Editor's Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format.1. Vodafone records $41B loss, reworks strategic plansMay 30Vodafone Group plc posted a massive $41.1 billion loss for 2005, mainly from impairment charges over assets...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission officially awarded more than half of the 1,087 advanced wireless services licenses won at the agency's auction that began in early August and ended Sept. 18. The FCC said the 550 AWS licenses it granted represent $12.2 billion of the...
WASHINGTON-Council Tree Communications Inc. and other parties challenging changes to small-business bidding rules again hammered away at the Federal Communications Commission, telling the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that procedural irregularities in crafting new guidelines and the dismal showing by designated entities in...
WASHINGTON-Top mobile-phone carriers, having bid the lion's share of the $13.9 billion for advanced wireless services licenses auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, now face the potentially time-consuming and costly process of negotiating to relocate commercial and government users off of the 2110-2155 MHz...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry cautioned the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals not to overturn results of the advanced wireless services auction if the three-judge panel finds the agency mishandled a rulemaking intended to prevent large cellular carriers and others...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its B- corporate credit rating to MetroPCS...
WALL, N.J.—U.S. and Caribbean operator Centennial Communications Corp.'s earnings were down sharply, coming in at a loss of $2.2 million compared with a gain of $14.6 million in the same period last year. The company's operating income and consolidated revenue were both up slightly...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission tapped cell-phone association CTIA and wireless infrastructure trade group PCIA as clearinghouses for moving existing 2.1 GHz licensees to new frequencies to make room for new advanced wireless services operators. "PCIA is pleased that the commission recognized the public interest...
RESTON, Va.—Ali Tabassi, vice president for technology development at Sprint Nextel Corp., predicted diverse spectrum and technology assets, combined with proven strategic partners, will give the No. 3 mobile-phone carrier a substantial headstart over competitors in wireless broadband deployment in the United States. "We...
With big fanfare but little surprise, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it would begin deploying UMTS technology across its network beginning early next year. The move follows the recent completion of the Federal Communications Commission's advanced wireless services auction that saw T-Mobile USA plunk down...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission tapped cell-phone association CTIA and wireless infrastructure trade group PCIA as clearinghouses for moving existing 2.1 GHz licensees to new frequencies to make room for new advanced wireless services operators. "PCIA is pleased that the commission recognized the public interest...
One of the worst-kept secrets in the wireless industry today is T-Mobile USA Inc.'s much-discussed-by everyone but them, that is-plan to launch services that allow subscribers with dual-mode handsets to move seamlessly between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. U.S. trials of the technology by T-Mobile...
WASHINGTON-Designated entities accounted for a historically low percentage of the government's multibillion-dollar take in the recently completed advanced wireless services auction, even though they made up more than half of the winning bidders. Indeed, an independent panel of the Small Business Administration recommended that...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-For Mike Fitch, well into his second year as head of a trade group for which reinvention has become a survival mechanism, the planets appear to be lining up for PCIA and its wireless infrastructure members. Mobile-phone carriers need fatter pipes to carry...
There were no last-minute bombshells when the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped up last week after a few final, tedious rounds with a mere handful of bids. T-Mobile USA Inc. was the undisputed and unsurprising highest bidder, walking away with a hefty new...
WASHINGTON--Wireless industry trade association CTIA asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay the comment cycle for its re-examination of the service and licensing rules for the 700 MHz spectrum band because the auction for advanced wireless services is still ongoing. "The timing of the...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Wireless device distributor Brightpoint Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Wireless Fulfillment Services LLC, has agreed to buy all of Texas-based Trio Industries Inc.’s outstanding shares. Trio distributes data products from original equipment manufacturers.Brightpoint’s president, J. Mark Howell, pointed out, "TrioTek is a leading...
WASHINGTON—Council Tree Communications Inc. and others last week asked the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn results of the advanced wireless services auction, arguing new rules designed to prevent national mobile-phone carriers and others from exploiting bidding benefits for small businesses were...
No wonder China is postponing its decision on third-generation wireless licenses. They're almost obsolete, if you believe the rhetoric thrown about these days.OK, slight exaggeration, but new technologies are being developed at a faster pace than ever before. At the same time, new spectrum...
Bidding slowed last week in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, but the competition could be far from wrapping up as companies could bid up prices for competitors and make a few last attempts to capture always valuable spectrum. T-Mobile USA Inc. will almost...
WASHINGTON—Spectrum in Louisiana, Iowa and Hawaii is still attracting competition from bidders large and small in the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction. Click here for the latest headlines from the AWS auction. Click here for full AWS auction coverage.After more than 100 rounds of...
WASHINGTON—Bidding has slowed to a trickle in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, with thirty or fewer new bids received in the last few rounds. Click here for the latest headlines from the AWS auction. Click here for full AWS auction coverage.But a few...
WASHINGTON—Dobson Communications Corp. dominated round 85 of the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, placing nearly half of the new bids in the round. Verizon Wireless also re-entered the fray after watching from the sidelines for much of the bidding. The carrier placed a $4.1...
WASHINGTON—Dobson Communications Corp., T-Mobile USA Inc. and Leap Wireless International Inc. are among the bidders still jockeying for spectrum in the advanced wireless services auction. The auction continues to creep toward a close, with just 64 bids in recent rounds. Click here for the...
