Following on the heels of last week’s Q3 earnings, AT&T today announced that it has nearly tripled its Wi-Fi connections. The company said that users made 301.9 million Wi-Fi connections in the third quarter, more than 37 connections every second. That’s three times as many, up more than 282 percent, versus connections made in the […]
Telecommunications
Sprint nixes unlimited for data-only services; smartphones spared
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has said the company will stop offering unlimited plans if they become unprofitable, and apparently that time has come – but only for some of its devices. Sprint told its customers yesterday that it would stop offering unlimited WiMAX service for tablets, laptops, USB modems and mobile hotspots. The change does […]
Verizon will depend on LTE for growth
A day after AT&T reported lower subscriber adds for U-verse, Verizon reported lower subscriber growth for its FiOS service. Verizon also underlined what has been said before: It isn’t planning to expand FiOS beyond its original target of 18 million homes passed – roughly two-thirds of its footprint. Broadband growth will therefore be based on […]
STMicroelectronics supplies cable modem chip to Chinese op
Beijing Gehua Cable Television Network, a cable TV operator in Beijing, China, has selected STMicroelectronics’ integrated HD cable modem chip for deployment in set-top boxes to all of its subscribers. ST said Beijing Gehua’s customers would benefit from the STi7141’s integrated triple-play and cable modem function, dual-tuner personal video recorder (PVR), and video-on-demand features to […]
Shaw’s Q4 profit falls
Shaw Communications saw its overall fourth-quarter profit fall by 32 percent, as losses from an abandoned wireless strategy offset gains elsewhere, according to the Calgary-based company’s financial report Thursday. The cable, Internet and satellite TV provider had $82.5 million in net income, or 18 cents per share, down from $121.6 million or 28 cents per […]
AT&T U-verse TV growth slows in Q3
AT&T continued to lose traditional voice and DSL customers in its third quarter. Gains in U-verse subscribers didn’t compensate in terms of numbers, but the higher ARPU represented by U-verse subscribers helped keep wireline revenues essentially flat. The company added 176,000 U-verse TV customers in Q3 2011, fewer than the 202,000 new U-verse subs in […]
Q3 group sales up for Ericsson
Shares in Ericsson were up more than 6 percent, to $10.28, in early morning trading after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results. Group sales in the quarter increased by 17 percent year-over-year, driven by a continued strong demand for mobile broadband and increased services revenues, CEO and President Hans Vestberg said. North American sales decreased […]
Shaw to fire up Wi-Fi tests in Calgary, Edmonton
After announcing it was abandoning the build-out of its LTE network early last month, it hasn’t taken Shaw Communications long in getting down to the brass tacks of testing its new Wi-Fi network. According to Dennis Steiger, Shaw’s group vice president for engineering, Shaw plans on testing its Wi-Fi mesh networks in December in its […]
iPhone lands at 1st regional U.S. operator: C Spire
The iPhone is finally available at a regional U.S. operator. C Spire Wireless, formerly Cellular South, said today it would launch the iPhone 4S in the coming weeks. C Spire declined to comment on specific pricing and availability. The arrival of the iPhone at C Spire marks the first time the iconic device has broken […]
Another service interruption for Verizon LTE?
Verizon Wireless’ LTE network may have suffered its second major outage over the weekend, according to customer complaints and reports on multiple tech blogs. A company spokesman neither confirmed nor denied the reports, but there were a barrage of complaints on Twitter and Verizon’s Facebook page about problems with the LTE service. The apparent interruption […]
