08/09/2011
Giga Om
The Federal Communications Commission said it would combine the review of AT&T’s purchase of spectrum from Qualcomm with the agency’s review of Ma Bell’s purchase of T-Mobile. The FCC’s decision on Monday night could be seen as the agency taking a careful view of consolidating so much spectrum in the hands of one company, [...]
04/21/2011
Wall Street Journal – Washington DC Bureau
WASHINGTON–AT&T Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday that the company’s $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile USA will “promote, not diminish competition” in the U.S. wireless market.
In a 381-page application seeking FCC approval for the transaction, AT&T said the deal was in the best interests of consumers [...]
04/06/2011
Light Reading
T-Mobile USA is bringing faster mobile broadband to 10 new towns and cities and promises that 140 million Americans in over 25 markets will get its 42Mbit/s update by mid-year.
The operator said Tuesday that it has switched on 21Mbit/s High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) services, which it sells as “4G,” in 10 new [...]
30/2011
Dow Jones Newswires
Several state attorneys general raised concerns about AT&T Inc.’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will put AT&T’s proposed deal under a “thorough review” for any potential impact on the state’s wireless competition.
Mr. Schneiderman is the first attorney general to announce [...]
03/30/2011
Bloomberg News
AT&T Inc. (T) Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, said the tie-up would improve Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone service and could reduce overseas roaming charges.
The merger would improve AT&T’s network capacity by about 30 percent, Stephenson said at an event at the [...]
03/22/2011
Bloomberg News
Dan Hesse, chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel Corp.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse said the company plans to submit its concerns over AT&T Inc. (T)’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA to Congress, saying the deal hurts the wireless industry.
The combined entity would have “tremendous” power, Hesse said in an [...]
11/17/2010
Connected Planet
Root Metrics testing shows that HSPA+ upgrades have increased average smartphone speeds dramatically over T-Mobile’s network
You can debate all you want whether T-Mobile (NYSE:DT) is offering a true 4G service, but its high-speed packet access plus (HSPA+) network is quickly emerging as one of the fastest in the country, even if the most T-Mobile [...]
09/30/2010
Bloomberg News
Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA said it doesn’t need to rush into getting a fourth-generation mobile network, and it prefers technology known as long-term evolution, or LTE, over Clearwire Corp.’s WiMax.
“We’ll look towards LTE at the right point in time for us,” Neville Ray, T-Mobile USA’s chief network officer, said in an interview. “That [...]
09/28/2010
Connected Planet
T-Mobile and Clearwire’s possible tie-up for 4G is back in the news, this time spurred by Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow telling a Goldman Sachs investor conference that T-Mobile is considering a possible equity stake in the 4G-only operator. Both sides stand to benefit considerably as Clearwire would get part of the cash infusion it [...]
10/22/2009
TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The Apple iPhone continued to drive wireless growth for AT&T, helping the telco post record subscriber growth for the third quarter.
Ma Bell activated 3.2 million new iPhone customers in the quarter, and netted a total of 2 million new mobile phone customers including 1.4 million post-paid contract customers. And despite the [...]
