T-Mobile USA Inc. continued to dominate the J.D. Power and Associates regional survey of wireless customer satisfaction, receiving the highest ranking in all six regions of the U.S. for the fifth consecutive time-although it tied with other carriers in three of those regions. Verizon...
Alltel Corp. has expanded the reach of its plans to include toll-free calls to and from Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The coverage extends to major Canadian cities and substantial areas of southern Canada. In Mexico, the majority of the coverage...
Alltel Corp. announced that it hired a wireless industry veteran to coordinate its mobile advertising strategy for its data services and technology platforms. Eric Martin has spent 11 year working in the wireless industry, Alltel said, and was most recently a group marketing manager...
Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest carrier, discounted two smartphones over the past week, dropping prices on the Palm Inc. Treo 650 to $150 (from $200) and the UTStarcom PPC6700 to $200 (from $250). T-Mobile USA Inc., fourth-largest in the nation, also lowered the price...
Alltel Corp. has broadened the price range of its Smart Choice plans for individual and family smartphone users, which combine the carrier's mycircle calling offer with unlimited messaging, data access and mobile-to-mobile calling, as well as off-peak calling starting at 7 p.m.The company has...
Alltel Corp. announced it is offering a phone with a dedicated search key, an offering powered by mobile search company JumpTap. The dedicated key, which features a magnifying glass search icon, launches an Alltel-branded BREW client that enables subscribers to search for content, services...
Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.Retail store manager Mark Jones manages an Alltel store in the carrier's hometown of Little Rock, Ark. The location...
Alltel named best in show at CTIA 2007Alltel Wireless won an E-Tech award for best in show at CTIA Wireless 2007 for its Celltop application. Celltop allows Alltel customers to access, manage and organize information available on their phone via a format similar to...
Rural Cellular Corp. has completed its purchase of several Minnesota markets from Alltel Corp., a divestiture that was required of the latter company as part of its 2006 purchase Western Wireless Corp.The four markets include 28 counties in rural southern Minnesota, and the $45...
The annual CTIA show is always a good time to take stock on where the domestic wireless industry has been over the previous 12 months, and where it's headed over the next 12. This year's event in Orlando, Fla., was no exception. As usual...
I have a confession to make: In 2007 thus far, I have watched two NASCAR races-on TV, from the couch-and attended a Monster Jam truck rally-in person, at the Pepsi Center in Denver. These are new experiences for me, but as the mom of...
AT&T Inc., owner of the largest U.S. mobile phone carrier, sued the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Inc. after meeting resistance to its efforts to replace the Cingular brand with the AT&T brand on the No. 31 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS car...
Alltel Corp. has worked out sponsorship agreements with several cable networks for programs on VH1, ESPN, Speed, the Discovery Channel, USA and CMT.The deal includes Alltel as the presenting sponsor of VH1's "The World Series of Pop Culture" (which it sponsored last year) and...
NBC Universal will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as "The Office" and "Heroes" to U.S. wireless users. The broadcast company said it plans to offer a 24-hour viewing period for some of its top-rated shows starting at...
The word that Alltel Corp. is putting itself up on the auction block sparked speculation about who a buyer might be-but generated little surprise in an industry where mergers and acquisitions are par for the course. For rural carriers that have watched their...
NBC Universal said it will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as "The Office" and "Heroes" over U.S. mobile phone networks.The broadcast company said it will offer a 24-hour viewing period for its top-rated shows starting at $2,...
Alltel Corp. introduced a new phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd, the AX8600. The flip phone features a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an expandable memory slot, an MP3 player and touch-sensitive external music buttons. It's selling for $50 with a two-year service agreement on...
Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, more than double the loss of $21.8 million...
Alltel Corp. plans to cut 150 jobs at the headquarters of recent acquisition Midwest Wireless in Mankato, Minn., by September, and said it will close 10 Midwest stores later this summer. Alltel said it would keep more than 450 former Midwest employees in Minnesota,...
Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, more than double the loss of $21.8 million...
Wireless carriers providing government-subsidized service to high-cost rural areas have become the villains in the debate over how to rein in the ballooning universal service fund, a situation that could help explain why the Federal Communications Commission is sitting on a slew of wireless...
The mobile handset has become something of a looking glass in Wonderland. And mPortal Inc. was founded in 2000 to help clients-network operators, mobile virtual network operators, content providers and enterprises-offer consumers and employees a means to step through that looking glass into the...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston lowered its 2007 EPS estimate on Sprint Nextel Corp. to 82 cents from 86 cents after the company reported fourth-quarter...
Alltel Corp. recently introduced a new line of postpaid plans for smartphones that include unlimited data use and its MyCircle offering. The Smart Choice Packs start at $70 per month for individuals and $90 per month for families. Except for the $70 plan, all...
