5 posts and columns on data services

Voices

MetroPCS Launches LTE Network in Las Vegas

in News on September 22, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it switched on its fourth-generation wireless network in Las Vegas as the prepaid carrier makes a big push into data services. The Dallas company is the first U.S. carrier to offer a 4G network that runs on Long-Term Evolution, or LTE, technology.

Verizon Network Outage Begs Question: Is There Also a Map for That?

in News on March 3, 2010 at 8:00 am PT

AT&T executives were no doubt grinning into their cornflakes this morning over a cock-up at rival Verizon that left many of that company’s customers in the eastern half of the U.S. without access to data services early Wednesday. The network outage was resolved relatively quickly, but not before Verizon got a little taste of some of the grief AT&T has been suffering for the past year.

AT&T Activates Record 3.2 Million iPhones in Q3

in News on October 22, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

How badly does AT&T want to renew its iPhone exclusivity contract with Apple? Pretty damn badly. Posting third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations this morning, AT&T said it activated a record 3.2 million iPhones during the period. Of those, 40 percent were for customers new to the carrier.
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AT&T Activates Record 3.2 Million iPhones in Q3

in News on October 22, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

How badly does AT&T want to renew its iPhone exclusivity contract with Apple? Pretty damn badly. Posting third-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street expectations this morning, AT&T said it activated a record 3.2 million iPhones during the period. Of those, 40 percent were for customers new to the carrier.
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Starent to Cisco: Hey, Big Spender

in News on October 13, 2009 at 6:26 am PT

Cisco CEO John Chambers wasn’t kidding when he said we’d see the company move into a number of new markets via acquisition over the next year. Earlier this year, Cisco acquired Pure Digital, developer of the Flip video camera, for $590 million. Two weeks ago it spent $3 billion on video-conferencing system maker Tandberg. And now it’s purchasing mobile infrastructure outfit Starent Networks for $2.9 billion, or $35 a share.
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