Sprint, to put it kindly, doesn’t have the best mobile network. Although it’s winning “most improved” stickers faster than anyone else, its network is still dead last compared to its nationwide competitors, according to every single comparison. While its average download speed is getting much better — and now on par with AT&T, according to …
Earlier this year, popular prepaid wireless company FreedomPop teased a new super-cheap cell brand it was about to launch, called Unreal Mobile. The unique selling point was simple, it said: unlimited data, way cheaper than anyone else on the market. Unreal Mobile has finally launched its super-cheap plans, which it’s calling “unlimited.” The first thing …
Late last year, T-Mobile announced that it had acquired TV company Layer3, a slightly oddball TV distributor that offers an expensive cable-esque TV bundle in a handful of markets. T-Mobile debuted the acquisition in its usual splashy way, saying that “we’re gonna fix the pain points and bring real choice to consumers across the country,” …
In today’s edition of “you probably didn’t know this was still a thing but be glad it stopped,” Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have all confirmed that they’re cutting ties with some third-party data brokers to whom the wireless networks had been selling customer location data. All the major cell networks have long sold location data …
Normally, when we hear anything from any of the big four carriers about its network, it’s about how it’s the best in the country and all the competition should be quaking in their boots. T-Mobile is the best of the lot at talking smack, and CEO John Legere has no problem trash-talking rival CEOs on …
Seven innocent days ago, we told you about a Sprint promotion that was offering unlimited data to anyone willing to switch onto the network for $15 a month. There were no strings attached and no weird fine print, which normally makes this kind of deal too good to be true. Apparently, Sprint’s accounting department agreed, …
While Sprint can’t compete with Verizon and AT&T on network coverage or exclusive devices, it’s always had the advantage of being dirt cheap. Sprint’s offerings have always been significantly less expensive than the competition, but with a new deal that offers unlimited data, calling, and texting for $15 per line, things just went up a …
When T-Mobile and Sprint finally made their merger official in April, after years of coquettish flirting, the big question instantly became whether the government would allow the merger to go ahead. Antitrust regulators aren’t typically wild about horizontal mergers between two companies with significant market share, and as we’ve covered extensively before, there’s a very …
It’s no secret that Sprint and T-Mobile undercut their competition on price — Sprint once set up an entire fake store to make the point — and one of the constant differences between Verizon (or AT&T) and the two smaller carriers are the frequent deals. If you pay attention, you can often get Sprint or …
T-Mobile and Sprint know that they face an uphill battle in persuading regulators that they should be allowed to merge. Most competition theory suggests that letting a highly-concentrated market lose its two lowest-price players is a terrible idea, which is why T-Mobile is arguing that its merger needs to happen for national security or jobs …
