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Sprint CEO: Despite AT&T-T-Mobile Fiasco, Big M&A Coming

So the proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger last year went down in flames. So what, says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse. ...More
May 17, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon Withdraws Plan to Raise Special Access Rates

Verizon has withdrawn an application to raise special access prices by 6 percent, according to a coalition – including Sprint, tw telecom and XO Communications – that opposed the measure. ...More
May 15, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Slide Show: The Customer-Satisfaction Struggle

Despite slight increases in customer satisfaction across most industries, it's still a struggle for wireless and wireline, which lag behind almost all others. ...More
May 15, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Apple Strong, RIM Weak in Customer Satisfaction Index Debuts

The American Customer Satisfaction Index found Sprint to be best among the major carriers in wireless service, while cable companies are licking their wounds over the numbers they registered for television service. ...More
May 15, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
AT&T, Verizon Wireless Maintain Strength as Others Struggle

Verizon Wireless is less dependent on the iPhone than AT&T and is in a position to potentially improve its margins in the coming quarters, analysts said. ...More
May 14, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Slide Show: The Evolution of Some Telecom Titans

Some of the biggest names in the industry are constantly fine-tuning their business models to keep up with the competition. Here's a wrap of key developments – including first-quarter results – at many of the telecom companies that help feed our core readers. ...More
May 13, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Spectrum and Post-Network Realities: AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile CEOs Talk Top Priorities

It's crystal-ball time in New Orleans, as CEOs from the top four wireless companies in the United States took the stage at CTIA Wireless 2012 to lay out the priorities for each of their companies and take a look at what they think will be important ahead. ...More
May 9, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in News
Poll: Will Apple Get Into the Wireless Network Business?

Apple already makes two of the world’s most popular wireless devices: the iPhone and iPad. Do you think the tech giant will package voice and/or data services with its revered gadgets? Let us know your thoughts on whether Apple will become the next Verizon Wireless. ...More
May 8, 2012
Posted in News
Apple Wireless vs. AT&T, Verizon? Not So Fast

We spoke with a handful of industry watchers who view with skepticism the idea that Apple would jump into the competitive business of selling mobile voice and data services directly to its vast base of loyal iPhone and iPad customers. ...More
May 8, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
XO, Cbeyond, tw telecom, Others Fight Verizon's Special Access Increase

A coalition consisting of some of the biggest names in telecom contends that Verizon's last tariff revision is its second increase in less than a year, representing a 12 percent increase in price during that time. ...More
May 7, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS