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T-Mobile Could Net Close To $3 Billion Through Tower Sale
T-Mobile's exploration of a sale of its tower system could net the company as much as $3 billion for parent Deutsche Telekom, according to Macquarie Capital USA Inc. Macquarie analyst Kevin Smithen wrote in a note that American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp are all in "a hotly contested auction" of T-Mobile towers. The... Read more » Samsung Commits To Increasing Smartphone Battery Life In 2012, Hopes For All-Day Use
Samsung is undertaking some nifty goal setting in 2012, promising that smartphones arriving this year can last a full day under average to moderately heavy use, according to Kevin Packingham, vice president of product innovation at Samsung. "When you wake up to when you go to bed, we don't want you feeling anxiety about your battery life," he said in an interview... Read more » (Updated With Clarified Statements From T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray) A Look At T-Mobile’s CES 2012 Booth, The Availability Of The iPhone, And A Look At Carly With Mr TmoNews Himself
Clarification from T-Mobile Regarding iPhone: Comments made by T-Mobile’s CTO, Neville Ray, regarding the evolution of chipsets to include additional bands were misconstrued. Mr. Ray was speaking generally to chipset advancements available to all phone manufacturers. T-Mobile has no knowledge of Apple’s product roadmap and our position on the iPhone has not... Read more » Deutsche Telekom CEO Comments On Need For LTE Network In United States
Deutsche Telekom CEO Rene Obermann spoke to the Deutsche Telekom official corporate blogger on December 20th in Germany about the need for a LTE network on T-Mobile USA. In this two minute video, Obermann states the need for T-Mobile USA to move toward a future that involves a focus on LTE technology and finding more spectrum to meet that goal. For Deutsche... Read more » Editorial: Why T-Mobile Should And Will Deploy LTE (The Technical Edition)
In the comments of the article about the analyst positing $9 billion for LTE deployment, many people were puzzled on why everyone is so focused on T-Mobile needing to deploy LTE. The obvious marketing answer is that everyone else has it, so T-Mobile needs to be competitive and deploy it to be able to say that they've got it too. By itself, that is an incredibly... Read more » The Cost To Build Out An LTE Network For T-Mobile? One Analyst Thinks $9 Billion
With the AT&T deal now nothing more than a memory, T-Mobile USA faces the daunting task of rebuilding, revitalizing and working toward the build-out of a LTE network. The cost associated with such a task? According to RBC Capital Markets analyst Jonathan Atkin, it will cost as much as $9 billion for T-Mobile purchase spectrum, build-out and deploy. Deutsche... Read more » Verizon Purchases 122 AWS-1 Licenses From SpectrumCo, Eliminating Potential Deal For T-Mobile With Cable Companies?
Assuming regulators would approve such a deal, Verizon just screwed the prospects of a T-Mobile hookup with a cable company if the AT&T deal does indeed go all the way south. Verizon Wireless has announced that it is purchasing 122 AWS-1 spectrum licenses for $3.6 billion from SpectrumCo covering 259 million POPS in the United States. SpectrumCo is a joint... Read more » AT&T’s “Ooops” Damages Their Biggest Argument In Favor Of T-Mobile Takeover
AT&T's Thursday filing to the FCC related to the T-Mobile USA takeover was accidentally not redacted allowing for some details to come out that they likely would have preferred to stay private. AT&T unintentionally revealed that it would cost them $3.8 billion in additional capital expenditures to build out their LTE network from the 80% percentage they already... Read more » T-Mobile Takes Easy Second Place In PCMag’s Fastest Mobile Network 2011 Contest
T-Mobile's 4G network claim right now remains the nation's largest 4G network while Verizon's claims the fastest. The results of PCMag's nationwide mobile speed test support the claim that Verizon is indeed the fastest against T-Mobile's HSPA+ 21Mbps network but T-Mobile holds second place down like a boss. With the obvious mention that this test might have had... Read more » T-Mobile Says G-Slate 2x Faster Than iPad 2, 3x Faster Than Xoom
T-Mobile is ready to re-position the T-Mobile G-Slate as one of the best tablets on the market given its recent price drop. According to this internal document T-Mobile is claiming that they have received "legal approval" to "definitively" state that the G-Slate is more than "2x faster than the iPad2 on AT&T and Verizon, and over 3x faster than the Motorola... Read more » 
