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RadioShack files for bankruptcy, as Sprint inks deal to take over parts of some stores

RadioShack, the 94-year-old consumer electronic store company, today officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As part of the filing, RadioShack… Read More

Sprint shows growth in Q4, but not necessarily in the right places

Sprint has managed to hold on to its position as the number three wireless carrier in the U.S. through the… Read More

Report: Amazon wants to buy some RadioShack stores, expand physical retail footprint

Amazon doesn’t have much of a physical retail footprint, but a potential deal with RadioShack could very well change that. Bloomberg… Read More

Report: RadioShack shuttering half its stores, selling rest to Sprint

The Blockbuster of electronics stores, RadioShack is reportedly in talks to shutter half its stores and sell the rest to… Read More

Review: The best technology ads in Super Bowl 49, and the rest

One of the best tech ads in Super Bowl 49 came from a non-tech company. Nine tech firms bought actual Super Bowl… Read More

Kim Kardashian vs. farm animals: T-Mobile and Sprint CEOs trade public jabs over Super Bowl ads

T-Mobile CEO John Legere has joked that he wouldn’t want to get into a fight with Marcelo Claure, the 6-foot-6-inch Sprint CEO.… Read More

Sprint tries to poach T-Mobile customers with new promotion

In its race to stay ahead of T-Mobile, Sprint has decided to offer people switching to its network up to $350… Read More

Google reportedly partnering with Sprint and T-Mobile to sell its own phone plans

Google is teaming up with T-Mobile and Sprint to offer its own phone plans, according to a report today from… Read More

T-Mobile appeals to wireless cheapskates with no-frills ‘Simply Prepaid’ plans

T-Mobile this morning announced a new slate of budget-oriented prepaid wireless plans, starting at $40/month, for customers willing to give… Read More

Sprint fends off T-Mobile by adding nearly a million customers in Q4

Sprint announced preliminary results for the company’s fiscal third quarter late today, disclosing it added 967,000 net subscribers in the last… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile adds 2.1M customers in Q4, capping its biggest year ever

T-Mobile announced preliminary results for the fourth quarter this morning, disclosing that it added 2.1 million customers during the period, bringing… Read More

Sprint’s ‘Cut Your Bill in Half’ deal generated huge spike in store visits, report says

Sprint’s catchy promotion last month that offered to “Cut Your Bill in Half” was very effective in drawing new customers into its… Read More

John Legere

T-Mobile’s Legere hedges on promise to beat Sprint by year-end

Will T-Mobile overtake Sprint this year? John Legere isn’t so confident anymore. In a letter outlining his predictions for the… 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

Tech Moves: Sprint shakes up management; Nintex hires Russ Mann; McAfee VP joins IID; and more

— Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure is now making his mark on the leadership team after cutting 2,000 jobs just weeks ago. As part… Read More

John Legere

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

Sprint cuts 2,000 employees after posting $192M operating loss, CEO says ‘transformational journey’ just beginning

Sprint reported second-quarter results today that fell way below expectations, and said it will lay off 2,000 employees as it tries… Read More

News Brief

Sprint rolls out faster LTE network in 17 new markets, including Seattle

Sprint has rolled out faster data speeds in 17 markets, including Seattle, Cleveland, Denver and Sacramento. The service, which it… 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

John Legere

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

John Legere

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

Sprint to sunset Clearwire’s WiMax network late next year

Sprint is giving its WiMax customers slightly more than a year to upgrade their phones and wireless modems running on the once… Read More

John Legere

Full Video: T-Mobile CEO John Legere unleashed on the GeekWire stage (F-bombs, Bendgate and the ‘porn guy’ who runs Iliad)

T-Mobile CEO John Legere rocked the house at the GeekWire Summit yesterday with his unique brand of brash, profane and outspoken insights… 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

Sprint leveraging former Clearwire spectrum in bid to rebound

Sprint’s stock has been on the rise this week following the unveiling of the iPhone 6, thanks in part to… 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

John Legere

Fresh bids for T-Mobile appear likely as Iliad considers sweetening its offer

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest carrier in the U.S., may find a buyer yet. After nearly a year of ill-fated negotiations with… Read More

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