T-Mobile to AT&T: Get your hands off our magenta The T-Mobile vs. AT&T battle just got a little juicier. The major mobile carriers, which have been throwing punches at… Read More
T-Mobile on the rebound: Wireless renegade adds 1.1M customers in second quarter T-Mobile US added a net total of 1.1 million customers in the second quarter, including 678,000 for its T-Mobile and… Read More
T-Mobile trashes AT&T’s upgrade program with new ad, calls rival ‘underhanded’ T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere already let his feelings out on Twitter about rival AT&T. Now his company is using… Read More
Wireless industry continues to consolidate with AT&T’s $1.2 billion bid for Leap Wireless More than two months after T-Mobile gobbled up Metro PCS, and just four days after Sprint consumed Clearwire, AT&T is… Read More
Study: AT&T, Verizon are Seattle’s best-performing carriers If you’re living in Seattle, AT&T and Verizon will deliver the best overall mobile performance, T-Mobile is not far behind… Read More
Swap n’ save: AT&T offering $100 trade-in voucher for any smartphone T-Mobile isn’t the only carrier offering sweet trade-in deals. Starting Wednesday, AT&T is offering at least $100 in trade-in credit… Read More
Study: Windows Phone hits highest U.S. market share yet Maybe there’s some truth to the hilarious and equally ridiculous ad Microsoft put out today, which attempts to differentiate Windows Phone from… Read More
Safety first: AT&T debuts remote monitoring home security system in 15 markets It’s been a year since AT&T announced it was getting into the home security business, and now its Digital Life service… Read More
Cellphone performance report: Data speeds up, fewer calls dropped Bellevue-based RootMetrics is out with its 2012 mobile carrier performance review and it shows good news for all four of the… Read More
Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ LTE coming to AT&T stores for $249 with two-year contract Amazon’s biggest Kindle is coming to AT&T stores later this week on April 5 and buyers can get $150 off… Read More
Survey: Adults more likely to text while driving than teens More adults text while driving than teens — at least enough that are willing to admit it. That’s according to… Read More
T-Mobile to roll out LTE coverage, host NYC event later this month T-Mobile confirmed today that it will begin rolling out its LTE coverage later this month and also announced an event… Read More
AT&T has the fastest LTE network (if you can access it) The big U.S. wireless carriers are all fighting over who has the fastest LTE network, touting the speeds that can… Read More
T-Mobile fires back at AT&T with new ad: “What keeps AT&T up at night? Apparently us.” UPDATE, 12:40 P.M.: T-Mobile got back to us and we’ve updated the story below with the newspapers that ran the… Read More
AT&T bashes T-Mobile with full-page newspaper ad AT&T thinks poorly of T-Mobile and they’re running full-page newspaper ads to prove it. In the latest chapter of the… Read More
Can you hear me now? Verizon ranked highest in customer care for fourth time in a row For the fourth time in a row, Verizon was recognized by J.D. Power and Associates for the best customer care… Read More
Sunday marks new era in cellphone carrier market power New cellphones purchased after this Saturday Jan. 25, 2013 can be unlocked only with the permission of the carrier; phones… Read More
T-Mobile CEO rips into rivals, dubs AT&T network ‘crap’ and calls Verizon uncool John Legere has kept a pretty low profile since being named CEO of T-Mobile USA last September, even though he… Read More
Verizon vs. AT&T: Location stats reveal whose retail stores are most popular Seattle startup Placed tracks in-store foot traffic and we now have a better idea of which wireless carriers saw the most… Read More
Rhapsody allowing AT&T subscribers to pay for music subscriptions with wireless bills Seattle-based Rhapsody continues to make it easier for music-lovers to access its service. We wrote last week about how you… Read More
The people’s champ: Verizon is most favorable carrier Remember those “Can you hear me now?” Verizon commercials? Turns out there’s actually some truth to those messages. The people… Read More
T-Mobile exec: One major carrier will go down In a recent conversation with shareholders, T-Mobile COO Jim Alling said that he believes out of the four major cell… Read More
AT&T bolsters LTE network in Seattle, looks to rival Verizon It has been nearly two months since AT&T officially turned on its 4G LTE network in the Seattle area —… Read More
T-Mobile calls dibs for new Nokia Windows smartphone Just one week after AT&T said it would be the exclusive carrier of the Nokia Lumia 920, T-Mobile announced Monday… Read More
Podcast Podcast: iOS 6, iPhone 5, and more from the week in tech We had a lot of fun putting together this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, talking at length about Apple’s… Read More
Just in time for iPhone 5, AT&T activates LTE in Seattle, Portland AT&T announced this morning that it has turned on its 4G LTE wireless network in Seattle and Portland, as the… Read More
Verizon leads the way in 4G LTE performance, says RootMetrics You’ve certainly heard about about how fast 4G LTE speed is, but how do different carriers perform when stacked against… Read More
How AT&T got me to finally let go of unlimited data I’m one of those people who was grandfathered in to AT&T’s unlimited smartphone data plans, and for a long time… Read More
AT&T sets Aug. 23 launch for new shared data plans AT&T’s new shared data plans will launch on Aug. 23, the company announced this morning, attempting to nudge its customers… Read More
Name that Tech Tune to win a ‘Swingbyte’ golf gadget Updated below with answer and winner. Our Name that Tech Tune contest returns this week on the GeekWire radio show… Read More
