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News about wireless carriers

• Hardware issue blamed for wireless and Internet outage in Southeast

  A cell phone and Internet outage Tuesday evening in several Southeastern states was caused by a hardware problem, AT&T reported.

• Sprint sees record low customer loss rate, but drops to 4th place behind T-Mobile

  Sprint announced on Tuesday its lowest rate of postpaid customer losses in its history.

• AT&T launches wireless data and TV services on one bill

  Wireless video to smartphones and tablets took another step on Monday.

• T-Mobile touts first continental phone plan for North America

• T-Mobile looks to unseat Sprint as third-largest U.S. carrier

  T-Mobile CEP John Legere predicted T-Mobile will soon displace Sprint as the nation's third-largest carrier.

• Sprint drops 600 Kbps video-streaming limit after outcry

  Sprint this week quickly reversed plans to impose a 600 Kbps limit on streaming video as part of a promotion called "All-In".

Features about wireless carriers

• Sprint's cut in data prices won't help its network woes

  'Sprint is hobbled by its network,' one analyst says

• Sprint-T-Mobile merger questions: Will regulators OK it? And, Legere as CEO?

  Merger would create a larger No. 3 carrier, but number of nationwide carriers would fall from four to three

• AT&T's $50B interest in DirecTV is just one part of an ambitious expansion

  To compete against Google and Verizon, the wireless carrier is moving fast

• The iPad's expected ebb, and the search for why

  An anticipated downturn in iPad sales has analysts and pundits asking questions

• Smartphone innovation is slowing, so what's next?

  Improvements are not as profound, leading phone makers to explore wearables and connected things

• The 12 pros and cons of a cellular smartwatch

  Samsung Gear 2 variant would be a standalone smartwatch, according to reports