MetroPCS quietly had a good first quarter and the prepaid carrier added 629,000 new subscribers, giving it a total of more than 7.3 million customers. The company, which offers no-contract voice, data and texting services, has added more than 1.3 million subscribers over the last year. It has also seen its churn, the rate at…
Clearwire to offer its own WiMax phones
In its conference call Wednesday, Clearwire said it would be offering its own branded WiMax handset. The company, which is majority-owned by Sprint, said it is working with HTC and Samsung on 4G devices that will carry its brand. This will not be the EVO 4G, which is slated to hit Sprint later this summer.…
Will Clearwire switch to LTE?
For the past few years, Clearwire has been betting big on WiMax as the foundation for its 4G service but there are growing signs that it can switch to Long-Term Evolution technology if the market demands. The company, which provides the underlying 4G infrastructure for Sprint and Time Warner Cable, will cover more than 120…
Sprint refocuses prepaid businesses
Sprint is making a big push for the prepaid wireless market and the third-largest U.S. carrier will be shifting its no-contract offerings into four separate units that go after different segments of the market. “This is the year that prepaid moves to the forefront of the wireless industry,” said Dan Schulman, president of Sprint’s prepaid…
AT&T customers log the most dropped call complaints, Verizon claims fewest
There are those that love AT&T, and there are those that hate AT&T. But, there’s no denying that the leading GSM wireless carrier offers some fairly significant advantages over its competitors. You get to use 3G data alongside voice services – so you can look up the restaurant location and reviews while chatting with your…
Clearwire bringing WiMax goodness to more cities
Clearwire said Wednesday it would be bringing its WiMax-based 4G to multiple more cities this summer but many people in major metropolitan areas will still have to wait. The company, which is majority-owned by Sprint Nextel, said it will soon bring 4G service to 18 more markets by the end of the summer. This includes Kansas…
Oprah has her very own HTC Evo 4G
The Oprah Effect. All this woman needs to do is mention something, be it a book, product, or service of some sort, and you can bet your sweet ass it will get more attention than it ever could have without her. That’s the kind of publicity Sprint needs right now, and they just got a…
Low-End Samsung Seek Coming to Sprint
A low-end touchscreen phone will be coming to Sprint on June 6 called the Samsung Seek (M350). The specline isn’t too impressive, but it’s got a reasonably nice-looking package. The display is 2.6″ QVGA, it has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, it has a 1.3 megapixel camera on the back, 128 MB of app memory and…
BlackBerry Bold 9650 gets FCC approval on way to Sprint
The BlackBerry Bold 9650 was recently unveiled as the first CDMA BlackBerry Bold, and it’s already gotten the blessing of the FCC’s certification boffins. The approval gives the world-roaming capable Bold 9650 the green light to launch on Sprint’s network later this month. It’s not clear if BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) will be able…
LG teams up with Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria Parker to promote Lotus Elite and Rumor Touch
LG Mobile Phones is teaming up with fashionable stars Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria Parker to promote two of its touchscreen mobile phones – LG Lotus Elite and LG Rumor Touch. The campaign, called LG Fashion Touch, is envisioned to promote “personal style and the idea that mobile phones have become the latest in fashion…