WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is asking mobile-phone carriers to supply highly detailed data about their calling plans in connection with the agency's review of the proposed $35 billion merger of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc.FCC letters, dated May 6 but only recently released,...
Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will put the brakes on its CDMA business, a move that coincides with the shuttering of its CDMA headquarters in San Diego. Ericsson said it will no longer seek out new CDMA deals and instead will focus on...
The industry's heavyweights are not the only wireless operators benefiting from the recent consumer surge. A handful of regional operators posted first-quarter results that included generally strong customer growth numbers as well as improving financial metrics. Western Wireless Corp.Posted a company record 58,600 domestic...
Following is a list of debt and credit upgrades and downgrades for wireless companies by financial and investment firms this week:Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on Sanmina-SCI Corp. to negative from stable following what S&P called disappointing earnings for the second quarter ended...
In what is expected to be its final quarterly financial report before being acquired by Alltel Corp. later this year, Western Wireless Corp. posted a company record 58,600 domestic net customer additions during the first quarter of this year. The company noted the growth...
Alltel subscribers can send and receive mobile instant messages through two of the world's most popular IM services, the carrier announced Thursday.Alltel said it support AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger through its new Axcess Instant Messaging plan. A basic package of 300 incoming...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel is teaming with the host of the hit show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for a sweepstakes to drive text and multimedia messaging. Subscribers who enter the contest are encouraged to send text, picture, video or instant messages to increase their chances...
MONROE, La.-Regional telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc. said that network coverage issues have delayed its plans to begin offering wireless services using Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s network under a mobile virtual network operator arrangement. CenturyTel noted that it was trialing the service with Cingular in a...
Regional telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc. said that network coverage issues have delayed its plans to begin offering wireless services using Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s network under a mobile virtual network operator arrangement. CenturyTel noted that it was trialing the service with Cingular in a pair...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will begin a new consumer-centric brand advertising campaign May 1 built around customer satisfaction. The campaign will highlight new wireless initiatives, including an automatic one-minute credit for any dropped call on the company's network; the ability for customers...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel is teaming with the host of the hit show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for a sweepstakes to drive text and multimedia messaging.Subscribers who enter the contest are encouraged to send text, picture, video or instant messages to increase their chances to...
Three of the industry's six largest wireless operators posted first-quarter financial results in line with analysts estimates and ahead of 2004 results, demonstrating there is still plenty of growth left in the wireless industry. Building on its industry-leading customer growth during the fourth quarter...
Alltel Corp. posted mixed first-quarter wireless results with the company reporting an 11-percent year-over-year increase in total net customer additions, but a 23-percent drop in internally driven customer growth. For the first three months of this year, Alltel said it added 174,798 net subscribers...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s position as the nation's fourth-largest wireless operator, as well as one of the industry's fastest growing, might not be enough to guarantee its long-term prospects. Several industry observers have questioned the carrier's ability to remain a standalone entity in the face...
Alltel Corp. said it has completed the purchase of former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. properties from Cingular Wireless. The sale was part of government-mandated divestitures by Cingular following its $41 billion acquisition of AWS. The sale included licenses, network assets and subscribers in Oklahoma...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has sold its interest in Fidelity National Financial to Goldman Sachs for about $350 million. The telecommunications provider noted it acquired the Fidelity stock in 2003 as partial consideration for the sale of Alltel's information services business to...
WASHINGTON-Legislation has been introduced in the North Carolina General Assembly that would overturn a fall protection provision in the state's tower-safety standard, further keeping on hold a rule considered too onerous by the tower industry. Had Rep. John Blust (R) not sponsored the bill,...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) often describes his state as having a lot of land between light poles. In other words, rural America by its very definition has fewer people and more land. This combination has traditionally been harder and more expensive to serve by...
Alltel announced it expanded its push-to-talk service to include additional coverage and features, new rate plans and new handsets."Customers are finding Touch2Talk ideal for short bursts of conversation, be it during family activities or communicating with employees one-on-one or in groups regardless of their...
Western Wireless Corp., which is in the process of being acquired by Alltel Corp. for $6 billion, reported $508.3 million in revenues during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 22-pecent improvement compared with the $416 million the carrier posted during the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked Alltel Corp. to provide additional information in regard to its pending $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. The request, which was filed March 1 and released yesterday, follows a similar request by the Department of Justice earlier...
News that Paul Jacobs is succeeding his father, Irwin, as chief executive officer at Qualcomm is not surprising. It's part of a long history in wireless telephony. To name a few father-son combinations inevitably means I will leave out someone, but here is a...
The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Alltel Corp.'s pending acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. RTG cited a lack of information in the acquisition application, potential harm...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked Alltel Corp. to provide additional information in regard to its pending $6 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. The request, which was filed March 1 and released yesterday, follows a similar request by the Department of Justice earlier...
