A Sprint network glitch is incorrectly directing users to the home of Wayne Dobson in North Las Vegas. According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, an unexplained location and GPS data glitch is sending victims of cellphone and tablet theft — and the police looking for them — to this poor guy’s home at all hours of the day and night. The problem only appears to be plaguing owners of Sprint phones, who Dobson says [...]

Dish Network has made a counter offer to acquire Clearwire that tops the previous offer made by Sprint last month. According to the New York Times, Dish Network is bidding $3.30 a share, 11 percent more than Sprint. As some had guessed, Sprint’s speed and tactics in getting a Clearwire deal done were largely in order to fend off a Dish acquisition of Clearwire. Dish is hoping to build an LTE network and Clearwire’s resources [...]

Sprint has confirmed previously leaked plans that the company will be offering new pay-as-you-go prepaid service on January 25. Those leaks stated that Sprint would be offering all you can eat (talk, text and data) for smartphones for $70 per month, or $50 per month for feature phones — albeit with a limited selection of phones. Sprint has now confirmed those leaks, noting that contrary to early reports at least one of the phones will [...]

The FCC has released more detail on the conditions imposed on Dish’s planned LTE network in exchange for receiving a waiver on conditions requiring that spectrum be used for satellite phone services. After recently unanimously approving the Dish waiver, the FCC yesterday released two documents (pdf) getting more specific about the conditions. According to the FCC, Dish must build out 40% of their planned LTE network in the next four years, and 70% of the [...]

Sprint is just barely firing back at a recent study claiming that their LTE coverage maps don’t reflect reality in the slightest. As I noted last Friday, a new report by Advanced Frequency Engineering found that markets Sprint has been claiming as “launched” barely have enough coverage to honestly use the term, with Dallas in particular suffering from significant lack of LTE despite being a supposed launch market. Sprint isn’t denying the reports findings, but [...]

Sprint has suggested they may be raising the prices of LTE services once their LTE network build is further along. Speaking at an analyst conference this week, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse re-iterated that the company will keep unlimited LTE offerings for now, but suggested that price hikes certainly could be in the cards. “We have a competitive disadvantage in terms of LTE footprint,” Hesse said to attendees. “You don’t increase your price when you have [...]

A developer says he’s discovered a vulnerability in the Virgin Mobile website that allows a third party to access private user information, and that the company has yet to do anything about it after being alerted. Blogger and developer Kevin Burke says that in August he noticed something alarming about the Virgin Mobile website: plugging in anyone else’s Virgin Mobile number into the website can allow a hacker to gain access to confidential customer call [...]

To help purge stock ahead of the rumored September launch of the next iPhone, Sprint has started selling the iPhone 4S for $149 with a two year contract. Apple is planning a media event for the week of September 9, where the company is expected to unveil a new, more powerful iPhone that finally supports newer LTE networks. The company is also expected to unveil a new 7 inch iPad, and a new version of [...]

With AT&T and Verizon cuddling up with cozy duopoly affection to joint-launch their new shared data plans (Verizon, AT&T), it’s now up to smaller competitors to try and keep pace. T-Mobile for their part has already slammed the plans, saying they’re too expensive ($15 per GB overages, per device access fees), punitive and complicated for many consumers. Sprint has also now joined the attack, launching a new website comparing Sprint’s unlimited smartphone plans to these [...]

AT&T says they’re getting close to testing “small cell” technology aimed at expanding the company’s network coverage. According to AT&T’s John Donavan, AT&T will begin testing the technology later this year and early next. The small cell or picocell technology will be installed on lamposts to help expand outdoor coverage — or indoors to help indoor coverage. Sprint also says they plan to launch LTE picocells later on this year to help improve coverage of [...]