Buddy, can you spare $9B?

By Jonathan Kramer, on January 9th, 2012%

Please feed the T-Mobile Kitty. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Kramer)

So T-Mobile, recently left at the alter by AT&T, is now looking for $9B to build out a LTE network that can compete with AT&T.

T-Mobile has a great start towards its goal when you consider that AT&T gave it $4B as a parting . . . → Read More: Buddy, can you spare $9B?

The Spectrum Dilemma: What’s a Carrier to do?

By Christy O'Berry, Esq., LL.M., P.E., on January 5th, 2012%

AT&T’s intended takeover of T-Mobile was supposed to give AT&T access and control of badly needed spectrum. The demands on spectrum are growing faster than Apple can sell iPhones. Unfortunately, while AT&T was busy trying to consume the 4th largest wireless provider in the United States and fighting with the Department of Justice, Verizon was . . . → Read More: The Spectrum Dilemma: What’s a Carrier to do?

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AT&T-T (AT&T Pulls the Wireless Plug on T-Mobile Deal)

By Jonathan Kramer, on December 19th, 2011%

AT&T announced today that it has given up on merging with T-Mobile, and will pay T-Mobile the tidy sum of $4,000,000,000 (yeah, that’s $4B) as a parting gift.

Look for T-Mobile to either buy some second tier carriers, to perhaps do a deal with Sprint (see that posting here).

Clearwire

Is Clearwire Heading to Bankruptcy?

By Jonathan Kramer, on October 12th, 2011%

Five days ago I wrote about Sprint effectively casting off Clearwire to sink or swim on its own. Perhaps I could have said, “sink or sink.”

Yesterday, October 11th, David Sterman (writing at SeekingAlpha.com) strongly suggested in a well-reasoned piece that Clearwire could go bankrupt by next year.

Mr. Sterman’s arguments about a possible (if . . . → Read More: Is Clearwire Heading to Bankruptcy?

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SprinT-Mobile?

By Jonathan Kramer, on September 20th, 2011%

I have to wonder whether the following might happen:

1. The Department of Justice is successful in its suit to block the proposed AT&T&T merger or AT&T gives up, pays T-Mobile the $6B cancellation fee; and then

(….hear in your mind’s ear the ethereal sounds of harps and chimes….)

2. King Deutsche Telekom–disappointed at the . . . → Read More: SprinT-Mobile?

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Actual Complaint: U.S. v. AT&T/T-Mobile

By Jonathan Kramer, on August 31st, 2011%

Attached to this post is the antitrust complaint filed today by the U.S. Department of Justice against AT&T Inc., T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Deutsche Telekom AG (T-Mobile’s parent).

Case No. 1:11-cv-01560, assigned to Hon. Ellen S. Huvelle

25 pages.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE COMPLIANT IN PDF FORMAT (about 1 MB)

ATT_Tmobile_Complaint

. . . → Read More: Actual Complaint: U.S. v. AT&T/T-Mobile

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It’s the Money, Stupid!

By Jonathan Kramer, on August 13th, 2011%

In a copyrighted story that appeared in the 8/11/11 edition of Wireless Week, Maisey Ramsay wrote about an AT&T/T-Mobile merger document that appeared on the FCC’s web site, and then disappeared few hours later.

According to Maisey’s story, the interesting AT&T document showed that if the Commission approves the proposed T-Mobile merger, AT&T will expand . . . → Read More: It’s the Money, Stupid!

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Oh Thank Heaven for T-Mobile Burners at 7-Eleven

By Jonathan Kramer, on August 6th, 2011%

Attention TracFone, you now have more competition trying to knock you down from the top of the heap as the ‘burner phone‘ provider of choice…T-Mobile.

T-Mobile USA, Inc. and 7-Eleven, Inc. have jointly announced that you can now buy a prepaid T-Mobile burner phone (with no term contracts, thank you very much) 7-Eleven® stores.

What’s . . . → Read More: Oh Thank Heaven for T-Mobile Burners at 7-Eleven

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CPUC to Review AT&T&T Proposed Merger

By Jonathan Kramer, on June 11th, 2011%

The California Public Utilities Commission will launch an investigation into the pending AT&T/T-Mobile merger.

The Commission, which is now populated by a majority of members appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown, will evaluate whether to propose conditions on the merger. The Commission will be taking public testimony, and moving its review along a fast track which . . . → Read More: CPUC to Review AT&T&T Proposed Merger

Advertising

T-Mobile’s “Truly Unlimited” Plan is Truly Limited

By Jonathan Kramer, on May 6th, 2011%

Here’s a cute little Now-You-See-It-Now-You-Don’t bit of advertising slight-of-hand: T-Mobile’s current “Truly Unlimited” marketing campaign.

Here’s a part of the current advert on T-Mobile’s web site (and paralleling the TV ads currently running):

But once you’re wowed by the big pinkish letters at the top, your eyes may not wonder down to the . . . → Read More: T-Mobile’s “Truly Unlimited” Plan is Truly Limited

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