November 2010

SAN FRANCISCO — Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CEO Dan Hesse declined to comment on the the carrier’s reported exclusion of Chinese vendors from its upcoming network project in a morning keynote …

While 64% of Americans have broadband access, and the majority of Americans who don’t have it say they don’t want it, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to closing the gap …

Chad is back. Alltel Wireless’ (ATNI) spokesman, who pokes fun at his wireless rivals, plans to introduce Alltel’s new Free Fridays calling plan with a new advertising campaign on Nov. …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from Kansas …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: AndrewChina: With the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan high-speed railway to provide a coverage and system for essential wireless communications in the Shanxi province for …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.A decade ago, …

A discussion with Dan Meyer, local Dallas business leaders and global industry leaders about how local, national and global mobile broadband deployments are changing the way we live, work and …

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Kentucky-based rural wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular said it has taken Verizon Wireless (VZ) up on its offer to partner with smaller operators in an attempt to broaden the deployment of …

Despite the tiered pricing, the throttling and the choking, U.S. mobile data is still unstoppably on the rise, with analysts now predicting total U.S. mobile data traffic will exceed 1 …

Verizon Wireless (VZ) is offering certain existing customers an unlimited data plan that rivals one from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S). The company’s Verizon Wireless Talk and Text Plus Data promotion …

Carlos Slim Health Institute, West Wireless Health Institute and Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) have introduced a Wireless Pregnancy Remote Monitoring Kit designed to help health professionals monitor women with high-risk pregnancies …

Michael Frankle has been named chief executive officer at Ubidyne. Frankle joins the company from Telefonica O2 in Germany, where he was vice president in charge of access and transport …

Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has reportedly excluded Chinese vendors Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from their upcoming network project over U.S. security concerns, according to The Wall Street Journal.The …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

It used to be that messaging, which gained popularity as simple texting or Short Message Service (SMS), was just for teens—a way for them to interact in real-time via their …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …

American Tower Corp. (AMT) reported net income of $258.2 million on $499.8 million in revenue during its quarter ending Sept. 30. Income was up 19.2% and revenue jumped 16.1% from …

It would be one thing if Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) was losing spark on the consumer side, which it is, but alarms must be going off at RIM’s headquarters …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) plans to cut 15% of its workforce as it attempts to shore up more funding, as well as significantly cut its contract workforce. The cuts were announced …