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Sprint CEO calls T-Mobile CEO a ‘con artist,’ accuses rival of copying new unlimited data plan

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure and T-Mobile CEO John Legere don’t seem to like each other. The bitterness between the two… Read More

Sprint CEO tweets, then pulls, ad calling T-Mobile ‘ghetto’ — and John Legere stays pretty quiet

Sprint has pulled a controversial ad where a woman calls T-Mobile a “ghetto” carrier. The ad, which featured Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure… Read More

Amazon Prime now available month-to-month — if you’re a Sprint customer

Amazon Prime’s $99 yearly fee is a pretty good deal, but it can be a big hit to the wallet for users… Read More

Verizon dominates RootMetrics’ mobile network tests; T-Mobile CEO says RootMetrics should be ‘banned’

Verizon continues to be have the best overall performance in the U.S. wireless industry, according to a new study by RootMetrics covering… Read More

T-Mobile CEO takes aim at Verizon in 2016 predictions: ‘These guys don’t get it’

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, T-Mobile CEO John Legere today made some bold predictions for the new year. However, there’s a… Read More

T-Mobile offering $200 per line to any Sprint customer who makes the switch

T-Mobile has been covering early termination fees for customers who ditch their current carrier for a while, but now the… Read More

T-Mobile cries copycat as Sprint flies banner over its Bellevue headquarters

We just saw the latest episode in the T-Mobile-Sprint wireless rivalry, as Sprint flew a promotional banner over its competitor’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon hires film music vet Bob Bowen; Former PopCap exec Karla Horwitz joins 8Stem; and more

—Amazon hired Bob Bowen as head of music for the company’s Amazon Studios division. The film music veteran will oversee strategy, partnerships… Read More

Podcast

T-Mobile’s video bet, tracking your kid’s school bus, Groupon’s comeback bid, and Azure vs. Amazon

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: GeekWire’s Jacob Demmitt breaks down T-Mobile’s “Binge On” video streaming news, the… Read More

Sprint undercuts T-Mobile with new iPhones starting at $1/month

The latest battle in the carrier wars between Sprint and T-Mobile is over iPhone 6s monthly pricing. Sprint announced today, the day… Read More

Sprint launches ‘Direct 2 You’ delivery service in Seattle

Sprint customers living in Seattle now have access to an on-demand service from wherever they might be. The wireless carrier… Read More

Finally, T-Mobile passes Sprint to become the nation’s third-largest carrier

The numbers are in. Six months after promising to surpass Sprint as the third-largest carrier in the U.S., T-Mobile has… Read More

Sprint CEO calls out T-Mobile CEO for ‘Uncarrier bullshit’ over iPhone 6 upgrade offer

It seems that Marcelo Claure has had enough of John Legere. Claure, the Sprint CEO, lashed out on Twitter last night… Read More

News Brief

Sprint brand rolls out to more than 1,400 RadioShack stores

Sprint is now claiming to be one of the largest retailers in the country, with a total of 4,500 locations thanks to the… Read More

T-Mobile revamps JUMP program, enabling device upgrades up to 3 times/year

T-Mobile is launching a new version of its JUMP device upgrade program, called “JUMP On Demand,” that gives customers the option… Read More

Mobile carriers prep for U.S. Open as smartphones now allowed inside the ropes

Now that golf fans can finally carry their smartphones on U.S. Open grounds, mobile carriers are ramping up their network capacity.… Read More

Sprint CEO: We’ll surpass AT&T, Verizon in network performance within two years

Editor’s note: This story was corrected to reflect that Claure referred to network performance, not subscriber count. Sprint has some lofty… Read More

Sprint, Verizon fined $158M combined to settle lawsuit over unauthorized charges

Sprint and Verizon are the last major wireless carriers in the U.S. to agree to a settlement with the government over millions… Read More

Sprint adds 1.2M customers to fend off T-Mobile, but financial loss deepens

Sprint added 1.2 million net customers in the first quarter, retaining its position as the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier, but… Read More

Official details: How Google’s new ‘Project Fi’ wireless network will work

Google today confirmed that it’s launching a new wireless network, called “Project Fi” — offering a simplified pricing structure, and using a “network of networks”… Read More

Google’s wireless service reportedly launching this week

Update: Official details: How Google’s new ‘Project Fi’ wireless network will work Owners of Google’s Nexus 6 flagship smartphone who… Read More

Verizon says it has to be ‘rational,’ chooses profits over adding subscribers

Verizon acknowledged it bled subscribers again in the first quarter, explaining that it rather lose some customers than offer deep discounts. “We have to… Read More

Sprint will now hand-deliver a new smartphone to your home or office

Sprint wants to make it easier for customers to purchase or upgrade a smartphone. The mobile carrier today debuted a new program… Read More

No new bidders emerging in RadioShack’s bankruptcy as 2,000 stores face closure

Thousands of RadioShack stores face imminent closure as the 94-year-old company’s bankruptcy nears a close. On Thursday, a judge is set to sign… Read More

Advertising watchdog advises Sprint to stop claiming it has a ‘brand new’ network

Sprint will no longer claim to have a “brand new” network, after an industry watchdog found some of its advertising to… Read More

Google to offer its own wireless service later this year

Google will try its hand at providing cell phone service this year by partnering with existing wireless carriers. Sundar Pichai,… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: How Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint fare in data speeds, call quality and more

How do AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile stack up? We’ve looked at their customer growth, and this week on the GeekWire… Read More

Scorecard: T-Mobile edges out Verizon and AT&T, eclipses Sprint in Q4 customer additions

T-Mobile continued to post strong growth in the fourth quarter, adding more customers overall than Verizon, Sprint and AT&T. The Bellevue,… Read More

That sexy LG G Flex 2 smartphone is coming to Sprint

Remember that new curved LG smartphone everyone was raving about at CES? Well, the LG G Flex 2 will be… Read More

Sprint passes T-Mobile for call quality in latest RootMetrics study, but data speeds still lag

Sprint’s call quality is getting better, T-Mobile is improving its data speeds, and Verizon is still the overall highest-performing carrier.… Read More