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For the first time ever, Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) in the first quarter recorded a net loss of handset subscribers. During a quarter when AT&T Mobility (NYSE: T) netted 176,000 new phone subscribers and T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) posted a whopping 1.256 million new phone subscribers, the analysts at New Street Research pointed out that Verizon lost 156,000 phone subscribers. Although Verizon managed to juice its first quarter net additions into positive territory with tablets and other devices, the carrier nonetheless suffered a serious setback. What's perhaps more concerning is that Verizon executives don't appear to be worried: In a meeting with analysts following the release of its first-quarter results, Verizon executives said the company "will remain rational on price and strategic initiatives with a focus to compete based on network quality and reliability," according to Credit Suisse. Meaning, it seems that Verizon plans to continue to sell expensive two-year service contracts by advertising the reliability and breadth of its network--the same strategy it has maintained for years now. To be clear, it's a strategy that has paid off handsomely for the carrier, giving its enviable margins and relatively consistent growth. But the wireless market is shifting, thanks in large part to the efforts of John Legere's "uncarrier." T-Mobile last year ditched handset subsidies in favor of handset financing programs. That shift, coupled with T-Mobile's more recent moves like eliminating international roaming charges, have catapulted T-Mobile into a magenta-hued limelight. Customers have shown--very clearly--that they don't like inflexible two-year contracts, unreasonably high bills and unexpected expenses. So far T-Mobile has focused much of its competitive efforts against AT&T, but in the first quarter AT&T showed itself capable of a surprisingly nimble response: AT&T reported 625,000 postpaid subscriber net additions in the first quarter, almost triple what analysts had expected. Perhaps more importantly, AT&T's price cuts at the beginning of the first quarter appeared to draw blood not from T-Mobile or Sprint (NYSE: S) but from Verizon. AT&T in early February cut 20 percent off the cost of some of its higher-end plans, allowing it to sell four smartphones with unlimited voice, texting and 10 GB of data for $160 per month instead of $200. It's that offer that appears to have cut into Verizon's first quarter performance; Verizon cut its prices to exactly match those of AT&T right at the end of the first quarter. (That price point appears to be so powerful that even C Spire Wireless today cut its prices to match it.)...Continued More Read more about: John Legere
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Just like Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), AT&T (NYSE: T) is taking aim at its smaller competitors in its opposition to draft FCC rules that could restrict how much spectrum the two largest carriers can bid for in the commission's upcoming incentive auction of 600 MHz broadcast TV spectrum. In a filing with the FCC AT&T made late last week, AT&T argues has it has won the vast majority of its low-band spectrum through auctions and secondary market transactions. In terms of more recent spectrum transactions, AT&T argues that decisions made by Sprint (NYSE: S) and T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS) to repurpose or buy low-band spectrum means they should not be given special treatment in the incentive auction. The FCC is set to vote on rules for the incentive auction at its May 15 meeting. There is likely going to be a flurry of lobbying and haggling before then, as Verizon and AT&T fight against proposed rules that could restrict how much low-band spectrum in each market they can bid on. AT&T noted in its filing that in 1996 Sprint chose to spin off Centel's cellular operations and 850 MHz holdings "so it could focus on deploying PCS spectrum instead." AT&T also noted one of "T-Mobile's predecessors was Omnipoint, which received a Pioneer's Preference license for 30 MHz of PCS spectrum in New York City." "Since that time, Sprint and T-Mobile have placed a higher value on gaining the efficiencies of building larger blocks of compatible spectrum, and thus they have focused on adding to their stores of high-frequency spectrum," AT&T wrote. "In pursuing this strategy, they have freely declined opportunities to pursue low-frequency spectrum--the most prominent example being the decision by both companies not to participate in the 700 MHz auctions." More recently, AT&T noted, T-Mobile bought 700 MHz A Block spectrum from Verizon covering 158 million POPS, including 21 of the top 30 U.S. markets. The filing also notes that Sprint has announced that it will use its 800 MHz spectrum "as the low-frequency foundation of its Sprint Spark service," the company's tri-band LTE service. "In short, there is simply no basis to give Sprint and T-Mobile special treatment in this auction," AT&T wrote. "When Sprint entered the 1995 auctions for PCS spectrum, it was the highest bidder of all wireless providers, and acquired the most spectrum. Similarly, when T-Mobile entered the 2006 AWS-1 auction, it was the highest bidder of all wireless providers, and acquired the most spectrum. SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom, the current parent companies of Sprint and T-Mobile, are major global corporations that have the wherewithal to participate in this auction on a full and fair basis, and giving these companies a leg up is unfair and without justification." Verizon made a similar argument last week, and told the FCC it would be "perverse and unjust" for the FCC to adopt auction rules that "subsidize some large multinational companies at the expense of their competitors." The FCC 's proposed rules for the incentive auction would establish a market-based reserve of up to 30 MHz of spectrum for carriers that currently hold less than one-third of available low-band spectrum in a market. The FCC would then establish a still-undefined spectrum reserve "trigger point" to determine at what point the auction would split into "reserved" and "unreserved" bidding. When that happens, the amount of "reserved" spectrum in each market will be established based on demand in that market by eligible bidders, but it will be no more than 30 MHz. If demand for the reserved spectrum is less than 30 MHz at that point, the remaining balance would be available on an unreserved basis. Crucially, any carrier that holds more than one-third of available low-band spectrum in a market would be able to bid on all unreserved spectrum in that market, but would be ineligible to bid on any reserved spectrum, which is likely going to restrict Verizon and AT&T in many markets. The FCC also said that any provider that holds less than one-third of available low-band spectrum in a market would be able to bid on all unreserved spectrum in that market, and all reserved spectrum in that market. For more:
- see this AT&T filing (PDF) Related Articles:
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2. Sprint: FCC's spectrum screen proposal will give advantage to AT&T, Verizon
Sprint (NYSE: S) argues that including the vast majority of its 2.5 GHz spectrum in the FCC's spectrum screen without distinguishing between low-band and high-band spectrum will put it at a competitive disadvantage to Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T). In a recent filing to the FCC detailing a recent meeting between Sprint and Louis Peraertz, legal advisor to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, Sprint stressed the "necessity of distinguishing among bands contained in the screen." The FCC is poised to add around 101 MHz of Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum to the screen. Sprint controls around 120 MHz of 2.5 GHz spectrum in 90 percent of the top 100 U.S. markets and is using the spectrum to deploy TD-LTE service and increase speed and capacity on its network. By adding Sprint's spectrum to the screen, Sprint argued the FCC could give AT&T and Verizon more leeway in making spectrum deals in the future after the upcoming AWS-3 and 600 MHZ incentive auctions. Sprint wrote that the proposed rules "would provide AT&T on average with nearly three times the spectrum screen headroom it enjoys today and would almost double Verizon's average headroom." Analysts have noted that the new screen would cause Sprint to hit or exceed the one-third threshold in most major markets. Indeed, Sprint noted that, based on the new rules, even its "routine" spectrum transactions would be subject to detailed competitive analysis. "Accordingly, Sprint expressed concern that Commission adoption of the staff proposal, after reviewing the voluminous record in this proceeding, would signal that the Commission has concluded that the only carrier with dominant national market power is Sprint. This, of course, is preposterous," Sprint wrote. The FCC currently uses the screen as a factor when reviewing spectrum transactions to determine whether they are in the public interest. If a carrier acquires too much spectrum and violates the screen, the deal is more closely scrutinized. Currently, the screen is different for each proposed transaction, and is triggered when a wireless provider holds one-third or more of the available spectrum in a given market. Sprint also referenced the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction in its argument against the spectrum screen. The carrier noted that "low-band spectrum is so competitively important that it warrants a 600 MHz reserve for carriers with limited low-band spectrum, yet the staff recommends that all spectrum (including low-band) count equally in a revised spectrum screen." Instead, Sprint wants the FCC to use a "three-tiered weighted screen" that would take into account the different propagation characteristics of low-band, mid-band and high-band spectrum. The FCC will vote on the new spectrum screen at its May 15 meeting. However, the rules could change before then. For more:
- see this Sprint filing (PDF)
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Wooing TV broadcasters is FCC's next big job for 600 MHz incentive auction
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3. Sprint may need up to 40,000 new cell sites for 2.5 GHz, tower exec says
Sprint (NYSE: S) will need to roll out an additional 30,000-40,000 transmission sites if the carrier wants its 2.5 GHz TD-LTE network to reach coverage parity with its 1.9 GHz networks, according to the head of American Tower.  | | Taiclet | On a conference call with investment analysts to discuss American Tower's first-quarter 2014 results, Jim Taiclet, company chairman, president and CEO, touched on the tower footprint of Sprint, one of American Tower's tenants, and offered a "theoretical construct" regarding what it will take for Sprint to match its 1.9 GHz coverage with its 2.5 GHz spectrum, which has much weaker propagation characteristics. Sprint is rolling out TD-LTE on the 2.5 GHz spectrum it acquired last year from Clearwire simultaneously with deployment of its original Network Vision multi-mode base station network project, which upgrades its CDMA service at 1.9 GHz and adds LTE at 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz. Last summer, Sprint said it would also deploy Clearwire's 2.5 GHz spectrum on all 38,000 of its planned Network Vision cell sites in a nationwide rollout. By mid-2014, Sprint expects to begin overlaying 2.5 GHz access on its existing network as new 8T8R radios become available. The overlay will be key to Sprint Spark, the carrier's tri-band 800 MHz/1900 MHz/2.5 GHz LTE service. During Sprint's second-quarter 2013 earnings call, Steve Elfman, who was then the carrier's president of network operations but has since announced plans to leave the company, acknowledged that due to the weaker propagation characteristics of the 2.5 GHz spectrum, Sprint will likely have to deploy small cells and other sites beyond the 38,000 Network Vision sites the company has mapped out. But he did not say how many more sites would be needed. According to a Seeking Alpha transcript of American Tower's most recent earnings call, Taiclet said American Tower is "estimating that in addition to 38,000 Network Vision sites that are kind of on the docket with Sprint, they probably need another 30,000 or 40,000 transmission locations ultimately to have 2.5 coverage match the 1.9 network at the end of the day," he said. "So, it should be a long-term, as I said, multiyear project to get that signal out there," Taiclet added. In response to a question from an analyst, Taiclet said his numbers are theoretical and do not necessarily represent Sprint's specific plans. "Not sure Sprint is ever going to go that far, but if they wanted to, that's the order of magnitude that might take," he added. "The 2.5 GHz deployment will last for a number of years and really ramp up probably more next year," Taiclet noted. Taiclet's envisioned site numbers for Sprint are higher than estimates made in August 2013 by New Street Research analyst Jonathan Chaplin, who wrote in a research note that he expects Sprint's total cell site count to increase to somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 sites, more than offsetting disconnects of old Clearwire sites. That increase could lead to incremental revenue growth for American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA Communications, the three major U.S. tower companies, he wrote. Taiclet also said American Tower expects to see more growth opportunities from voice over LTE (VoLTE), the rollout of FirstNet's nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN), multicasting and machine-to-machine services. He said VoLTE, which both AT&T Mobility (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ intend to launch this year, will require greater cell site density than that required to support classic circuit switch voice calls. "It's our belief that in order to roll out VoLTE effectively carriers will both eventually need to increase the density of their networks by up to 20 percent to 30 percent over time," Taiclet said. He noted the NPSBN being planned by the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) should provide American Tower with incremental revenue opportunities in the latter half of the decade, regardless of whether a dedicated network is deployed or existing carriers deploy additional spectrum for FirstNet's use. For more:
- see this Seeking Alpha transcript and webcast
- see this American Tower release Related articles:
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Sprint pushes back Network Vision completion date to mid-2014
Analyst: Sprint's nationwide 2.5 GHz LTE network could be boon for tower companies Read more about: Jim Taiclet, voLTE, American Tower
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4. Analysts: Apple's latest patent victory over Samsung no 'knockout punch'
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) damage award of $119.6 million in its patent-infringement trial against Samsung Electronics was a far cry from the $2.2 billion in damages Apple had sought. More importantly, according to legal experts, the jury's verdict indicates that Apple's legal strategy of suing Samsung has not slowed down Samsung's sales or the momentum of Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system. The jury late last week ruled that Samsung's devices infringed on three Apple patents. One was for so-called "quick links," which dials a phone number included in an email, and Apple's "slide to unlock" patent, for unlocking a phone. The jury will reconvene on today to figure out whether more damages are necessary for Samsung's infringement of Apple's "auto-complete" patent, which offers suggestions for word correction while typing. "Today's ruling reinforces what courts around the world have already found: that Samsung willfully stole our ideas and copied our products," Apple said after the verdict on Friday. "We are fighting to defend the hard work that goes into beloved products like the iPhone, which our employees devote their lives to designing and delivering for our customers." The jury found that Samsung did not infringe on Apple patents related to background synchronization and universal search--notable since those functions stem more from Google's Android operating system than Samsung's phones. Most of the infringing products are older smartphones that Samsung no longer sells, and Samsung will likely implement different, non-infringing technologies for future models. Further, the damage award mounts to roughly one-quarter of 1 percent of Samsung's $47.56 billion in cash. Apple first sued Samsung for patent infringement in the spring of 2011. Since then, Apple executives have continually contended that Samsung's Galaxy line of phones, and implicitly many Android smartphones, infringe on patented Apple designs and software. However, that legal strategy has not dethroned Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker (ahead of Apple), and Android's worldwide smartphone market share has continued to rise in the intervening years. "This amount is less than 10 percent of the amount Apple requested and probably doesn't surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating this case," Brian Love, an assistant professor at Santa Clara University School of Law, told the Wall Street Journal. "Apple launched this litigation campaign years ago with aspirations of slowing the meteoric rise of Android phone manufacturers. It has so far failed to do so, and this case won't get it any closer." Experts disagreed though on whether the lack of a "slam dunk" victory will give Apple pause in continuing its legal battle against Samsung. "I can't imagine that Apple came away from this case and felt like it was a resounding victory," Mark McKenna, an expert on intellectual-property law and a law-school professor at the University of Notre Dame, told the Journal. "This will take some of the incentive out of fighting this in the legal venue rather than the business world." However, Susan Kohn Ross, a lawyer with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles who has been monitoring the cases, told Bloomberg: "They're each looking for that knockout punch and they don't seem to be able to find it. They sort of feel they are on an even keel and need to keep punching." For more:
- see this CNET article
- see this Bloomberg article
- see these two separate Re/code article
- see these three different WSJ articles (sub. req.) Related Articles:
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Reports: Samsung, Apple execs unable to reach settlement, will continue legal battle in March
Google, Samsung strike cross-licensing patent deal Read more about: Apple, Patents
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5. C Spire joins AT&T, Verizon in offering 4 lines, 10 GB of data for $160
Regional carrier C Spire Wireless is joining AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) in offering what is fast becoming an industry standard pricing for shared data plans: C Spire will now offer unlimited voice, texting and 10 GB of shared data for four smartphone lines for $160 per month. AT&T first introduced that specific pricing in early February and Verizon followed suit in early April. AT&T has been heavily promoting the price point in its advertising--and seemed to benefit, with 625,000 postpaid subscriber net additions in the first quarter. In addition, C Spire cut the pricing of its lower-tier shared data plans, which also come with unlimited voice and texting. The plans are now just $25 for 1 GB of shared data or $40 for 2 GB of data, a savings of $20 a month for each option. The company also added a new 3 GB option for $60 a month. Under C Spire's shared data plans, customers who pay off their devices in installments, bring their own phone or pay for the full cost of their phone pay $25 per month per smartphone line for plans of 8 GB of shared data or less. That cost falls to $15 per month for plans of 10 GB or more. For customers on a two-year contract, the smartphone line charge is $40 per month no matter the size of the shared data plan. "Giving our customers plans that work for their lives and their wallets has always been our top priority, which is why we created our new line-up of tiered Shared Data Plans," said Suzy Hays, senior vice president of consumer markets for C Spire. "Whether it's a family of four or a small business with specific data requirements, C Spire has a shared plan that fits their needs." C Spire is still offering its $65 "Unlimited Everything," which includes unlimited voice, texting, picture messaging, web, music and video. The plan also comes with free international text messaging to 140 countries and free access to the operator's PERCS program for discounts and rewards. The $65 plan is available to customers who are not on a contract and who have paid full price for their devices, or are on a monthly device installment plan. For more:
- see this C Spire release
- see this C Spire page
- see this PhoneScoop article
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AT&T's takeover of Leap leaves U.S. Cellular, other regional carriers with uncertain future
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SPOTLIGHT ON... Report: Apple snapping up biomedical, sensor experts in potential wearables push Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is quietly building a team of biomedical and sensor experts, a move that could telegraph how the company might want to play in the wearable computing market, according to a Reuters report. The report, citing unnamed sources, said that Apple is actively recruiting medical professionals and hardware experts. Over the past year, Apple has hired at least half a dozen prominent experts in biomedicine, according to LinkedIn profile changes, the report said. There has been industry speculation that Apple is working on a wearable product called "iWatch," and Apple has registered the trademark "iWatch" in Japan. Additionally, several Apple patents point to wrist-worn devices, and in February Apple filed a patent for a smart earbud technology that could track steps and detect gestures of the head, Reuters noted. Meanwhile, an unnamed mobile health executive told Reuters he recently met with an Apple executive from the iWatch team and said company is thinking beyond wearables and is considering a full health and fitness services platform modeled on its App Store. Apple declined to comment, the report said. Reports from earlier this year in 9to5Mac have indicated Apple is working on an iOS application codenamed Healthbook. The app will have categories for bloodwork, heart rate, hydration, blood pressure, physical activity, nutrition, blood sugar, sleep, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation and weight. In fall of 2013, the Food and Drug Administration said it would focus on regulating apps that attempt to turn a smartphone into a medical device, or that are intended to be used as an accessory to a regulated medical device. That shift, Reuters noted, could put up a hurdle in any potential Apple attempts to get into the mobile healthcare market. Article Quick news from around the Web. 
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Release Wireless Tech News > AT&T Labs won gold in the 2014 Edison Awards' research and business optimization category for its nanocube, which provides visualization technology to help users interpret massive datasets in real time. Article > Qualcomm is working with the U.S. Department of Commerce and others on a proposed 3GPP study to explore ways to improve indoor location accuracy through the use of beacon technology. Article Telecom News > Frontier is giving small to medium businesses (SMB) a new weapon to target the growing cyber threats being created as more employees use their own devices to access key applications and information from their networks. Article > tw telecom has expanded its existing fiber network in Nashville, Tenn., a move that extends its network from the city's central business district to the west side of the Nashville International Airport. Article Cable News > The House Judiciary Committee has stacked its May 8 hearing list with potential opponents to Comcast's $45.2 billion Time Warner Cable acquisition. Article > Evolving Wi-Fi standards will converge with growing demand for devices that can receive wireless signals from multiple sites and lead to 18 billion Wi-Fi chipset shipments during the next five years, according to ABI Research. Article European Wireless News > Nokia gave further details on its post-device strategy by revealing it is establishing a $100 million (€72 million) investment fund for companies developing connected car technology. Article > Vodafone Germany has launched products that combine cable connectivity with its existing DSL plans, marking the first time that the operator has jointly sold services from the recently acquired Kabel Deutschland. Article And finally… Target's CEO has resigned in the wake of the data breach that leaked information on the company's customers. 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