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Wireless Providers Competing More Than Ever

posted by mattie_p on Thursday February 20 2014, @09:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the but-think-of-the-stockholders dept.

siliconwafer writes:

"Competition among wireless providers could hurt profits in the wireless industry, according to a report by Reuters. T-Mobile's aggressive price structure, abandonment of contracts, and termination-fee payments have put downward pressure on mobile costs for consumers, and Wall Street analysts are forecasting a reduction in profits in the wireless sector as a result. AT&T in particular is showing signs of stress. While this may be bad news for the wireless industry, it's good news for consumers."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by SrLnclt on Friday February 21 2014, @11:08AM

    by SrLnclt (1473) on Friday February 21 2014, @11:08AM (#4348)
    This is exactly why I switched to T-Mobile a few months back. Between 2002 and 2012 I had a whopping 3 cell phones. This may have been my stupidity to not get a shinny new phone every 24 months, but for me the new contract wasn't worth throwing out a working phone.

    Not having to pay the subsidized rate forever is a good thing for people like me, especially with smartphones becoming a mature technology. How many must-have features will be in the next generation of phones that are part of the hardware (so you can't get them with the old version via an OS upgrade or by installing a new app)? I believe smartphone hardware is beginning to plateau similar to when people stopped replacing their PCs and laptops as frequently because the old ones still worked "good enough".