Good news for Sprint Nextel Corp. employees: the carrier stated in its fourth-quarter conference call that does not anticipate any more job cuts for the year. Things are not so great for people employed in the wireline sector, however, as Verizon Communications Inc. said...
Continuing a price war that it started in early 2008, Verizon Wireless this morning ratcheted up the pressure on its competitors by rolling out new rate plans that are more than 30% cheaper than previous offerings from the nation’s largest operator. The new plans...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Mobility officially jumped on the Android bandwagon announcing it planned to launch five devices during the first half of this year powered by Google Inc.'s operating system.The announcement came a day after Google announced its Nexus One device, which the...
LAS VEGAS – AT&T Mobility officially jumped on the Android bandwagon announcing it planned to launch five devices during the first half of this year powered by Google Inc.'s operating system.The announcement came a day after Google announced its Nexus One device, which the...
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.Season's greetings to the Reality Check faithful. It's been a trendful year, and while the pundits regurgitate...
Allied Wireless Communications Corp., the carrier that is buying some former Alltel wireless assets, said it is planning to locate its company headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., and hire between 200 and 250 employees, most of which will be highly paid professional and technical...
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.Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our...
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.Happy holidays from Reality Check. Below are the three of the top trends that shaped our...
Following an intense weekend of bidding, Linthicum, Md.-based Ciena Corp. prevailed in winning bankrupt telecom equipment provider Nortel Networks Corp.'s Metro Ethernet Networks business for $769 million in total compensation. The assets include Nortel's optical networking and carrier Ethernet business and are expected to...
It was only a matter of time until it got this ugly, but the network coverage bickering between wireless industry powerhouses Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility got a few degrees warmer this week as Verizon Wireless accused its rival of not being able to...
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.I know that many of you are thinking “Isn’t he a little late for 3Q comments?” Believe...
A few of the recent events coming into play are going to force the Federal Communications Commission into a no-win situation regarding its inquiry into whether the wireless industry is competitive. At first blush, the inquiry into whether the wireless market is competitive,...
That didn’t take long. A day after AT&T Mobility threw its hat into the calling circle ring Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled its unlimited off-network calling feature. Though, as has become expected from the nation’s No. 3 operator, there was a twist. Sprint Nextel’s Any...
AT&T Mobility has put numbers to its plans to increase the data throughput its customers should expect to see when using its network. The nation's No. 2 carrier said it plans to have six markets covered with its highly-anticipated HSPA 7.2 network upgrades by...
Goodman Networks Inc. is a national telecommunications services company founded in 2000 that provides engineering, deployment, integration and maintenance services to wireline and wireless carriers and original equipment manufacturers.The Plano, Texas-based company this summer recently received $62 million in equity and debt financing...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The wireless industry has consolidated with regional carriers absorbed by larger national giants. Many decry...
On one level, Alltel Communications L.L.C. ceased to exist after Verizon Wireless closed its $28 billion acquisition of the Little Rock, Ark., company in early January. Indeed, attention promptly turned to how some Alltel wireless assets would be integrated into Verizon Wireless and how...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is teaming with Paramount Digital Entertainment to package the three "Mission Impossible" films with the purchase of new Samsung Delve phones from Alltel Wireless.Though Verizon Wireless completed its acquisition of Alltel earlier this year, the markets not included in the...
With churn rates rising among subscribers, wireless-phone companies are pouring on the promotions and marketing spending in hopes of keeping cost-conscious consumers in the fold.There are no hard numbers on how consumers react in a recession when it comes to cellphone service. Brand switching...
The nation's eighth-largest carrier has an unorthodox objective: to bite the hand that feeds it. The Verizon Alltel Management Trust, a 2,500-employee business, is a subsidy of Verizon Wireless that came into being when the industry's new No. 1 player was forced to divest...
Alltel Communications L.L.C customers can relax; Verizon Wireless announced it will offer its own version of Alltel's long-standing MyCircle calling plan, just with a different name. Ever since Verizon Wireless announced it would acquire Alltel, customers and industry watchers began to wonder if the...
If Verizon Wireless completes the acquisition of Alltel Communications L.L.C the same way it has with previous purchases, there are a few certainties: the network comes first and don't expect the Alltel brand to morph into Verizon Wireless overnight. For example, the carrier closed...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. eked out a slim lead in market share over Motorola Inc. in the United States last year, in part due to the latter's fading fortunes, according to new numbers from IDC.Where Samsung showed 15.5% year-on-year growth between 2007 and 2008,...
