Category: 5G
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DISH Network Chairman Says No Plans to Merge With DIRECTV
Satellite TV providers DIRECTV and DISH Network have long been rumored to get together, especially with the satellite industry consistently shedding subscribers. But DISH Chairman Charlie Ergen poured cold water on the speculation. “There are no plans DIRECTV,” Ergen said Monday on the company’s third-quarter earnings conference call. “Certainly for now.” DISH is already busy…
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AT&T Expands 5G Home Internet to More Than a Dozen Markets
AT&T is playing catch-up when it comes to the 5G home internet game, but it’s slowly picking up the pace. Earlier this month, the telecommunications giant said it brought its AT&T Internet Air service to 13 new markets. While Verizon and T-Mobile have established presences in large swaths of the country for 5G home internet,…
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The U.S.’s Low-Cost Internet Program Could Run Out of Money By March if it Doesn’t Get $6 Billion in Funding
The White House is asking Congress to allocate $6 billion in additional funding to keep its program to provide low-cost high-speed internet going through next year, according to Reuters. The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offers eligible consumers access to discounted internet service at $30 a month, is set to run out of money by March.…
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T-Mobile CEO Denies its Planning to Buy a Cable TV Company
T-Mobile isn’t looking to buy a cable TV company after all. Speculation that the No. 2 wireless company was working with activist investment firm Jana Partners to acquire cable TV and internet provider Frontier swirled last week. Reuters had reported that Jana had taken a stake in Frontier and was pressuring it to sell. T-Mobile…
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T-Mobile Kills its Forced Migration Test: ‘We’ve Got Plenty of Feedback’
T-Mobile is no longer going forward with its “small-scale test” to automatically move legacy customers to newer, more expensive plans. T-Mobile Chief Executive Mike Sievert confirmed on a Wednesday call with investors that it no longer needs proceed with it “because I think we’ve got plenty of feedback. “We’ve learned that particular test cell isn’t…
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Walmart’s ‘$4.08’ 5G Wireless Plan From MobileX is Available at Nearly 1,000 Stores
After launching in Walmart last month, prepaid wireless service provider MobileX is now available at nearly 1,000 stores across the U.S. The company made headlines last month by offering a “$4.08 a month” plan that seemingly undercut all other competitors. We break down the ins and outs of the plan, and what you actually get,…
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T-Mobile Will Reportedly Start Automatically Switching Customers To Paperless Billing
T-Mobile has alerted some customers that will be automatically moved to paperless billing — even if they never asked for it. The notifications have gone out to at least some customers, according to posts on Reddit and a tip sent to The Mobile Report. There are some conflicting reports on when the switch actually happens,…
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T-Mobile’s Forced Migration Controversy is Very Un-Un-Carrier-Like
When then-T-Mobile CEO John Legere rolled out the original “Un-carrier” move back in 2013, he did more than just introduce a new plan feature – the removal of phone subsidies – he launched a movement. Un-carrier became shorthand for a promise of more transparency and less of the carrier BS that the other companies employed.…
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T-Mobile and DISH, Which Just Made Peace on One Spectrum Deal, Are Fighting Over Another
For T-Mobile and DISH Network, the drama between the two doesn’t seem to end. DISH, fresh off of resolving one dispute with T-Mobile over the sale of a swath of spectrum, is taking on the No. 2 wireless carrier over a whole other batch of radio airwaves. The satellite company, with aspirations of becoming a…
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Everything We Know About T-Mobile’s Forced Migration Plan
A set of leaked T-Mobile documents detailing how the carrier would move subscribers on legacy plans onto newer, more expensive offerings set off a tidal wave of news reports and consumer backlash this week. The idea that the “Un-carrier,” which has presented itself as the pro-consumer carrier, would forcibly migrate subscribers was both shocking and…