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Quarterly results: Ericsson, AT&T, Sprint and Etisalat

Ericsson, At&T, Sprint and Etisalat posted first-quarter results

Ericsson, AT&T, Sprint and Etisalat have all posted earnings statements for the first quarter of 2012, achieving varying levels of success.

Sprint CTO: “The growth in usage we have seen represents an Apollo 13 moment for service providers”

Stephen Bye, is CTO and vice president of technology development & strategy for Sprint

Stephen Bye, is CTO and vice president of technology development & strategy for Sprint, the third largest wireless operator in the United States. Ahead of his appearance at the LTE World Summit, taking place on the 23-24 May 2012 CCIB, Barcelona, Spain, we speak to him about Sprint’s LTE launch plans, the progress being made on its Network Vision plan and how Sprint is moving forward without LightSquared.

Sprint, LightSquared officially end spectrum agreement

LightSquared's struggle is increasingly uphill

US carrier Sprint has officially broken up with troubled LTE wholesale opportunist LightSquared, ending the spectrum hosting agreement signed in June 2011. As part of the break up, Sprint has repaid $65m to LightSquared, for expected costs that have not been incurred.

Operators post mixed quarterly results

Vodafone, Sprint and Telstra have totalled up their figures for the quarter ending Dec 31, 2011

With a host of businesses posting quarterly earnings results today, Telecoms.com takes a look at how operators around the world are faring. Sprint Nextel, Vodafone and Telstra all posted results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011.

Verizon has no objections to AT&T/T-Mobile merger

Verizon's CFO Fran Shammo has said it does not object to the propsed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile

Leading US Carrier Verizon Wireless has no concerns over the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA, as long as it does not result in increased industry regulation. The company’s CFO Fran Shammo made the revelation to a Morgan Stanley conference in Spain last week,

LTE: The next stage of evolution

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LTE special: VoLTE, LTE Advanced, TD-LTE and a full round-up of deployments in the Americas.

Strong foundations

Stephen Bye, CTO, Sprint

Stephen Bye, Chief Technology Officer at Sprint Nextel, talks about the importance of good groundwork when pulling together as many networks as the US carrier operates.

Sprint confirms move to LTE

Sprint's LTE service will begin in 2012, with Network Vision to be launched shortly after

US carrier Sprint has announced plans to begin offering LTE services on its 1900MHz spectrum by mid-2012. The company said it will cover more than 250 million people across the US when the network build-out is completed, which is expected by the end of 2013.

Sprint and LightSquared deal makes sense

There has been much speculation over Sprint's network strategy

This deal makes sense for both Sprint and LightSquared because they both need strategic partners to survive as the US mobile market consolidates and transitions to 4G.

The disappeared

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What with the internet destroying our brains, the Baby Boomers and Gen X and Yers of this world can only expect more ‘senior moments’ to befall them and for more stuff to randomly go missing. There’s been a lot of stuff going missing in the wireless world this week too.