Sprint Nextel, the third largest mobile carrier in the U.S., has reported a net loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter of 2012, the 19th consecutive quarter of losses for the company. Sprint on Thursday reported revenue of $8.8 ...
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AT&T plans to acquire NextWave Wireless, a holder of spectrum that could be used for mobile data services, for about $600 million. NextWave has licenses for spectrum in both the WCS (Wireless Communications Services) and the AWS (Advanced ...
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Broadband wireless and wireline communications component maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA is shipping production volumes of its ALT6702, ALT6725, AWC6323, AWC6325, and AWT6624 LTE, CDMA, and WCDMA power amplifiers (PAs) to Samsung ...
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Apple didn't include near field communication technology in the iPhone 5, a decision that one NFC backer said the company might come to regret. But several mobile payment experts said Apple probably made a good choice for now, given the ...
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After starting amid the smoldering ruins of AT&T and T-Mobile USA's failed merger,2012 ended as a big year for mobile carrier deals in the U.S.,and possibly a final changing of the guard for a long time. If all the reshuffling that ...
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Samsung announced it will help develop Sprint's small-cell infrastructure for use in Sprint's 4G LTE network and its 3G network improvements. Samsung, also the top mobile phone provider in the U.S., said in a statement Thursday that the ...
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Sprint Nextel will spend $2.2 billion to take complete ownership of Clearwire, a move that will help it expand its network capacity. Clearwire's board of directors has accepted the latest bid allowing Sprint to purchase the nearly 50% of ...
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Apple apparently made the right decision to omit NFC from the iPhone 5, given that 68% of U.S. consumers prefer to buy goods using cash and credit cards over mobile wallets, according to a recent consumer survey. "Consumers aren't ready ...
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Samsung's Galaxy S III has won stellar reviews and reportedly sold more than 10 million units in early sales. Now the smartphone is also climbing fast in its share of Web traffic, according to a report issued Wednesday by Chitika, which ...
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Despite widespread calls for more spectrum to carry mobile data, there is a wide range of technologies already being used or explored that could help to speed up networks or put off the day when more frequencies need to be cleared. ...
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Which shared data plans are better -- those from AT&T's Mobile Share, which arrives on Aug. 23, or Verizon Wireless's Share Everything plans that debuted in June? If you look at cost alone, your price will be somewhat lower with AT&T -- ...
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AT&T's new voluntary Mobile Share data-sharing plans for consumers and business customers will be available Aug. 23, the carrier announced today. AT&T first described the plans on July 18. They allow unlimited voice and texting ...
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The first batch of iPhone 5 handsets began shipping on Tuesday to people who ordered them online last week, according to FedEx tracking notices delivered the same day. Receipt of the notices was widely reported on the Twitter ...
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Samsung's Galaxy Note II will go on sale by mid-November at AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile USA and US cellular, Samsung said Wednesday for the first time. The U.S. version of the device can run on fast LTE or HSPA+42 networks ...
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Patent holding firm NTP, which won a $612.5 million patent settlement from Research In Motion in 2006, has reached a possibly unprecedented agreement with 13 other technology vendors, including Apple, Google, Microsoft and AT&T, the company ...
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