AT&T Mobility is taking on Verizon Wireless and its "best coverage" quality claims, a move some observers of the telecom industry say is overdue."I'm surprised it's taken them so long," Jeff Kagan, an independent telecom analyst, said of the AT&T campaign. "Verizon doesn't have...
Regional wireless operator Alltel Corp. posted a strong showing in J.D. Power and Associates latest rankings of wireless call quality, taking the sole or partial top spot in three of the report's six regions. Alltel just nipped past Verizon Wireless, which was tops in...
Alltel Corp. has tapped mobile video startup Transpera Inc. to power a carrier-branded Internet video service.Alltel Social Video, which is available for $3 per month, allows subscribers to access, rate and share videos from popular Web destinations such as Break.com, AtomFilms and GrindTV.com. Users...
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, lost ground on public safety and gave dozens of mostly white-male-owned small businesses a...
Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility won the vast majority of the 700 MHz spectrum up for grabs during the Federal Communications Commission's recently completed auction. Verizon Wireless was the event's biggest spender, doling out $9.63 billion (fully half of the almost $20 billion in...
Alltel Corp., now a privately owned company following its $27.5 billion acquisition by private-equity firms, reported notable customer additions during the fourth quarter, numbers that made 2007 a record for the company in terms of subscriber gains.The carrier beat out Wall Street predictions, adding...
If you add up a number of factors, the new LG Glimmer at Alltel Corp. makes a lot of sense for the two companies. Touchscreens are hot. The Glimmer offers a 2.8-inch touchscreen with slide-out numeric keypad. Multimedia is hot. Glimmer offers a "robust"...
Alltel Wireless, the nation's No. 5 operator, is the latest to join the unlimited-calling bandwagon, quietly launching an all-you-can-talk plan for $100 a month.The Little Rock, Ark.-based network operator followed its bigger rivals, all of whom have launched variations on the unlimited theme in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to Yay or Nay, a feature for RCR Wireless News' weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and...
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) may have opted himself out the wireless industry's good graces. I don't know whether Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, ever had a warm and fuzzy feeling for Pryor, but - if so - Martin's likely opted out....
And if he hadn't won? Alltel gave 500 free bonus minutes to new customers and existing customers who added a line of service to celebrate race car driver Ryan Newman's victory in the No. 12 Alltel Dodge at the Daytona 500. The offer was...
Alltel Wireless unveiled a location-based roaming feature that allows subscribers to use GPS applications outside their home network area.The move allows subscribers to use location-based applications in more than 45 major metropolitan areas thanks to new "network enhancements." Alltel used the opportunity to push...
Come one and come all. Three of the nation's top four wireless carriers now plan to offer unlimited voice calling for $100 month.Verizon Wireless gets bragging rights for the being the first carrier yesterday to stick its neck out on the much-anticipated pricing model....
The mobile-phone industry finds itself confronted by a new net neutrality bill in the House, a development that adds to mounting pressure on the Federal Communications Commission to force wireless carriers to allow third-party devices/applications on networks and to forbid them from interfering with...
CARRIERS NATIONWIDE CAN NOW legally bid adieu to the legacy analog networks that the Federal Communications Commission required them to keep online through Feb. 18.AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless will be shutting down their analog networks this week, while Alltel Corp. is taking a...
Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile phone carrier is defrauding wireless consumers. The lawsuit was filed in Illinois federal court."Defendants have misled and deceived consumers by extending consumers' contracts for up to two years...
Medio Systems Inc. launched an on-device portal designed to give users one-click access to content on the wireless Web.The offering uses predictive text and a single universal search box to help users find real-time information as well as downloadable content. The Medio ODP is...
Apparently it wasn't a Super Bowl hangover.
Bidding in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction continued to slow today as bidders placed only 582 new bids during five rounds, adding just over $113 million to the auction's total haul. That number is...
Don't drop your cellphone in the water THQ Wireless Inc. said it signed a worldwide agreement with Playboy Enterprises to be the exclusive developer of Playboy-branded mobile games. The multi-year agreement gives THQ development and publishing rights to a variety of Playboy-branded, lifestyle-themed...
T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to rank highest among the five largest wireless carriers in customer service performance, according to the latest study by J.D. Power and Associates. The No. 4 provider has been at the top of the field for the past seven consecutive...
The Federal Communications Commission took another step toward reform of the universal service fund, while further leaving in limbo a highly controversial effort by Chairman Kevin Martin to order a temporary cap on government subsidies largely tapped for deployment of wireless services in rural...
THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION launched a rulemaking to determine whether mobile text messages and short codes are covered by non-discrimination provisions of the telecom act.Public-interest and consumer groups asked the FCC in December to rule that the law forbids wireless providers from blocking the...
IT'S GAME TIME.The wireless industry's version of March Madness is set to tip off Jan. 24, with 214 applicants vying for 1,099 spectrum licenses in the 700 MHz band being auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission.But, it will be like getting periodic scoring updates...
The Federal Communications Commission launched a rulemaking to determine whether mobile phone text messages and short codes are covered by non-discrimination provisions of the telecom act.Public interest and consumer groups asked the FCC in December to rule that the law forbids mobile-phone carriers from...
