T-Mobile US brands AWS-3 auction “disaster”| Ericsson pushes "new way of looking at customer experience"

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TOP NEWS T-Mobile US chief brands AWS-3 auction “disaster”; hails 2014 “best year of growth” John Legere, the unconventional CEO of T-Mobile US, described the blockbuster AWS-3 spectrum auction as a disaster for consumers – arguing it was further evidence of unfair dominance exerted by AT&T and Verizon Wireless – although he was in cheerier mood about the company’s Q4 results, which saw margins improve along with top-line growth.  ADVERTORIAL The Place Where Trips Live TripCase keeps all of your trip information in one place with free flight notifications and other travel tools. Use TripCase and travel brilliantly. Learn more Ericsson pushes "new way of looking at customer experience" Ericsson launched several products that will aid operators as they seek to boost customer engagement. ADVERTORIAL The Global Benchmark For Interoperability Industry-defined certification embracing 3GPP & 3GPP2 mobile technologies - including multi-mode & multi-band device configurations                             #TestOnceUseAnywhere @GCF_Certified                                          Find out more or meet us at MWC  Verizon Wireless CEO Mead to retire Dan Mead is being replaced as CEO of Verizon Wireless, the largest US operator, by John Stratton, currently its EVP and president of its global enterprise and consumer fixed line businesses.  ADVERTORIAL Transforming the Communications Industry Learn how Oracle is transforming the Communications industry through next-generation software and technologies. Visit booth 3B20, Hall 3 at MWC and meet with Oracle experts LATEST Ofcom proposes 10% fee cut for UK operatorsOfcom, the UK telecoms regulator, opened up a consultation period about whether or not annual licence fees for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum should take into account the coverage agreement operators signed with the UK government, although its latest proposal already lays out a ten per cent cut for operators. SpiderCloud wins in Pakistan Enterprise small cell startup SpiderCloud Wireless announced a win at recovering Pakistan operator Warid Telecom, its first commercial deployment in Asia. Samsung acquires Apple Pay rival LoopPaySamsung has bought LoopPay, a US firm behind a technology that enables shops and restaurants to leverage their existing point-of-sale terminals to receive payments from consumers’ mobile devices. ANALYSIS 4G deployments and connections gather pace According to GSMA Intelligence, there are more than 350 4G operators, as 4G connections approach 500 million.

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