Sweden, it turns out, is the place to be for long-term evolution deployments. Two more operators, Telenor Sweden and Tele2, have announced plans to launch commercial LTE networks in 2010 as a joint venture. This follows on the heels of the TeliaSonera’s January announcementthat it will launch two Scandinavian networks–in Oslo and Stockholm–by year end. more

Following Virgin Mobile’s announcement last week that it would drop its $80 unlimited plan down to $50 per month, all the major prepaid carriers now offer plans at this price point. Boost Mobile was the first to make its move at the beginning of the year, and at the time, Neil Lindsay, Boost’s vice president of marketing, maintained that it wasn’t looking to start a price war – but with increasing pressure on the wireless industry, that appears to be exactly what happened. more

Did “poison puts” keep Windstream from being a serious bidder for Embarq last year?
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