The thing about big-time wireless carriers with nationwide networks is that they’re always looking to become even bigger-time wireless carriers. Sprint (NYSE: S), for example, has just announced that it will be acquiring Virgin Mobile USA (NYSE: VM) for the not-so-small sum of $483 million. The deal is part of Sprint’s push to focus on

News Analysis: Major mobile carriers such as Verizon Wireless and AT T are having trouble with Google and its desire to change the way that the telecommunications industry operates. They realize that time is running out before they lose some control, and they want to do everything they can to stop Google's move into telecom services before it gets out of hand. - Google's Nexus One smartp...

T-Mobile, MetroPCS, and Leap pre-paid customers generally pay less for mobile service than contract subscribers.

News Analysis: Companies like AT T and Verizon Wireless might lead the mobile market, but they also lead a group of carriers that force customers into draconian contracts. Carriers are troublesome. They have yet to be stopped. And it looks like things are only going to get worse going forward. - When Verizon Wireless and AT amp;T announced recently that they were dropping the price of their unlimi...

Sprint has recently sent out a press release detailing their intentions to purchase Virgin Mobile USA. You’ll be familiar with Virgin Mobile as one of the nation’s premiere pre-paid carriers. Anyways, the deal is apparantly set to go down for $483 million in addition to Sprint paying off +$250 million of Virgin Mobile’s debt. There’s no word

Image © Chad Baker, Getty ImagesThese days, you don't have to be shackled to a cell phone contract if you don't want to. The four major cell phone carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless) typically want to lock you down for two years in exchange for a subsidized handset price. But carriers like Boost Mobile, Cricket, Virgin Mobile, PlatinumTel, Jitterbug, Straight...

Vonage, the once almost-zombie VoIP company, has roared back from its flirtation with the deadpool (er, from being sued into near oblivion for patent infringement by Verizon et al.). Its latest product, Vonage Mobile, will surely continue to ruffle all the big telecoms feathers because it allows consumers the ability to circumvent their mobile carriers

When a couple of mobile carriers go at it on price, it is the customer who usually benefits, and currently it appears that customers with Verizon Wireless and AT&T will be benefiting for what an article over on katonda calls a price war. The other day Verizon Wireless announced they were lowering their monthly calling plans

We just got the good word from the folks at Sprint themselves: the Google Nexus One will be landing on Sprint. And with that, the Nexus One will be available for all four major US carriers (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile). Sprints being sort of tight-lipped here; they apparently havent quite figured out how to price

Found under: Google, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, FCC, ETF, The Big Four and Google have all responded to the FCCs ETF-related questions. You should remember how the Commission wants to know more details about the whole early termination fees issue and how all the major U.S. carriers and Google have been asked to present their ETF policies.T-Mobile wants just a single 200 ETF which can be ...