Wireless carriers
National database will be created to discourage theft of wireless devices
Theft of smartphones and tablets has dramatically risen as their popularity has increased. It seems there is always a demand for stolen devices. There have been reports of stolen iPhones being taken into Apple Stores and turned in for an exchange. The thief walks out of the store with an untraceable ...
AT&T expects to raise $100 million for Northern California charities
Just about every wireless company has programs where they give something back to the communities they serve. AT&T is no different. In fact they may be going above what others, or even themselves, have done in the past. AT&T is hosting the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am as it has for years. ...
Is the pending LightSquared wireless approval being driven by White House?
Some lawmakers are questioning whether the pending LightSquared approval is being driven as a political favor. LightSquared founder, Philip Falcone is a high-level billionaire Democrat donor and the push for the White House is circumspect. The latest tests of their 4G LTE system show that it interferes with the reception of ...
AT&T GoPhone $25 plan to be among the lowest priced plans
AT&T announced that they will be offering a new $25 a month prepaid GoPhone calling plan. It will include 250 anytime nationwide minutes and unlimited nation-wide messaging. As a plus, roaming in Canada has been added. You will be able to take advantage of this plan starting this coming Sunday, September ...
Verizon cell tower thief gets caught
With the Verizon Communications strike still going on, there have been mobs blocking entrances to Verizon buildings with one union striker even stooping so low as to put his own daughter in front of trucks. There have been instances of strikers possibly cutting fiber cables. In another case, power was turned ...
Are T-Mobile customers leaving because of uncertainty in the AT&T purchase?
Broadband Expert has written extensively on the T-Mobile purchase by AT&T that has yet to gain the approval of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission). Many in the wireless industry say people are leaving T-Mobile because they either do not know what is going to happen with the acquisition or they ...
More people are migrating to prepaid phone plans
In these challenging economic times you may wonder why there is an increased movement to purchasing smartphones at full retail pricing rather than at the subsidized price, which is sometimes free. An acquaintance of mine recently acquired a free DROID X. To me, getting a smartphone at a discounted price makes ...
If it were not for bad investments Sprint would have improved from previous year
Sprint reported its Q2 financials, and they were worse than those of a year ago were. A Q2 loss of $827 million was more than the $760 million Q2 loss of 2010. Some bad investments of $588 million and a $52 million tax charge from the State of Michigan made the ...
America’s wireless networks are running out of capacity
Systems people dread that magical 80% number. It seems whenever any system starts running at 80% capacity lots of squirrely things start to happen. Anytime I’ve been responsible for server farm health, I had a few more added any time we even approached an 80% operating average. Systems do not like ...
No early free escape from T-Mobile contract for Regulatory Programs Fee increase
T-mobile announced that they will be increasing their Regulatory Programs Fee to allow them to recover the costs of complying with all the government regulations. The cost is currently $1.41 per month and will increase to $1.61 a month. Twenty cents extra doesn’t seem like a lot, but some people take ...
