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YONKERS, N.Y.-Wireless carriers struck out for a fourth straight year in the annual survey of cellular service and phones conducted by independent evaluator Consumer Reports. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquisition of …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially took the high-speed plunge with the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network. The carrier said its next-generation network is initially available in 16 markets covering nearly …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to face relocation problems with its third-generation mobile-phone spectrum plan, a situation that could affect the timing of June’s auction and combine with other factors …

AT&T Inc., which until last week was SBC Communications Inc., is getting set to stack its wireless deck with plans to launch an AT&T-branded wireless service that will use subsidiary …

After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology …

CINCINNATI-Regional operator Cincinnati Bell Wireless posted 4,100 net postpaid customer additions during the third quarter, which was a significant improvement on the 10,500 postpaid subscribers it lost during the third …

Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings …

BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. inched ahead with its planned launch of third-generation services, upgrading its UMTS networks in Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas to higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Cingular noted it is the …

Enhanced directory-assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said Sprint Nextel Corp. is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One and Nextel Operations Inc. effective Jan. 9. Nextel Operations is …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has received notification from Sprint Nextel Corp. that the carrier is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One …

SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided another round of updates on the progress it is making in integrating the former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. operations. An executive Wednesday said the integration …

Following several quarters of year-over-year customer growth, the wireless industry’s nationwide operators could be set for a softer third quarter. Customer additions are expected to fall just short of the …

Alltel Corp. is taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its recently acquired Western Wireless Corp. assets. The company is expected only to make minor changes through the end …

As Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. begin to merge their separate identities into one company, there will be obvious comparisons to how Cingular Wireless L.L.C. integrated AT&T Wireless Services …

Consumer appetite for wireless services continued unabated during the second quarter as the nation’s seven largest operators posted a 39-percent jump in net customer additions to more than 6 million …

Regional telecommunications provider and former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. wireless affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it lost 10,000 wireless customers during the second quarter, ending the first half of the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday changed the band plan for advanced wireless services in the 2 GHz band, making additional licenses available in rural areas. “The minor modifications we make …

Independent regional operators posted mixed second-quarter results that in most cases included sagging customer growth, but increased revenue per subscriber bolstered by growing wireless data usage. Recently strengthened Alltel Corp., …

Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Triton PCS, posted 3,979 net customers during the second quarter compared with a loss of 833 customers during …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday changed the band plan for advanced wireless services in the 2 GHz band, making additional spectrum available to rural carriers. “The minor modifications we make …

Sprint Corp.’s months-long high-speed wireless data tease came to an end last week as the company finally announced the launch of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The company said the …

Verizon Wireless continued to turn the screws on its competitors with further expansion of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network, which the carrier claims now covers 119 million potential customers in …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the continued strong growth of family plans to drive the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 14.8-percent year-over-year improvement in …