Wireless operators throughout the world are getting ready to retire their older 2G voice networks and replace them with service that runs over the new superspeedy 4G LTE networks they’ve built during the past couple of years. The benefit to wireless operators is crystal clear: more-efficient use of their network resources, which will result in …

The wireless wars continue with AT&T’s announcement Friday that it will give new and existing wireless subscribers a $100 bill credit to activate a new line of service for a smartphone on its device finance program. AT&T Wireless carriers are doing all they can to pull in new customers and to get more revenue from new and existing customers. In …

Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to experience clearer and crisper phone calls and a Skype-like video chat service, the company said Tuesday. Verizon Wireless is launching a new video chat service enabled by its new Voice over LTE service. Verizon Wireless Verizon is preparing the nationwide launch of its voice over LTE service in the coming weeks, which …

T-Mobile CEO John Legere unveils the ‘Uncarrier’ strategy. INSIDER IMAGES/Gary He for T-Mobile T-Mobile fired back at Sprint’s aggressive new pricing on Monday by quadrupling the amount of data customers on its Simple Starter plan will get. The new plan, which is geared toward individuals, will offer customers 2GB of data for $45 a month, starting September 3. Previously, the …

Microsoft vice president of engineering Darren Laybourn shows off the new HTC One M8 for Windows Phone at an event in New York City in August 2014, CNET/Sarah Tew Rival Android could be the cavalry coming to the rescue of Windows Phone, in Microsoft’s latest maneuver to advance its smartphone operating system. The underlying notion is this: Microsoft wants to …

Sprint’s unlimited data plan lives on. as the company takes its new pricing assault to rival T-Mobile. On Thursday, Sprint unveiled a $60 Unlimited Plan for individual customers. The new service offers unlimited voice, text messaging, and data for $60 a month. Sprint is marketing the new plan as the cheapest around, beating T-Mobile, its only national competitor offering unlimited …

RootMetrics issued its ‘State of the Mobile Union’ for the first half of 2014 Monday. RootMetrics Verizon topped the charts in network quality, according to the latest report from RootMetrics, a company that independently tests wireless networks. T-Mobile also jumped in RootMetrics’ rankings, beating Sprint for third place nationwide in terms of overall quality. “Verizon has recaptured the top spot …

Sprint’s new CEO, Marcelo Claure, has made good on his promise to get aggressive on pricing in an effort to draw new customers to the troubled wireless operator. On Monday the company announced its first-ever family share plan, called the Family Share Pack, which will double the amount of data subscribers get for the same price as its competitors. To …

Sprint’s new CEO Marcelo Claure is wasting no time in making good on his promise to slash pricing in order to compete with wireless rivals. During a company-wide town hall call on Thursday, Sprint’s new boss told employees that the company would be implementing “very disruptive” price cuts that would start as soon as next week, according to a report …

AT&T is offering a $200 discount on Apple iPads for anyone buying a full price iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C, ahead of next month’s expected announcement of a new iPhone. With a new iPhone 6 expected to be announced on September 9 and in stores by the end of September, it looks like the new promotion, which is available only …