico and US Borders Cities with over 60,000 point of sale locations was signed.
US-based mobile services provider PrepaYd Wireless has launched its ‘Y Plans’ no contract unlimited plans starting at USD 35 a month and is introducing the Y USD 60 Plan for Everything 4G.
Integron, the leading global M2M wireless deployment services company, has unveiled its new Wireless Managed Services (WMS) platform.