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Regional carriers are swapping spectrum to shore up their strength in markets where they already operate and exit markets that are no longer a strategic fit. In the largest deal …

CHICAGO-Furthering attempts to focus on markets that it calls strategic to its long-term success, U.S. Cellular Corp. and TDS Telecom, both of which are subsidiaries of Telephone and Data Systems …

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless applications and services to BREW-enabled handsets. …

Six of the nation’s eight largest wireless carriers posted second-quarter results, highlighted by strong customer growth at Sprint PCS, Alltel Corp. and U.S. Cellular Corp. and continued financial gains by …

Sprint Corp.’s often-rumored plans to sell its significant tower holdings could be getting closer to a reality as the company reported during its second-quarter conference call that it was exploring …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. posted a 5-percent increase in wireless service revenues from $1.195 billion during the second quarter of 2003 to $1.253 billion this year, while wireless net income …

The continued emphasis carriers are placing on alternative sales and information channels appears to be paying off as a report from industry research firm Compete Inc. showed a dramatic increase …

T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest among the seven largest wireless service providers in customer-care performance, beating out Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc., which all performed above average, …

In a move expected to bolster its spectrum position and coverage in the western United States, Verizon Wireless reported late last week that it had agreed to acquire Qwest Communications …

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum, which is a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues surrounding over-the-air management of mobile devices, added several members to its group …

Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based wireless broadband access service, allowing its customers in Alaska to access high-speed wireless data services at speeds up to 2.4 …

Regional wireless carrier Cellcom will begin offering push-to-talk services on its CDMA/AMPS-based network in the upper Midwest beginning June 21 using Kodiak Networks’ packet-switched Real-Time Exchange System. In addition to …

High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. …

Alltel Corp. is set to launch Kyocera Corp.’s Slider SE44 as its second push-to-talk handset for the carrier’s Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service. The carrier recently noted it had signed up 50,000 …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. updated its nationwide Total Freedom rate plans, allowing customers to access their plans’ anytime minutes, 1,000 mobile-to-mobile minutes and 1,000 night and weekend calling minutes from …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week’s Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it …

Bolstering its Ready Link walkie-talkie offering, Sprint PCS launched its fifth Sanyo handset for the service, which the carrier said now includes more than 275,000 users. Sprint also rearranged pricing …

A pair of carriers shared the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.’s ranking of 20 North American wireless operators’ first-quarter financial results as Verizon Wireless and Canadian operator Telus …

Qualcomm Inc. announced its BREW application download service will be available in Europe through a new deal with CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp in Romania. “Zapp is proud to be …

WASHINGTON-As the California Public Utilities Commission heads toward a vote next week on three bills of rights for telecom consumers, a contentious four-year proceeding pitting consumer advocates against the mobile-phone …

Nextel Communications Inc. continues to dominate the walkie-talkie space and is not expected to relinquish that lead for some time, despite recent attempts by Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and Alltel …

In their spare time after work and on the weekends, three tech-savvy guys in Petaluma, Calif., in about six months have managed to surmount a technical hurdle that the multibillion-dollar …

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter and just below the …

NextWave Telecom Inc.’s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to …

The wireless industry’s first full quarter of operating under local number portability provided few surprises as Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and Alltel Corp. all posted strong …