Shortly after the two companies confirmed that they were advanced talks about a potential merger, Nokia announced that it will be acquiring Alcatel-Lucent, one of its biggest rivals, for $16.6 billion. While both companies have received approval for the merger from their boards, Nokia doesn’t expect the deal to close until somewhere around the first half of… Continue reading Nokia has confirmed that it’s acquiring Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion
Category: Telecommunications
Google’s MVNO service sounds too good to be true
And here I thought T-Mobile was disrupting the wireless carrier market, but Google’s own MVNO service is looking too good to be true. Just as the company’s gigabit Internet service has forced ISPs to actually offer their customers reasonable plans, Google’s MVNO service looks like it’s going to force wireless carriers to stop trying to get… Continue reading Google’s MVNO service sounds too good to be true
Google Fiber is forcing ISPs to suck less
The best part about having Google Fiver come to your city is that, more often then not, you won’t even need to switch providers to get your hands on gigabit Internet speeds. The second it looks like Google’s own service is hitting a city, all of the local ISPs practically trip over themselves to launch… Continue reading Google Fiber is forcing ISPs to suck less
Sprint’s new Direct 2 You service brings experts right to your door
I can’t imagine an easier process than migrating information from your old smartphone to your new one, but that’s not the case for everyone. That’s why Sprint has launched a new service where an expert will hand-deliver your new smartphone to your door, migrate all of the information from your old device, and even value… Continue reading Sprint’s new Direct 2 You service brings experts right to your door
It looks like T-Mobile is going to overtake Sprint
Sprint and T-Mobile have been sitting well behind the top two telecom giants in the United States, AT&T and Verizon, for quite some time now. However, while Sprint has been losing customers and money these past couple of years, T-Mobile has been adding customers by the truck load and, because of this, analysts are predicting… Continue reading It looks like T-Mobile is going to overtake Sprint
How much bribe money is Comcast putting into people’s pockets?
It doesn’t matter how many people hate you, so long as you’re putting enough money in the pockets that matter, you can pretty much anything you want. That’s how it seems to work in the United States and that’s exactly what Comcast is doing to help gather support from various organizations for the companies near… Continue reading How much bribe money is Comcast putting into people’s pockets?
Google’s telecom ambitions extend beyond the United States
Google’s telecom ambitions aren’t limited to just the United States, the company has apparently been talking with a British mobile carrier about allowing free international roaming when in the region. To clarify, this doesn’t mean that anyone in the United Kingdom is going to have access to Google’s service, it just means that Google’s American… Continue reading Google’s telecom ambitions extend beyond the United States
AT&T is bringing gigabit Internet to Silicon Valley
You would think being a Silicon Valley company, Google’s gigabit Internet service would be coming to Silicon Valley but, as we all know, Google Fiber won’t be coming to Silicon Valley anytime soon. Instead, AT&T will be the first company to be bringing 1Gbps Internet to the technology capital of the world for the comparatively low… Continue reading AT&T is bringing gigabit Internet to Silicon Valley
The FCC is confident that it can beat its net neutrality lawsuits
It was to be expected that the FCC be hit with a plethora of lawsuits following its vote to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, but the number of lawsuits and strength behind them is intimidating nonetheless. Even so, Chairman Tom Wheeler feels confident that the FCC will beat these legal challenges in the… Continue reading The FCC is confident that it can beat its net neutrality lawsuits
The FCC is going to vote on a plan to share 3.5GHz spectrum
In a few weeks the FCC is going to vote on a new spectrum-sharing plan for a band that everyone from mobile service providers, to individuals, to the United States military could make use of. Known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), the service would open up frequencies from 3550-3700MHz to various people and organizations and… Continue reading The FCC is going to vote on a plan to share 3.5GHz spectrum