Q3/2014 – Old GigaOm

Under new CEO, Sprint shows signs of life, but it’s still shedding key customers (and employees)

on November 3, 2014

Sprint started growing again last quarter, but its 484,000 net subscriber additions all came from MVNOs like FreedomPop. Sprint is still bleeding valuable postpaid customers, and it’s financial troubles are triggering new layoffs.

T-Mobile grows by another 2.3M connections as it rakes in more smartphone customers

on October 27, 2014

T-Mobile keeps growing, adding new prepaid and postpaid customers and activating new smartphone and even internet-of-things connections. The only area where its lagging far behind the competition is in tablets.

AT&T connects half a million cars to its LTE network in Q3

on October 22, 2014

AT&T adds 2 million new connections in Q3, but it’s most impressive growth came in the connected car as GM and Audi rolled out their 4G vehicles this year.