DALLAS-Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced network expansions. Verizon Wireless will provide additional coverage in the Northeast, while Cingular customers will see better coverage in Texas and Alabama.Verizon Wireless said its expansion reached into York County, Maine, where the carrier has built and...
Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year and upgrades to existing CDMA markets in Missouri, Montana,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas to go along with upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year and upgrades made to...
SAN ANTONIO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it plans to spend $100 million this year to expand and upgrade its network in South Texas, including the addition of more than 80 new cell sites designed to strengthen coverage across 87,000 square miles. The carrier said the...
Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. both announced network expansions. Verizon Wireless will provide customers with additional coverage in the Northeast, while Cingular customers will see additional coverage in North Texas and Alabama.Verizon Wireless said its expansion reached into York County, Maine, where the...
Rural wireless provider Cellular South said it has added more than 100 cell sites since last September as part of the planned expansion of its CDMA2000 1x-based network, which is an overlay of its legacy TDMA network. The carrier noted that with the recent...
Removing concern over its future network coverage, T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed last week to acquire Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s California and Nevada operations for $2.5 billion, properties that are currently part of the carriers' Empire network-sharing arrangement that also includes operations in New York. The...
DENVER and WASHINGTON-Arriving at the current state of post-deployed wireless enhanced 911 Phase II capabilities has been a feat in and of itself, but deployment does not mean success, and for many, the real work toward E911 starts now, said speakers at the May...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s spectrum realignment plans were headed for resolution early this year, with reports indicating the government was set to award the carrier 10 megahertz of spectrum in the lower 1.9 GHz spectrum bands.But those plans were derailed-at least for now-when Verizon Wireless...
Despite increased revenues, tower companies Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp. reported first-quarter financials in the red, although Crown managed to shave its losses.Crown reported site rental and broadcast transmission revenue of $219.4 million, up 18.6 percent, or $34.4 million, from last...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Cingular Wireless has partnered with Villanova University to upgrade the school's campuswide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging. Through the partnership, Villanova's students, faculty and staff are offered special rates on calling plans, wireless phones equipped with advanced features...
American Tower Corp. early Tuesday reported first-quarter financial results in line with analyst expectations.The company said total revenues were $186.2 million, up 15 percent from the first quarter of 2003. Income from operations increased to $21.8 million from $2.1 million last year. Net loss...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it lost approximately 5,400 total subscribers during the first quarter of this year compared with 13,500 net customer additions during the first quarter of 2003. The carrier noted the customer loss was due to lower gross customer additions during the...
Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal Communications Commission it could...
NEW YORK-Lehman Brothers analyst Blake Bath this week initiated coverage of tower companies American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. with various ratings. Bath rated American Tower "overweight" with a $16 price target, Crown was rated "equal-weight" with a $15 price...
WASHINGTON-Ahead of the summer vacation season, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it spent $30 million to add 24 new cell sites in recent months along Route 50 between Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Ocean City in parts of Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, including the areas...
Sprint PCS posted better numbers for the recent quarter, while its affiliates saw fewer net adds, as did regional carrier U.S. Cellular Corp.Sprint PCS posted 390,000 direct customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, compared with 250,000 subscribers added during the fourth quarter...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s next-generation plans are set to be tested by the public as the carrier is planning a network trial in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area using Flarion Technologies Inc.'s Fast Hopped Low Latency Access with Seamless Handoff, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, or Flash-OFDM,...
MIAMI-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. unveiled the second phase of its planned $40 million upgrade to its South Florida network.The upgrade is expected to include more than 50 new cell sites this year. The carrier noted it completed the first phase of the upgrade in October,...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported 14,400 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003 including its complete ownership of American Cellular Corp., which the company acquired from former partner AT&T Wireless Services Inc., and ended 2003 with approximately 1.5 million customers. Dobson did...
MONCTON, New Brunswick-Canadian wireless operator Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. said it has installed new GSM/GPRS cell sites in a number of markets in New Brunswick, including New Maryland, Grand Bay, Hampton-Quispamsis, Anagance and Penobsquis, as part of the carrier's planned investment in its Atlantic...
The sale of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is unlikely to have a long-term negative effect on the tower industry, according to tower companies and analysts in the space, who this week applauded strong 2004 tower-build expectations released by AWS and Cingular Wireless L.L.C.Cingular said...
Verizon Wireless reported customers can now pay their wireless bills and establish new or add advanced Verizon services at 76 Verizon Plus retail locations located in 16 states. The carrier noted the new locations are in addition to the 1,200 Verizon Wireless company-owned stores.The...
Affirmation from wireless carriers and equipment vendors, as well as industry analysts and Wall Street, is driving optimism from tower companies regarding new tower builds. Analyst firm Raymond James and Associates Inc. said its belief cell-site deployments are increasing was validated by equipment supplier...
