In a Tuesday announcement, T-Mobile USA revealed that it will begin offering the popular Apple iPhone from April 12; a move which implies that the iPhone will be available on the four leading US wireless carriers.

Deutsche Telekom, parent company of T-Mobile USA has announced that though the merger of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS has been allowed by the U. S. Department of Justice, the proposal still needs to be approved by a number of other authorities.

Verizon CFO, Fran Shammo, revealed about their plans to stop selling phones with CDMA chips and sticking to only pure LTE smart phones by the beginning of next year. He disclosed the plans today at Deutsche Bank's Media, Internet, and Telecom conference. Moreover, he said that the transition will bring down costs and subsidies for customers.

The Wall Street Journal was recently told by Leap Wireless that it had slothfully lagged behind in terms of sales of its prepaid iPhone. Leap Wireless operates Cricket Wireless.

For the first time, Raleigh, N. C.-based Republic Wireless has introduced such a low amount package for offering its basic wireless service network. Just $19 a month including tax for an Android smartphone that offers unlimited voice, data and text services, sounds just awesome.

In an indication that the spectrum shuffle between two bigwig US carriers - Verizon Wireless and AT&T - is still continuing, recent reports have revealed that Verizon and AT&T have signed agreements for the transfer of licenses in 700 MHz and AWS bands.

A recent report has been claiming that though, it may sound bizarre, it is likely that carriers realize worse profit margins if they go high on the sales of smartphones.

Seattle based T-Mobile has declared that it will be launching a value plan next year. Under the plan, the firm will be offering the customers low rates for their cellular services by making it disassociated from the phones under subsidy.

Telecommunications firm EE has increased 4G (fourth-generation) mobile broadband data allowances for old and new customers by nearly 60 per cent.

EE was the first telecommunications firm in the UK to launch the high-speed network on 30th of October, but its initial prices were deemed very high by customers.

A recent report showed how Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association would help track lost or stolen phones. It has been claimed that smartphones are likely to be resold and the main aim of setting up a database is to chuck out such smartphones.