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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Tie-Up Could Be a Nightmare

Fresh from the glow of a $4 billion LTE network build announcement and all gussied up with new AWS spectrum from AT&T, T-Mobile USA is apparently looking like a pretty good dance partner to a new would-be suitor: MetroPCS. However, the deal could be a nightmare. ...More
May 10, 2012 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
Service-Provider Revenues Approach a Whopping $2 Trillion

Carrier capital expenditures also rose in 2011, but late-year economic jitters depressed growth rates. AT&T and Verizon were among the globe's biggest spenders. ...More
April 12, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
AppDirect To Provide Deutsche Telekom with Localized Apps, Services

AppDirect, a cloud-services marketplace and management platform, will provide the solution for Deutsche Telekom’s new Business Marketplace. ...More
March 15, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News, Billing
Big European Telcos Face Regulator Scrutiny

The EC wants to know if anything improper has been happening at a number of meetings that top execs from the big telcos have attended. ...More
March 15, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Google To the Operators' Defense

In what's become a common trope at this year's MWC, Google's Eric Schmidt noted that operators were living in a tough regulatory environment. Customers were using enormous bandwidth, while the government was charging the operators huge fees for this bandwidth. ...More
February 28, 2012
Posted in Blog
Deutsche Telecom Weighs Whether to Pull Out of U.K.

Deutsche Telekom, the German telephone giant, is evaluating its presence in the U.K., which may include selling its half of Everything Everywhere, the wireless venture it owns with France Telecom. ...More
February 17, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News
AT&T, T-Mobile Ask FCC to Approve Spectrum Transfer

AT&T agreed to give T-Mobile USA the spectrum licenses and pay its parent, Deutsche Telekom AG, $3 billion as part of the merger's break-up fee. ...More
January 24, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Telefónica, DT Poised to See Mobile Churn Problems in 2012

Almost 7 million additional customers in Western Europe are expected to switch their mobile provider during 2012. ...More
January 3, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Deutsche Telekom Gets Spectrum from AT&T

Deutsche Telekom AG isn't walking away empty-handed now that the AT&T/T-Mobile USA merger has been called off. The German telecom behemoth, which owns T-Mobile USA, is getting a $3 billion break-up fee in cash from AT&T, a package of mobile spectrum in 128 markets ...More
December 20, 2011
Posted in News
DT, Vodafone, Telefónica, Others Snub Noses at Europe's Debt Crisis

While several European countries are drowning in debt and global markets teeter back and forth depending on what happens there on a daily basis, the EU's largest telcos are "cash rich." ...More
December 2, 2011
Posted in News