Research: The mobile commerce market in 2014
Consumers and business users alike are increasingly making transactions via mobile devices, and the growing importance of this channel is spurring companies to shift resources towards mobility...
View ArticleGigaom: T-Mobile: 7,000 TB of audio streams since Music Freedom, Google Play...
Just two months after launching a program for its subscribers to stream music on its network without counting the data usage against them, T-Mobile has served up 7,000 terabytes of audio. That's…
View ArticleGigaom: Ting: Our average smartphone customer pays just $26 a month
Ting's customers may use less cellular data than the national average, but they're also a paying a lot less each month. That reflects the company's pay-for-what-you-consume billing model.
View ArticleGigaom: AT&T’s LTE network dome now covers 300 million people
Though AT&T didn't say it was stopping, its LTE network rollout is effectively complete, matching if not surpassing Verizon's in size. To get to the remainder of rural America, though, AT&T…
View ArticleGigaom: Sprint adds 15 new regional carriers to its LTE rural roaming program
Sprint's rural carrier partnership program has now grown to include 27 different operators, covering a population of 38 million.
View ArticleGigaom: FCC Chairman tells carriers to show a bit more enthusiasm for the...
The carriers have just as much at stake as Tom Wheeler in ensuring the 2015 incentive auction is a success. To that end, Wheeler wants them to publicly commit to bidding…
View ArticleGigaom: T-Mobile picks Ericsson to build its new tricked-out LTE network
Ericsson revealed it's handling T-Mobile's new LTE network expansion into new spectrum, into rural areas and into the nooks and crannies of dense urban areas.
View ArticleGigaom: Carrier Wi-Fi specialist Accuris raises $15M, grabs a new CEO
Carriers are taking a bigger interest Wi-Fi, using the unlicensed technology to offload their data traffic and handle VoIP calls. Consequently, interest in companies like Accuris is increasing.
View ArticleGigaom: Mobile ISP Karma plans a move into home broadband
Karma's pocketable mobile hotspot is already used by 100,000 people looking for connectivity on the go. But Karma wants its mobile broadband service to become its customer's primary source of internet...
View ArticleGigaom: Sprint will bid adieu to WiMAX in 13 months
November 6, 2015 will be the day Sprint's WiMAX goes dark. If you still have an old WiMAX phone or modem, you have until then to find a replacement.
View ArticleGigaom: UK’s EE unveils mobile-friendly TV service
The U.K. mobile carrier EE, which also offers fixed-line services, has launched a TV service called EE TV, featuring a set-top box that lets customers use their smartphones or tablets as…
View ArticleiPad Air 2 contains the first Apple SIM, letting you flip flop between carriers
The iPad Air 2 contains Apple's long-awaited SIM card which will work on multiple carriers' networks. The days of picking your carrier before you buy your 4G-tablet may soon be over,…
View ArticleHow and why Facebook’s Internet.org wants to connect 5 billion more people
Millions use Facebook today but that's not enough for the company which started a long-term initiative to connect 5 billion more people to the web last year. The challenges can be…
View ArticleEE rolls out 150Mbps “4G+” connectivity in central London
As predicted a couple weeks back, the British mobile operator EE has begun rolling out LTE-Advanced "4G+" across central London. The technology aggregates spectrum in EE's 1800MHz and 2.6GHz holdings to…
View ArticleMavenir to acquire 4G security specialist Stoke
One year after it’s IPO, voice-over-LTE networking company Mavenir Systems is looking to expand its expertise into 4G security. This week it announced it is acquiring Stoke, a startup that builds LTE…
View ArticleReport: Smartphone boomed globally in 2014; 800M new activations
The smartphone explosion is nothing new to even the most casual observer in the U.S., but in 2014 it became a global phenomenon, according to mobile networking company Ericsson.
View ArticleUK to clear 700MHz spectrum for mobile broadband use by 2022
As expected, the British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has decided to free up spectrum in the 700MHz for mobile broadband use. Already used for 4G/LTE in the U.S. and Asia, this spectrum…
View ArticleThe next generation of LTE chips are all about the upload
This week Qualcomm unveiled its next generation LTE modem, which boasts another big theoretical boost in download speeds. But Qualcomm made special note of a feature that has long been ignored…
View ArticleSK Telecom glues together 3 LTE networks, hitting 300 Mbps speeds
SK Telecom is starting the new year with a new kind of 4G network – or at least a network built from the pieces of its older LTE systems. This week,…
View ArticleEricsson unleashes LTE over the Wi-Fi airwaves
Carriers are constantly on the hunt for more 4G spectrum, but the airwaves they need may be right under their noses. Mobile network builder Ericsson has developed a new technology that…
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