ORANGEBURG N.Y.-Verizon Wireless said it has invested nearly $1 billion during the past three years to enhance its digital wireless network in the New York metropolitan area.The announcement comes several weeks after city officials asked cell-phone users to report dead spots in cellular coverage...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. will provide RF optimization and performance engineering services for Triton PCS' network through 2005. Under their agreement, WFI will provide services for Triton PCS cell sites in six southeastern states, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Kentucky."In...
LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported less than 1 percent of its cell sites in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas are currently being impacted by the region's wildfires, and service restoration efforts have brought almost 80 percent of impacted cell sites back on-line.In...
The California wildfires that have scorched more than 500,000 acres and claimed at least 15 lives have also had a limited effect on wireless services in the region.Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which also carries T-Mobile USA Inc.'s traffic on its network in the state, reported...
A much-awaited ruling from the Federal Communications Commission, hailed as one of the most important spectrum-reform decisions during the past decade, could impact the wireless industry even more than anticipated. The FCC's final rules on secondary markets, which ease spectrum-leasing rules for wireless-spectrum licensees,...
NEW YORK-Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. has raised its wireless tower sector rating to "market overweight," reflecting its confidence in the industry's ability to continue financial deleveraging. The analyst firm specifically raised its rating on Crown Castle International Inc. to "outperform" and its year-end...
As Hurricane Isabel bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard late last week, wireless carriers were confident their networks were already prepared for the worst. Unlike other recent emergencies, including Sept. 11, 2001, and the August power outage, Isabel was anticipated, giving operators time...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry painted a rosy picture Monday of what happened to its networks during last month's blackout."The wireless industry really is a veteran in restoring service," said Kathryn Condello, vice president of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. "Our citizens and emergency responders...
The difference between cellular networks before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy came in bold relief during the recent power outage in New York and other East Coast states.Wireless networks hummed in spite of the blackouts. People could still communicate. On Sept. 11,...
HELSINKI, Finland-In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile phones, business models and network solutions.Pointing out Russia, India and Latin America as prime...
In a strategic blitz to take advantage of the revenue streams in what industry experts call emerging or new-growth markets, Nokia Corp. has rolled out a string of mobile phones, business models and network solutions.Pointing out Russia, India and Latin America as prime examples...
Sprint PCS pointed out some recent improvements to its wireless system, including network expansion and enhanced customer service that have resulted from its $2.1 billion capital spending program.The company plans to add 1,700 cell sites to its network this year, as well as improve...
Heavy call volumes on wireless networks frustrated end users and caused cell sites operating on backup generators and batteries to quickly falter during the massive power outage that crippled the northeastern United States late last week.Given the situation, even the best system would have...
Second-quarter results from public tower companies reflect improved financial stability and greater optimism that cell-site additions will ramp up in the coming months. Crown Castle International Corp. released its second-quarter financials late last week. The company reported revenue of $224.2 million, down slightly from...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s rumored $1.4 billion purchase of 34 PCS licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. was semi-announced last week as NextWave's public-relations agency distributed a press release claiming the two companies had agreed on a deal that if approved by NextWave's bankruptcy court and...
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. was the latest public tower company to release its second-quarter 2003 financial results.The company reported revenue of $224.2 million, down slightly from $225.5 million for the second quarter 2002. Site rental and broadcast transmission revenue accounted for $189.5 million of...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its joint venture American Cellular Corp. that will eventually add coverage to more than 11 million potential customers in parts of...
DRAPER, Utah-Broadband Central will activate its Blue Zones, 802.11 cell sites that offer high-speed wireless Internet over a 1-mile diameter area, in Boise, Idaho. The company has also announced plans to launch 3,700 Blue Zones in Arizona, California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas...
TOKYO-IPMobile said it has received a trial license to deploy a trial system using TD-CDMA technology in Japan.The company said it has built three cell sites inside the Tokyo metropolitan area with subscribers using PCMCIA cards and modems with USB and Ethernet interfaces."The major...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with Western Wireless Corp. that will enable AT&T Wireless customers to roam onto Western Wireless' planned GSM/GPRS network in portions of 17 western states.Financial terms of the agreement were not released, although it will be...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless properties from three partnerships providing wireless service in Iowa under the name Cellcom.Midwest said the properties include wireless licenses for 17 counties in Iowa rural service areas 3, 11 and 12 serving 28,000 current...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
Midwest Wireless signed a definitive agreement to acquire wireless properties from three partnerships providing wireless service in Iowa under the name Cellcom.Midwest said the properties include wireless licenses for 17 counties in Iowa rural service areas 3, 11 and 12 serving 28,000 current Cellcom...
