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Sprint is First Carrier to Confirm Data Plan Price Hikes are Coming With 5G

Kellen February 2, 2018 60

Sprint posted its latest quarterly numbers this morning and they clearly came away happy about the new customers that were added. Good for them. However, during the call to discuss the quarter and the near feature ahead, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure confirmed...

Trump Admin Considered Building Government-Owned 5G Network, Which the FCC Opposes

Kellen January 29, 2018 67

Last night, Axios uncovered a document from the Trump administration's National Security Council that floated the idea of a government-owned 5G wireless network. Their reasoning for considering such an idea was that they believe China to be evil, that China...

Verizon’s LTE Speeds are Back, But T-Mobile Still Dominates Latest OpenSignal Report

Kellen January 22, 2018 46

Last week, OpenSignal teased its upcoming "State of the Mobile Networks: USA" report by announcing that T-Mobile was still king of US wireless download speeds, but that Verizon and AT&T were on the comeback. Today, they've dropped that full report and as...

Friday Poll: Are You on an Unlimited Data Plan?

Kellen January 19, 2018 215

2017 sure seemed to be the year that unlimited data made its triumphant return to the US wireless ecosystem. While T-Mobile and Sprint may have jumped out to a head start the year prior, we saw Verizon and AT&T step back in with their own unlimited plans....

T-Mobile Ramps Up the 5G Petty Wars With Verizon and AT&T

Kellen January 18, 2018 11

Verizon says they'll launch fixed residential 5G this year. AT&T suggests it'll launch mobile 5G at around the same time. And T-Mobile has made it clear that they won't deliver 5G until 2019 at the earliest, with a full nationwide rollout by 2020. Because...

Verizon and AT&T LTE Speeds Start Recovering After Taking Unlimited Hit, T-Mobile Still the Fastest

Kellen January 17, 2018 39

The folks at OpenSignal released new data today that updates us on the US wireless carrier LTE speed race. In the last major report, their data showed pretty steep declines in speeds from Verizon and AT&T as each had re-introduced unlimited data plans...

Thursday Poll: How Often Do You Upgrade Phones?

Kellen January 4, 2018 91

A lengthy email hit our inbox this morning (Cheers, Christopher!) that touched on the subject of upgrades. It brought up the idea that with the early introduction of device payment plans as a replacement for the two-year service contract, that carriers were...

We’re a Big Step Closer to 5G

Kellen December 21, 2017 5

That's right, 5G is coming and the first 5G spec has been set. The players involved in building out 5G networks now have the details they need to make 5G a reality for you and I. 3GPP, the group of telecommunications organizations that meet to define standards...