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    1. Grading the top 10 U.S. carriers in the first quarter of 2012

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      The following charts the top U.S. wireless carriers in the first quarter of 2012 by subscriber base, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, 

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      Mentions:   AT&T   Nokia

    2. Dish Can't Launch LTE Network until 2016

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      Dish Network said that it will not be able to launch its proposed LTE Advanced network using 40 MHz of S-Band spectrum until 2016 or later. This is about 12 months longer than the FCC's current proposed buildout schedule, which requires Dish to launch its network in three years. 

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      Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Nokia

    3. Mobile Service Providers Want to Reduce Device Subsidies: Only Question is How

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      Mobile Service Providers Want to Reduce Device Subsidies: Only Question is How

      AT&T wants to reduce its smart phone subsidies. The issue is how to do so. 

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      Mentions:   Microsoft   Verizon Communications   AT&T

    4. Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans

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      Verizon will kill 'grandfathered' unlimited data plans

      Verizon Wireless plans to eliminate the $30 per month unlimited data plan that it still provides to 3G customers who were "grandfathered" into the plan last July 2011.

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      Mentions:   Verizon Communications   LTE   AT&T

    5. T-Mobile USA can stand alone

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      T-Mobile USA can stand alone

      T-Mobile USA says it does not need an acquisition to compete in the U.S. market.

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      Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Nokia

    6. Sprint gets top marks in annual customer satisfaction survey

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      Sprint Nextel has the highest customer satisfaction of the top four U.S. mobile companies, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index.

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      Mentions:   AT&T   Nokia   Sprint Nextel

    7. T-Mobile, RCA join forces to stop Verizon's cable deals

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      T-Mobile, RCA join forces to stop Verizon's cable deals T-Mobile USA, the Rural Cellular Association and public interest group Public Knowledge are joining together to formally oppose Verizon Wireless' (NYSE:VZ) planned $3.9 billion purchase of AWS spectrum from cable companies. The three will forge a new group, dubbed the Alliance for Broadband Competition, which describes itself as a "collection of like-minded businesses, trade associations, and public interest groups who are concerned about the ability for the current marketplace to sustain a competitive ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   AT&T   Nokia

    8. YouTube to pay for your mobile data charges? Carriers betting on it

      Explore FierceWireless (May 10 2012) Applications , Business Models , IP Telephony , Mobility

      YouTube to pay for your mobile data charges? Carriers betting on it NEW ORLEANS--Should content providers like Netflix and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) pay wireless carriers so that mobile customers can visit their sites for free? Some wireless carriers seem to think so. During this week's CTIA Wireless show, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) CTO Tony Melone floated the idea of "toll free" data access. "There is room for an 1-800-type of service where certain destinations could offset the cost of the network to get customers to those ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft   Google   Virgin America

    9. You Can't Price LTE at a Premium Unless Customers Understand the "Premium"

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      You Can't Price LTE at a Premium Unless Customers Understand the "Premium"

      It's one thing to argue that LTE is "faster." As fixed network operators have found, some will pay more for "faster." But people also often argue LTE means "new services." Until those apps emerge, the premium pricing has to rely on the well-understood "higher speed costs more" packaging.

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      Mentions:   LTE   TeliaSonera   Analysys Mason

    10. Verizon, T-Mobile Ponder Data Equivalent of "Toll free' Calling

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      Verizon, T-Mobile Ponder Data Equivalent of "Toll free' Calling

      Whether retail packaging policies and charging are just marketing techniques, or "net neuitrality" infractiions, will be tested if more major service providers introduce new chanrging policies that exempt some forms of video consumption, tied to purchase of standard video subscriptions, from consumption caps. Thje model is toll-free calling. 

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      Mentions:   AT&T   Cnet   Google Voice

    11. T-Mobile picks Ericsson, NSN as its LTE vendors

      Explore FierceWireless (May 7 2012) Mobility

      NEW ORLEANS--T-Mobile USA selected Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Nokia Siemens Networks as its primary infrastructure vendors for its forthcoming LTE network. T-Mobile is the last of the nation's Tier 1 carriers to pick vendors for an LTE rollout.  Ericsson and Nokia Siemens will install LTE Release 10-capable equipment at 37,000 cell sites across T-Mobile's HSPA+ network footprint as part of the carrier's effort to increase signal quality and improve network performance ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   Samsung   AT&T

    12. U.S. Cellular overhauls voice, data pricing plans, promises LTE expansion

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      U.S. Cellular overhauls voice, data pricing plans, promises LTE expansion U.S. Cellular added more expensive data tiers with higher usage thresholds to its data plans for its postpaid subscribers, and it also maintained that it will expand its LTE network as the year goes on to 50 percent of its footprint. U.S. Cellular CEO Mary Dillon made the comments in conjunction with the carrier's first-quarter earnings, which were strong financially but showed that the company is still losing customers. Click here for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   Samsung   Apple

    13. France Telecom's Q1 squeezed by domestic price war

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      Profits margins at France's largest telecoms operator France Telecom (FT) got knocked in the first quarter following the success of Iliad's Free Mobile and its low-cost offers. FT reported that its first-quarter operating profits fell by 8 per cent to €3.43 billion, compared with €3.73 billion in the same period last year. FT said revenue dropped 2.7 per cent to €10.9 billion, just ahead of the €10.8 billion ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   France Telecom   Bouygues Telecom   Gervais Pellissier

    14. Paolini: Don't supply and demand apply to wireless data monetization?

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      Paolini: Don't supply and demand apply to wireless data monetization? We spend a lot of time thinking about monetization--and it is becoming an increasingly frustrating, overused topic. Operators struggle to extract a fair financial benefit from the astounding growth in wireless data services, but--and this is where the frustration comes from--we see many proposals on how to go about monetization that point in the right direction, but concrete proposals, or clear success stories, are few and far between. In truth, in the past couple of ... (Read Full Article)

    15. Swisscom fights SMS decline with triple-play offerings

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      Swisscom, Switzerland's biggest telecoms provider, posted first-quarter profits of €379.4 million, a fall of 3.8 per cent compared to the year-ago period. The operator said net revenue fell 2.1 per cent in the quarter to €2.3 billion. The company blamed the decline on customers increasingly using new IP-based apps and social media platforms over traditional voice and text messaging services. Swisscom said in a statement that IP-based apps led to ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Swisscom   France Telecom   CVC

    16. Rumor Mill: Is Amazon preparing a smartphone for this year?

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      Rumor Mill: Is Amazon preparing a smartphone for this year? Amazon's Android-based Kindle Fire tablet has gotten off to a blazing start since going on sale less than six months ago. According to research firm comScore, the Kindle Fire already controls more than half of the U.S. Android tablet market. Will a smartphone from Amazon be next? Amazon could follow its Kindle Fire with a smartphone. Several analysts think the web services and online retailing company could be cooking up a smartphone for ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Google   AT&T   ABI Research

    17. Mallinson: Vodafone's C&WW deal shows that fixed-mobile convergence is increasing

      Explore FierceWireless (Apr 27 2012) Mobility

      Mobile operators are becoming increasingly dependent their fixed network counterparts. This is due to heavy and increasing traffic demands and shrinking cell sizes with mobile broadband. After many years as one of the world's most mobile-focused telecoms companies, Vodafone is becoming more integrated with fixed communications via its bid to acquire Cable & Wireless Worldwide (C&WW) for £1.04 billion in cash. Vodafone bought out the minority shareholders in Germany's fixed network operator ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Vodafone   Verizon Communications   France Telecom

    18. France Telecom exec claims Free Mobile now losing customers

      Explore FierceWireless (Apr 27 2012) Applications , Marketing , Mobility

      Having gained several million customers since its launch in January, Free Mobile is now said to be steadily losing around 1,000 subscriber per week, according to a France Telecom executive. Number portability requests have returned to levels prior to the arrival of Free Mobile in the market, according to Alice Holzmann, marketing director of Orange France. "The mass migration to Free Mobile has returned to a normal level," Holzmann told the French newspaper Les ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   KPN   France Telecom   Bouygues Telecom

    19. Is it time for a new model on handset subsidies?

      Explore FierceWireless (Apr 27 2012) Marketing

      It's easy to look back and understand why mobile operators got into the business of subsidising handsets--attracting new subscribers and retaining them on a fixed-term contract are the two foremost. But times are changing, and it's less easy today to understand why this model continues given that the operators are struggling to maintain margins when their voice revenues are declining, regulators are demanding price reductions and investment needs for next-generation network technology are ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   Nokia   Apple

    20. Best Buy Connect is Closed

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      Best Buy Connect is Closed

      Best Buy said it is shuttering its Best Buy Connect branded mobile broadband service less two years after the business got started. The service resold mobile broadband with access to Clearwire's (NASDAQ:CLWR) mobile WiMAX network and Sprint Nextel's (NYSE:S)  EV-DO network; Best Buy also inked an MVNO deal with LightSquared. The news was first reported by Engadget and then later confirmed by AllThingsD. "We have decided to exit this business after ...

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      Mentions:   Clearwire   AT&T   Nokia

    21. MetroPCS targets fall for cheaper LTE smartphones, VoLTE

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      MetroPCS (NASDAQ:PCS) reported lower net income for the first quarter on higher costs it incurred to acquire new customers. Yet the flat-rate carrier also disappointed analysts by reporting weaker than expected customer additions in the quarter. The company also said it will offer cheaper LTE smartphones and Voice over LTE-capable phones in the fall timeframe. MetroPCS CEO Roger Linquist acknowledged on the flat-rate carrier's earnings conference call that the company's results were ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   LTE   Samsung   AT&T

    22. Lowenstein's View: Is the mobile M&A binge crazy or justified?

      Explore FierceWireless (Apr 26 2012) Marketing , Mobility

      Here's something to chew on when thinking about valuations in mobile vs. legacy online businesses. A mere two weeks ago, Facebook acquired mobile photo sharing app Instagram for $1 billion. Instagram had amassed 27 million subscribers, but had no revenue and fewer than 20 employees. By contrast, Shutterfly confirmed this week its acquisition of Kodak Gallery, an online photo storage and publishing division of Kodak, for $23.8 million--and the absence of any competing ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Oracle   Microsoft   Google

    23. Apple beats estimates, sells 35.1M iPhones in 1Q

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      Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) released results showing sales of 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, which the company said was up 88 percent over the year-ago quarter. The company sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Click here for Apple's quarterly iPhone and iPad shipments since 2007. "We're thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   Nokia   Apple

    24. Furchtgott-Roth: The dangers of regulating the wireless industry in the 'public interest'

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      Furchtgott-Roth: The dangers of regulating the wireless industry in the 'public interest' Harold Furchtgott-Roth I recently received a notice about a program on May 23 in Washington, DC entitled "From broadcast to Broadband: New Theories of Public Interest in Wireless." The program will be co-hosted by three think tanks: the New America Foundation, Public Knowledge, and the Rutgers Institute for Information Policy and Law. Those interested in hearing one perspective on the future of the wireless industry may want to listen. While I do not share them ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AT&T   New America Foundation   Federal Communication Commission