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AT&T Tumbles Into a Ditch January 26, 2012 
The chickens came home to roost on Thursday when AT&T took a $4 billion charge for the failure of its attempt to acquire T-Mobile. While AT&T's $32.5 billion in revenue beat estimates, and while the company reported 7.6 million iPhone activations -- thanks to the iPhone 4S -- it nevertheless suffered a fourth-quarter net loss of $6.68 billion, or $1.12 per share.
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LightSquared Cries Foul over GPS Testing January 19, 2012 
Tests conducted by the U.S. Air Force Space Command found that LightSquared's 4G wireless service does indeed interfere with GPS devices, as some critics have claimed.
However, the company's executives have refused to accept the test results, calling them bogus. It has asked the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to re-evaluate this round of testing.
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Wireless Data Hogs Only Getting Hungrier January 06, 2012 
It's well-known that iPhone owners use lots of cellular bandwidth, but it seems that the iPhone 4S has taken bandwidth consumption to new heights. Owners of the iPhone 4S use twice as much data as iPhone 4 users and nearly three times as much data as iPhone 3G users, according to an Arieso report.
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Making VoIP Calls With Your Android Phone January 05, 2012 
If you live or work in an area with marginal cell service and want to use your Android smartphone to make and receive voice calls, you can. The key is to piggyback on an Internet connection at your location using the Internet bandwidth there to carry your voice traffic. This method of calling works using VoIP technology -- a form of calling over computer networks without traditional telephone copper wire.
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LightSquared to GPS: That's Your Problem December 21, 2011 
Facing a deadline from its partner Sprint, LightSquared filed a motion Tuesday asking FCC officials to confirm the company's right to use the airwaves, despite data that suggest its operations could interfere with global-positioning systems. Any interference with GPS devices is a flaw within GPS technology, not LightSquared technology, the company claimed.
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LightSquared Blasts Leak of GPS-Interference Test Results December 12, 2011
LightSquared's signal may interfere with GPS devices, according to a leaked draft summary of a report on tests commissioned by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Results of tests conducted between Oct. 21 and Nov. 4 reportedly indicate that up to 75 percent of GPS units were negatively affected by LightSquared signals.
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Verizon's 4G Service Back Up, but Users Still Miffed December 08, 2011 
A technical issue disrupted 4G LTE network service from Verizon Wireless for some customers between late Tuesday and late Wednesday, but the issue is now resolved. That's according to the company, which issued only a terse statement on Thursday morning. The term "outage" is "not entirely accurate" as a description of what occurred, said spokesperson Tom Pica, but he declined to provide further detail.
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AT&T Sinks Teeth Deeper Into T-Mobile Deal December 08, 2011 
AT&T plans to continue with its plan to acquire T-Mobile, Chief Financial Officer John Stephens told reporters, in spite of strong disapproval from regulatory organizations including the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission. AT&T plans to use the $10 billion cash accumulated on its balance sheet to prepare for quick closure of deal, Stephens reportedly said.
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AT&T Rings In LTE With Skyrocket Launch October 31, 2011 
AT&T on Monday announced the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the HTC Vivid. These are the carrier's first Android smartphones to run on its 4G LTE network. They will be on the market Nov. 6. On that day, AT&T will also launch 4G LTE services in four new markets -- Boston; Washington; Baltimore; and Athens, Ga.
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Sprint's Slow Jog to Recovery October 27, 2011 
Sprint delivered third quarter earnings with a relatively nice surprise -- its losses were less than expected. Any good feeling from its numbers, however, was short-lived as Sprint went on to remind shareholders that it would be seeking capital -- as much as $7 billion -- to fund new handsets and a network upgrade. The net loss for the quarter was $301 million, down from $911 million a year ago.
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Sprint's Singing the iPhone Blues October 25, 2011 
It's a complaint heard often in the iPhone's earlier years; Download speeds are sluggish. This time, however, the victims are iPhone owners on Sprint's network. Their complaints have resulted in an internal memo sent to Sprint representatives stating that the carrier is working together with Apple on a confirmed nationwide issue, according to a report.
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Sprint to Meter 4G Data on Everything Except Smartphones October 24, 2011 
Sprint Nextel notified subscribers late last week that it was doing away with its unlimited 4G wireless broadband for tablets, netbooks, notebooks, USB cards and mobile hotspot devices -- almost every mobile device, that is, except smartphones, which it has famously promised to allow to consume unlimited data.
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RIM's Outage: Body Blow or Flesh Wound? October 13, 2011 
RIM announced that BlackBerry service has been reinstated to millions of users following more than three days of service interruption. The outage prevented many users from sending and receiving text messages and emails, or surfing the Web, although some experienced limited or sporadic service. Users may suffer further delays due to the backlog of messages that built up during the outage, said RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
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RIM Takes It on the Chin Again October 11, 2011 
Research In Motion just can't catch a break. The outages in Internet service RIM suffered on Monday in the EMEA region have spread to India and South America. BlackBerry users across all of those areas are experiencing loss of Internet and messaging services. There have been no reports of service problems in North America.
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AT&T Plays the 4G Card October 11, 2011 
With presales of the iPhone 4S reaching record levels, competition among the carriers is heating up. Sprint Nextel is reportedly going to offer an unlimited data plan. And AT&T? The carrier reportedly is hoping to secure approval from Apple to use a "4G" label on the signal bar for its iPhone 4S devices. It is unclear how much truth is in the rumors, which were based largely on a leaked memo.
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Research In Motion's Service Outage: It's Always Something October 10, 2011
Many BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa found Monday that their Internet service had inexplicably had gone dark. Some were experiencing a total blackout, with no messaging service, email or Web access available. Others were able to intermittently perform some tasks, such as email or messaging.
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