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Sleepless nights and Red Bull: Welcome to this 36-hour Vegas hackathon

LAS VEGAS— This city is known for sleepless nights, and hot action on the casino floor. And that’s exactly what’s… Read More

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Top 10: Highlights from GeekWire’s most-read stories of 2014

On this week’s GeekWire radio show, we’re counting down our top 10 picks from our most popular stories of the year.… Read More

AT&T tries to one-up Verizon with new ‘store of the future’ in Bellevue

Verizon debuted a fancy, futuristic retail store last month in Seattle. Now, AT&T is trying to one up the competition with its… Read More

Despite upgrades, T-Mobile’s ‘data strong’ network has gaps left to fill

After the call dropped for the third time, I finally set down my T-Mobile phone and asked my brother-in-law to let me… Read More

AT&T, Verizon feel the pain as rivals offer epic incentives to switch carriers

No big surprise here: AT&T and Verizon are starting to see an impact from promotions, like the one Sprint announced week, that… Read More

Sprint tries to poach AT&T, Verizon customers with new ‘Cut Your Bill in Half’ deal

Sprint today debuted a new limited-time promotion called “Cut Your Bill in Half Event,” and the deal works exactly as… Read More

Wireless auction heats up as bidding exceeds $37 billion

Wireless carriers looking for additional capacity to build out high-speed 4G networks have placed bids exceeding $37 billion in a government auction selling… Read More

GeekWire Trivia Challenge: Name this sound for a chance to win a smartphone from AT&T

Updated below with answer and winners. We’re back with a special edition of our GeekWire Trivia Challenge this week, with a… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: This 14-year-old tech entrepreneur is making her mark with a webcam for dogs

This week on the GeekWire radio show, we catch up with Brooke Martin, the 14-year-old inventor of the iCPooch webcam… Read More

AT&T paying $2.5B to acquire Mexico wireless provider Iusacell

AT&T expanded its position in the global wireless industry on Friday after agreeing to acquire Mexico-based wireless provider Iusacell for $2.5… Read More

Scorecard: T-Mobile tops Sprint, Verizon and AT&T in growth, again

T-Mobile CEO John Legere talks a big game, but he has the numbers to back it up. Now that all of… Read More

FTC sues AT&T for throttling unlimited data plans; AT&T calls suit ‘baffling’

The Federal Trade Commission this morning filed suit against AT&T over the company’s practice of reducing data speeds for customers on… Read More

Verizon taking a ‘logical, rational’ approach to T-Mobile and Sprint’s price wars

A fierce battle broke out this summer among the four major wireless providers, each one trying to offer more data for less. Sprint got… Read More

Are Sprint’s tactics working? Sprint led T-Mobile in Q3 subscriber growth, report says

T-Mobile has not been shy about its goal of overtaking Sprint as the third-largest carrier by the end of the year.… Read More

What’s next for T-Mobile? The list of potential acquirers may surprise you

French Telecom provider Iliad said today it was pulling the plug on its plans to acquire T-Mobile. So, if not… Read More

AT&T to pay $105M over mobile ‘cramming,’ pledges to end practice of socking customers with hidden charges

AT&T Mobility entered into a $105 million agreement, ending a practice known as “cramming” by which third parties of the… Read More

AT&T starts bundling Amazon Prime with HBO and broadband

Bundles of services are nothing new in the “triple play” world of telecom providers, but here’s a different twist: AT&T is… Read More

What’s the 411?: Picking the right plan and carrier for that new phone

So, maybe you want the new iPhone 6, but you aren’t sure if it’s the right time to try out a… Read More

John Legere says T-Mobile wants to top AT&T in total customers

T-Mobile’s hard-charging CEO John Legere says when they finish overtaking Sprint later this year in total number of customers, the Bellevue-based… Read More

Clogged cell networks during big events: Examining potential solutions to a serious problem

After the City of Seattle asked citizens around CenturyLink Field to limit their social media use in the Stadium District last… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: How the big wireless carriers stack up

Are you happy with your current wireless carrier? This week on the GeekWire radio show, we explore the relative strengths… Read More

AT&T shuffles the deck: Glenn Lurie to head up Mobility; Ralph de la Vega tapped for larger role

The wireless industry has seen more executive changes recently than it has in a decade. Today’s big move comes from… Read More

Amazon Fire Phone sales estimated at 35,000 — equal to just 25% of employee base

Amazon never releases sales figures for any of the hardware it builds, but that isn’t stopping others from making their best guesses as… Read More

Not just Verizon: AT&T will also carry HTC One (M8) Windows Phone, eventually

The Windows Phone version of the HTC One (M8) smartphone won’t be a Verizon exclusive forever. That’s the word this morning… Read More

Sprint’s shares hit new low for the year as investors react to its plan to beat T-Mobile

With a T-Mobile merger no longer on the table, Sprint has kicked off a pricing war with the introduction of a family plan… Read More

Verizon tops rivals in new RootMetrics wireless report, but T-Mobile gains in cities

Verizon comes out ahead of rivals AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint in nearly every category of performance — including reliability, data speeds and phone… Read More

T-Mobile targets Sprint, aims to become No. 3 carrier behind AT&T and Verizon

If you can’t join them, beat them. That’s the message from T-Mobile after Sprint this week decided not to pursue a merger… Read More

Why T-Mobile should delay selling to Sprint — or anyone else

A T-Mobile sale has appeared inevitable for almost a year, following constant rumors that it’s in talks with Sprint, and more recently,… Read More

T-Mobile jabs at AT&T with new family plan, offers 10GB of LTE data for $100 per month

T-Mobile is offering a new family plan deal for the next two months, one that CEO John Legere thinks will… Read More

AT&T expands sponsored mobile content program with Syntonic store

Syntonic Wireless, a Bellevue-based startup founded by two former RealNetworks execs, today announced that it will launch its Syntonic Sponsored Content Store… Read More