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Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they’re basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.
U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans.
HTC’s new One S is an Android phone with a distinct personality: it’s seriously sleek and has an exceptionally good camera. Those are easily its greatest assets, and they’re more than enough to make it T-Mobile’s flagship smartphone of the moment — something that T-Mobile could use, since it’s the only major U.S. carrier that doesn’t have the iPhone.
While each phone’s slight variations are great for wireless carriers, who aren’t stuck selling the exact same phones as their competitors, they can also be confusing for customers. So let’s break down HTC’s One phones by category to see how they compare.
TV commercials for wireless carriers are usually a mess of vague technical jargon, meaningless graphs and annoying spokespeople. But who actually has the fastest wireless network?
Casting thin-veiled aspersions the government’s way, AT&T threw in the towel last night, scuppering its plans to purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. What happens now?
So that’s it then: AT&T says it’s officially putting its protracted and recently all but dead attempt to snatch up T-Mobile USA out to pasture. Make that $39 billion dollars German-based parent company Deutsche Telekom won’t see, after the government worked to thwart the deal, suing to block it in late August, calling it anticompetitive and warning it could raise consumer prices.
If you thought that withdrawing its merger application from the Federal Communications Commission following accusations of providing “flawed information” would deter AT&T from pursuing its acquisition of T-Mobile, then you’ve clearly underestimated just how much the telecommunications giant cares about its customers. Well, possibly.
The T-Mobile Prepaid 4G Mobile HotSpot is a good gift for someone who travels frequently and wants to be able to access decent mobile internet speeds from multiple devices—maybe a laptop and a tablet, for instance—without getting locked into a two-year data contract or paying separate data charges for each device.
–Kevin Werbach, associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and former tech policy official with the Federal Communications Commission, commenting on the theory AT&T may attempt to salvage its FCC-scuppered merger with T-Mobile by selling off 40% of T-Mobile’s assets to wireless rivals. Asset Sale May Be Next for AT&T [New York Times]
–A senior FCC official, speaking to the New York Times on condition of anonymity. The FCC acted yesterday to thwart AT&T’s proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. F.C.C. Seeks Review of AT&T Merger With T-Mobile [New York Times]
