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Small carriers in the news at CTIA

ORLANDO, Fla.-What would a CTIA Wireless event be without lots of carrier news. Sure, the big operators typically garner the limelight, but smaller players were also in the house and making news of their own.Virgin Mobile USAVirgin Mobile USA L.L.C. said it plans to...

AT&T to speed up HSDPA, add dozens of new markets

ORLANDO, Fla.-AT&T Inc.'s wireless division is testing an upgrade to its HSDPA network that the carrier says will dramatically increase uplink speeds.According to Kris Rinne, AT&T's executive vice president of network planning and architecture, the company will be rolling out the software upgrade over...

Analyst Angle: Real Convergence

Editor's Note: Welcome to a special CTIA Show Daily edition of our weekly online feature, Analyst Angle. Every Monday at www.RCRNews.com you can find columns from the industry's leading analysts, including Current Analysis' Avi Greengart, Compete's Miro Kazakoff and Jupiter Research's Julie Ask. Visit...

Virgin Mobile toys with MMS pricing

ORLANDO, Fla.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. will offer multimedia messaging for as low as one cent per message, following up on the success of its penny-texting bundles. Beginning April 10, customers who sign up for one of three levels of messaging packs: a $2 per...

Retail Snapshot: Cingular’s upscale Orlando customers are data savvy: And signing up to get the iPhone when it’s available

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.Cingular Wireless L.L.C., now a part of AT&T Inc., has historically held the South as its stronghold. Kevin Balgobin,...

House in-building contract up for re-bid

The U.S. House of Representatives canceled MobileAccess Networks' in-building wireless license and add-on business to improve cellphone coverage in the House because of concerns the bidding process may have been tainted by the lobbying scandal that resulted in guilty pleas by lobbyist Jack Abramoff,...

Cingular to offer $5 unlimited in-network messaging option

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is upping the ante in the messaging game with plans to offer an unlimited in-network messaging plan to rival similar offerings from Verizon Wireless and others. The offering will allow existing or new Cingular customers who subscribe to either a messaging...

MobileAccess loses House in-building contract

The U.S. House of Representatives said it canceled MobileAccess Networks' in-building wireless license and add-on business to improve cellphone coverage in the House because of concerns about the bidding process being tainted by the lobbying scandal that resulted in guilty pleas by disgraced lobbyist...

Sprint Nextel ‘grenade:’ unlimited voice, messaging and data

Sprint Nextel Corp. has thrown down a gauntlet in the form of two new unlimited voice and data plans offered in the San Francisco market, home of a high-tech populace.Sprint Nextel's two Unlimited Access Pack plans include a $120-per-month plan that includes unlimited voice...

Verizon treat: Cherry Chocolate

Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.While northeastern Ohio digs out from a mountain of lake-effect snow, Heather Griffiths, district manager for northern Ohio/Cleveland East...

Cox joins Time Warner, Comcast in offering wireless

Cox Communications has launched converged services in two markets in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp., offering consumers in Arizona and San Diego a bundle that includes wireless service and mobile access to some cable content.Sprint Nextel has introduced similar services in Boston and Portland,...

Worst of the Week: Schizoringtonia

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Qwest, Embarq see profits from wireless

Regional telecommunications operator Qwest Communications International Inc. pushed its way into positive earnings for the first time in several years, posting profits of $593 million for the year 2006. The company had four consecutive quarters of positive net income, and reported fourth-quarter revenue totaling...

Qwest posts positive 2006 earnings

Regional telecommunications operator Qwest Communications International Inc. pushed its way into the black for the first time in several years, posting profits of $593 million for the full-year 2006.The company had four consecutive quarters of positive net income, and reported fourth quarter revenue of...

Sprint Nextel cuts price of unlimited text messages, offers family plan option

Sprint Nextel Corp. is undercutting other carriers' pricing for unlimited text messaging with a package that costs $10 for individual lines and $20 for family plans.Comparatively, Verizon Wireless offers 500 messages plus unlimited in-network messaging for $10, and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. prices 400 messages...

WIRELESS BLAZES AT DEMO: Mobile startups show their wares at semi-annual trade show

Mobile content and community were the hot topics during the opening day of Demo, a semi-annual conference designed to highlight emerging technologies and new products.GoWare Inc., an Arizona-based developer, used Demo 07 to launch a service that allows users to create personalized mobile portals...

The case for the closed Internet

The other day I came home to find my daughter in front of the computer, talking on the phone with her friend, Natasha, as they were competing in a friendly game of penguin fishing. That's so last year, I thought. Having just returned from the...

Verizon Wireless outpaces Sprint Nextel in data ARPU

Verizon Wireless subscribers spend more on mobile data than customers of any other U.S. carrier, according to new data from IDC.The market research firm found Verizon Wireless users spent an average of $7.27 per month on data services in the third quarter of 2006,...

Verizon Wireless raises texting fee to 15 cents

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless plans to join its compatriots in raising the price of per-message texting, bumping the rate for sending and receiving messages from 10 cents apiece to 15 cents.Sprint Nextel Corp. made similar changes to its messaging rates last year, followed shortly...

‘Power Pack’ plans align Sprint Nextel with larger rivals: Big 3 now only differ on extras, handsets

Three of the national U.S. carriers are no longer differentiating on price points for service plans, instead relying on the details of the plans and add-on services to appeal to customers-along with handsets, of course.Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. now...

Verizon Wireless joins the party, raises texting fee to 15 cents per message

Verizon Wireless plans to join its compatriots in raising the price of per-message texting, bumping the rate for sending and receiving messages from 10 cents apiece to 15 cents for postpaid subscribers.Sprint Nextel Corp. made similar changes to its messaging rates last year, followed...

Sizing up the ’07 handset space: Analysts watching volume vs. niche sales, data opportunities

In the hard light of early January, the shape of the year unfolding ahead remains somewhat amorphous. What to watch for in the handset space, the wireless industry's most tangible interface with consumers? An informal survey of leading analysts, not surprisingly, takes a multifaceted...

Top 20 stories from RCRNews.com in 2006

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...

Northern Exposure: Number portability to hit Canada in March

Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them if they switch mobile service providers.Canada's wireless number portability option will go into effect March 14. Customers will be able...