USA based AT&T has announced that it is paying US$1.9 billion in cash to buy blocks of radio spectrum from Verizon Wireless. AT&T has agreed to acquire spectrum in the 700 MHz B band from Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion in cash and AWS spectrum licenses in several markets, including Phoenix, Ariz., Los Angeles and … Read more
Google has reported that its first-quarter revenues jumped by nearly a third to US$14 billion, while profits rose to US$3.35 billion, compared to US$2.89 billion a year ago. Google said that its revenues from outside of the United States totaled $7.1 billion, representing 55% of total Google revenues in the first quarter of 2013, compared … Read more
Three of India’s largest mobile networks have requested that a portion of the radio spectrum reserved for CDMA services be re purposed for use by the GSM networks. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular sent a joint letter to the Department of Telecoms. “We recommend that the 800 MHz spectrum band is harmonies with the international … Read more
Google is reported to have held preliminary discussions that could lead to it setting up its own wireless network in the USA, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The internet giant, which has just started deploying its own landline internet service in the USA has held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network, according … Read more
SEATTLE—T-Mobile USA Inc. and its parent company, Deutsche Telecom A.G., have been ordered by the U.S. Department of Labor to pay $345,972 to a worker allegedly fired for being a whistle-blower. Bellevue, Wash.-based T-Mobile said it plans to appeal. The Department of Labor’s order resulted from an investigation into alleged violations of the whistleblower protection … Read more
Two Major Mobile Product Company ban on sales by A South Korean court after it ruled that each company had infringed each other’s patents. The Seoul Central Court has imposed a sales ban on several devices as a result: Apple’s Iphone 3GS, Iphone 4 and the original Ipad and Ipad 2 tablets, along with Samsung’s GalaxyS … Read more
In the past few weeks, pretty convincing photos of the rumored iPhone 5 have flooded the Internets, which is surprising since Apple used to be able to keep a tight lock on their secrets before they hold announcement events like this. Apple has confirmed the worst kept secret about its forthcoming press conference – that … Read more
T-Mobile USA has signed a US$2.4 billion deal with Crown Castle that lets the towers operator have sole rights to use and lease out 6,400 of T-Mobile’s towers for the next 28 years. The deal also includes the sale of 800 towers to Crown Castle. The payment of the $2.4 billion will be a single … Read more