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In Q3, Sprint drags while T-Mobile challenges Verizon, AT&T
After the industry's impressive M&A spree during the second quarter of this year, the third quarter showed the wireless industry getting back to business: growth. During the second quarter, SoftBank finalized its investment in Sprint (NYSE:S), Sprint closed on its acquisition of Clearwire, T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) took over the operations of MetroPCS and AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) signaled its interest in Cricket carrier Leap Wireless. However, net adds during the second quarter slowed to a paltry 139,000 connections, according to longtime industry analyst Chetan Sharma. But during the third quarter things picked back up with the addition of 2.4 million new connections, according to Sharma. That growth was driven largely by continued momentum from Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T, but more importantly by a rejuvenated T-Mobile. Here's a quick breakdown on the nation's top wireless carriers and their general strategic position at the close of the third quarter: Verizon Wireless, still the nation's largest wireless carrier, reported customer additions slightly below analysts' estimates, which some attributed to T-Mobile's impressive customer gains during the quarter. However, Verizon's strong financials during the period helped offset investor disappointment; Credit Suisse analysts raised their 2013 and 2014 revenue estimates for Verizon by 0.5 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively. Others were more cautious: "We believe competitive intensity will escalate over the next 12 months as TMUS and Sprint fight to grow and AT&T is forced to respond," New Street Research analyst Jonathan Chaplin wrote of Verizon's results. "Competition could dampen ARPU growth and threaten margins." Eric Costa at Technology Business Research pointed out that Verizon plans to increase spending on its network as a response to the competitive pressures, to around $10 billion for 2013. For its part, AT&T posted solid if not spectacular results. However, AT&T too will face increasing competition in the months ahead: "Much of AT&T's net adds (in the third quarter) have come from tablet penetration amongst the user base; however, this may be challenged with TMUS going after the tablet market more aggressively," noted New Street Research's Chaplin. But the real story of the third quarter was the continuation of T-Mobile's impressive turnaround. The carrier's third-quarter results forced a number of analysts firms to increase their net add expectations for T-Mobile in the fourth quarter and beyond. "TMUS continues to beat expectations and we expect another strong quarter ahead in 4Q13," Chaplin wrote, raising New Street's fourth quarter expectations for postpaid net adds at T-Mobile to 848,000 from 460,000. And T-Mobile is positioning itself to continue on its trajectory: The company recently announced improved international roaming and tablet data plans that are less expensive than those from other Tier 1 carriers. T-Mobile's results "will continue to improve in 2014 as the operator's latest plan changes will attract subscribers from other Tier 1 carriers," predicted TBR's Costa. And finally, Sprint phoned in another tepid quarterly report as the carrier continues to recover from the shuttering of its Nextel iDEN network. "Postpaid losses were worse than we expected and well worse than consensus. We believe Sprint will continue to face sub losses over the next 3 quarters at least. We are inclined to stay on the sidelines until we see real evidence that the company can grow subs," summed New Street's Chaplin. However, Sprint offered a ray of hope after the release of its third quarter earnings report with the promise of Sprint Spark, a technology the company said will combine its 800 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2.5 GHz spectrum bands, along with TD-LTE and carrier aggregation, into a service that can provide download speeds of up to 60 Mbps.  For a detailed look at how U.S. wireless carriers performed during the third quarter, check out Strategy Analytics' grading of the top operators in the third quarter.
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Today's Top News 1. AT&T, Sprint launch iPhone 5s price war
AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and Sprint (NYSE:S) are instigating an iPhone price war ahead of the holiday shopping season. Both operators are offering the 16 GB iPhone 5s for $100 to customers who purchase the phone online and agree to a two-year service contract. The $100 price point for the 16 GB device is notable because it's rare for major operators to offer Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) latest iPhone at such a low price point. Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) currently is selling the 16 GB iPhone 5s online for $200. According to AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel, the promotion is part of AT&T's seasonal smartphone strategy. However, Sprint is also offering a discount on the 32 GB iPhone, selling it for $199 online with a two-year contract and the 64 GB iPhone 5s for $299. AT&T and Verizon, meanwhile, are selling the 32 GB iPhone for $299 online and the 64 GB iPhone for $399. T-Mobile (NYSE:TMUS) is also selling the iPhone 5s to its customers, but the company is offering the device in monthly installments. For example, T-Mobile is offering the iPhone 5s 16 GB for $149.99 upfront and a price of $20.83 per month for 24 months. Roger Entner, an analyst with Recon Analytics and a frequent contributor to FierceWireless, said AT&T is discounting the iPhone 5s as a way to prompt more of its customers to convert to smartphones. In third quarter, the operator reported weakness in converting its feature phone base to smartphones. In addition, both Sprint and AT&T are likely reacting to T-Mobile's third quarter growth in net adds, which is a result of the company's un-carrier strategy that includes no-contract plans, a handset upgrade program and an aggressive new style. Entner noted that both AT&T and Sprint will likely see a hit to their margins in fourth quarter from these discounts. For more:
- see this iMore blog post
- see this Howard Forums post
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2. Apple's Schiller claims Samsung's alleged copying made marketing iPhone more difficult
A senior Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) executive said Samsung Electronics' alleged copying of Apple's products subsequently made selling the iPhone and iPad more difficult. In testimony in the retrial of patent infringement claims between Apple and Samsung, Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, said Samsung's devices, particularly its smartphones that looked like the iPhone, made it "much harder" for Apple to set itself apart and market its gadgets. "It's much harder to create demand, and people question our innovation and design skills like people never used to," Schiller said, according to Reuters, adding that Samsung "weakened the world view of Apple as this great designer and innovator." "This was an incredibly important time," he said, according to CNET. "As this [infringement] has been occurring, it's harder for us to get new customers and bring them into our ecosystem." Schiller also said the iPhone was a "bet the company product," and that now the entire company works on it in some way. Apple's iPhone line brings in the lion's share of the company's revenue and profit. One of the patents at issue is Apple's "pinch-to-zoom" touchscreen command. According to CNET, Michael Wagner, an accountant and lawyer hired by Samsung, said there's no evidence from either company that shows consumers bought Samsung gadgets because they wanted to get that touch-screen feature, negating any lost profits Apple is hoping to claw back from Samsung. "I believe people bought these phones for other features," Wagner said, including AMOLED screens, faster processors and LTE. Apple's campaign against Samsung, and, by extension, Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android, led to the company's $1 billion courtroom victory against Samsung's Android smartphones in the summer of 2012, though the damages in the ruling were slashed by $450.5 million after U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh ruled the jury had erred in calculating the damages. Koh, who is overseeing the retrial, said on Friday that witness testimony will likely conclude on Monday, with closing arguments coming Tuesday. Last week during opening arguments, Apple asked for $380 million in damages, and Samsung countered and said it is only required to pay $52 million. The retrial, as AllThingsD notes, is not centering as much on different perspectives on innovation as the original trial did, as is really all about money at this point. However, it comes against the backdrop of a larger continuing fight between Apple and Android device makers. After years of reverse-engineering electronics gadgets and looking for infringing products, the Rockstar patent consortium owned by Apple, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Sony, EMC and BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) recently filed a battery of lawsuits against Google and Android manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, Huawei and others. Rockstar paid $4.5 billion for the 6,000 patents that bankrupt Nortel Networks offered up for auction in 2011. Rockstar is primarily backed by Apple, which paid $2.6 billion into the effort. For more:
- see this CNET article
- see this Reuters article
- see this separate CNET article
- see this AllThingsD article
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3. Sprint, Best Buy give students free talk, text and 1 GB of data for a year
Sprint (NYSE:S) today announced an impressive sales offer through Best Buy that essentially gives students free wireless service for a year. The offer, available through Jan. 4, is only available to students who purchase their phone through Best Buy, and it provides unlimited talk, text and 1 GB of data for 12 months. The offer is an attempt by Sprint to ratchet up its subscriber additions through the critical fourth quarter holiday shopping season. Although the offer won't generate much in the way of revenues for Sprint initially, it could help the carrier generate momentum among the student segment of the market. Importantly, the promotion also includes a referral component that is designed to encourage students to add their friends to Sprint's service. "We are excited about this groundbreaking approach to helping students connect to the latest wireless technology and to the advantages of today's mobile learning environment," said Jeff Hallock, senior vice president of marketing for Sprint. "As a market leader in consumer electronics committed to improving the customer experience and to lessening its impact on the environment, Best Buy is a perfect partner for Sprint in revolutionizing the way we bring new products and services to students." A Best Buy executive noted to promotion aligns with the company's attempts to bring exclusive offerings to its customers. Best Buy in the past has worked to offer exclusive phones through its Best Buy Mobile storefront, and Sprint's new student promotion represents one of Best Buy's exclusive wireless service plans. To obtain the offer, customers must first prove they meet Sprint's requirements for being a student, for example with a current student ID. Then they must purchase one of the two dozen or so phones Best Buy is selling for the program. Importantly, the phones are not subsidized: For example, the 16 GB iPhone 5s costs $699. (Best Buy is offering an 18-month financing plan for the phone purchase.) Customers must then pay a one-time $36 activation fee and monthly taxes and surcharges, and must sign up for Sprint's Unlimited, My Way plan. The promotion does not require a two-year service contract. Customers can then access Sprint's network, including its LTE network, for unlimited calling and texting and 1 GB of data for free for a year--Sprint typically charges $70 per month for such service. Customers can upgrade to Sprint's unlimited data service for an extra $10 per month. The promotion could help Sprint reverse its customer losses. Sprint reported a total loss of 313,000 wireless customers in the third quarter, compared to a loss of 423,000 in the year-ago period. The losses included a troubling loss of 360,000 Sprint postpaid customers, which is higher than Sprint said it wanted. For more:
- see this release
- see this Best Buy site
- see this Sprint FAQ
- see this Phandroid article Related Articles:
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4. Rumor mill: Apple paying $345M for 3D firm PrimeSense
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) may be preparing to add 3D and gesture-recognition capabilities to its devices if the rumor is true that it is negotiating a deal to pay $345 million for Tel Aviv-based PrimeSense. The rumored deal was reported by Calcalist, an Israeli financial news site, which also said a public announcement of the deal will be made in about two weeks. However, late Sunday night AllThingsD wrote that the deal is still being negotiated with final terms regarding issues such as liquidity preferences, meaning who gets paid first, still being sorted out. AllthingsD said one source predicted the sales price could exceed the reported $345 million price tag by $20 million. Speculation regarding a potential deal between Apple and PrimeSense began back in July, at which time a $280 million to $300 million price tag was bounced around. Apple did not immediately reply FierceWirelessTech's request for comment on this latest report. Over the weekend, PrimeSense responded to inquiries from Reuters and other media with the following statement: "We are focused on building a prosperous company while bringing 3D sensing and natural interaction to the mass market in a variety of markets such as interactive living room and mobile devices. We do not comment on what any of our partners, customers or potential customers are doing and we do not relate to rumors or recycled rumors." PrimeSense's body-movement tracking technology was used in the original Kinect sensor for the Xbox 360, though Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) later opted to use different technology in newer versions of the videogame system. PrimeSense's Light Coding technology enables depth acquisition by coding a scene with near-infrared light and then using an off-the-shelf CMOS image sensor to read the coded light back from the scene. The company has two systems-on-chips (SoCs), the Carmine and the newer Capri (the latter designed for use in smartphones and tablets), which execute parallel computational algorithms to decipher the received light coding infrared patterns, in order to produce a VGA size depth image of a scene. Calcalist reported that Apple intends to use PrimeSense's technology for gesture-based controls in its long-rumored Apple TV project. However, some speculate that PrimeSense's technology could also find a home in future versions of the iPhone and iPad or even in an Apple smartwatch, which has the unofficial moniker of the iWatch and could be released in 2014, according to Slashgear. In fact, PrimeSense's technology could enable 3D cameras in mobile devices as early as next year. In a recent interview with Forbes, Tal Dagan, PrimeSense's vice president of marketing, said, "We are deeply involved with a couple of projects, and, yes, I think you will see 3D capabilities in a phone or tablet in 2014." 3D sensor data has potential uses in mobile games, crime scene scanning, self-navigating robots and location-based applications, including outdoor mapping of urban environments and indoor navigation. Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has been working with PrimeSense to add 3D sensing to its Vuforia augmented reality platform. While early attempts to enable 3D in smartphones largely dissipated, the general consensus is the technology could still be quite useful provided a full-fledged 3D ecosystem emerges. "Once this technology shows up in a tablet or a phone, people will be able to make these models with the hardware they have in their pocket all the time. At that point, the possibilities for this just really explode," Matt Bell, chief strategy officer of 3D camera company Matterport, told Forbes. AllThingsD said Silver Lake invested an undisclosed amount--one source pegged the amount at $50 million--in PrimeSense during 2011. Investors reportedly recently valued PrimeSense at $250 million, at which point a large secondary sale of shares is said to have been made. Prior to that, the company had raised some $30 million from venture capitalists including Canaan Partners, Gemini Israel and Genesis Partners. For more:
- see this Calcalist article (Hebrew)
- see this AllThingsD article
- see this Forbes article
- see this Reuters article
- see this PCmag article
- see this Slashgear article Related articles:
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5. Qualcomm's Toq smart watch: $349 and available Dec. 2
Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) said it will begin selling its Toq smart watch on Dec. 2--Cyber Monday, the day after the Black Friday holiday shopping bonanza--for $349. Although Qualcomm has made it clear the device is more of a proof of concept than a mass market attack on the smart watch segment (the Toq is far more expensive than other smart watches on the market), the effort by Qualcomm is nonetheless notable as it represents a rare straight-to-consumer business effort from the world's largest maker of mobile silicon.  | | Qualcomm's Toq will ship with a pair of Bluetooth earphones. | Qualcomm announced its Toq smart watch in September, the same day Samsung unveiled its own Galaxy Gear smart watch. Qualcomm's Toq will connect to Android devices via Bluetooth and includes a number of Qualcomm-specific technologies including the company's Mirasol display technology, which Qualcomm said is always on and always visible and uses ambient light to "enable a crisp and clear viewing experience even in bright sunlight." The gadget will also support Qualcomm's WiPower LE wireless charting technology, and it will ship with a pair of Qualcomm's stereo Bluetooth earphones. Like most other smart watches, Qualcomm's Toq aims to act like a smartphone sidekick, displaying incoming call and message information. Qualcomm also promised it will "continue adding functionality to Toq through software upgrades," though it didn't provide details. Qualcomm's primary business is selling chipsets to the world's smartphone makers. However, the company continues to work to expand into a wide range of other opportunities, from augmented reality technologies to mobile healthcare products. The company's smart watch is an effort by Qualcomm to help define and grow a new category of "wearable" computing devices--devices Qualcomm could potentially sell chipsets and components for. Further, smart watches represent another opportunity for Qualcomm's Mirasol screen technology: Qualcomm at one point had worked to sell Mirasol into the e-reader and smartphone market, but has since pulled away from that effort. The company hopes smart watches could be a new segment that would make use of the Mirasol technology. Of course, Qualcomm isn't the only company interested in wearable computing and smart watches. Samsung, Sony, Pebble and others all currently sell smart watches, and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is working to break into the wearable computing segment with its Glass eyeglasses. Moreover, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and other heavyweights are rumored to be developing their own smart watches. Qualcomm ultimately hopes to sell its smart watch chipsets and components to these direct-to-market companies rather than build a business around its Toq brand. For more:
- see this Qualcomm release
- see this VentureBeat article
- see this CNET article Related Articles:
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SPOTLIGHT ON... Isis gets thumbs down in Google Play Just a few days after its nationwide launch, the Isis mobile payment venture is receiving relatively sour reviews from Android smartphone users. Isis, the mobile payments joint venture from Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ), AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) and T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS), launched nationwide last week after more than a year of trials in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City. The nationwide launch coincided with a redesign of the venture's Android app that executives said would smooth users' payments. However, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Play users appear to be less than enthusiastic about the app: More than 1,400 reviewers have given Verizon's Isis app an average rating of 1.5 stars out of five stars. The AT&T and T-Mobile versions of the app have received similar ratings. "This ISIS is crap!" summed up one user. Isis hasn't commented on the situation, according to Cnet. Article Quick news from around the Web. @FierceWireless: HTC One KitKat update ready, delivered to Google. Article | Follow@FierceWireless > LightSquared sued Dish Network and Chairman Charlie Ergen over purchases of its debt. Article > Sprint MVNO Ting said it will support the Nexus 5. Article > Cnet looked into AT&T's drive to obtain exclusive devices. Article > ZTE promised to launch Windows Phone devices next year. Article > "We are thrilled with the results of our Moto X launch to date which has far exceeded our expectations. We successfully processed thousands of orders within the 30 minutes of our store being open and we continue to see very strong demand from both current Republic Wireless members and new customers," David Morken, co-founder and CEO of MVNO Republic Wireless, told FierceWireless. > Rajeev Suri, the head of Nokia Solutions and Networks, pointed to his company's new contract with Sprint as evidence of its newfound momentum. 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Article > Liv Garfield, CEO of BT Openreach, will leave the UK incumbent telco this spring after nearly three years on the job. She will take the CEO post at Severn Trent. Article Cable News > A new Comcast patent shows gesture controls for pay TV and home automation platforms. Article > Time Warner Cable is the first distributor to license TV Everywhere content from Discovery. Article European Wireless News > Despite a gloomy outlook, will European M&A catch fire in 2014? Editor's Corner > The U.K. government continues to put pressure on operators to lower mobile bills. Article > Bouygues Telecom and SFR reported slight improvements in their third-quarter results, while Iliad registered a slow-down in subscribers to its Free Mobile service. Article > América Móvil is not planning a hostile takeover bid for Telekom Austria despite the recent failure of its efforts to gain control of Dutch operator KPN, and said it sees itself as a long-term partner for the Austrian operator. 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