New T-Mobile Phone Contract Could Save You Money
If you hate being trapped in your mobile phone contract, T-Mobile has a new option for you. The carrier is ditching the traditional model that locks customers in for two years.
Wireless Carriers
Market Minute: Wireless Carriers Brace for a Nasty Quarter
Verizon this morning posted a quarterly loss, due to one-time charges for restructuring and Sandy-related costs. Even after you strip out the charges, the results were weaker-than-expected. But revenue topped expectations.
Verizon Has Modest Hopes for iPhone 5 Release
With the iPhone 5, Verizon Wireless is expected to gain a long-awaited level playing field in its battle with AT&T over iPhone sales. But the carrier is apt to aim for a solid hit rather than a home run with Apple's iPhone 5, analysts say. And for investors, that's a good thing.
Apple Patent Filing Equals Consumer Freedom
Last week, Apple filed for a patent on a device that allows smartphone users to switch among multiple carrier configurations. We break down what this innovation means, for Apple as well as its customers and competitors.
Is the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger at Risk?
AT&T threatens to become the Moby-Dick of the mobile world if it succeeds in swallowing T-Mobile whole, but this controversial merger is far from a done deal -- political pressures and consumer objections threaten to imperil it. And there's more at stake here than a marriage of two companies.