ATLANTA-Sprint PCS affiliate AirGate PCS Inc. named long-time industry veteran William Loughman as vice president and chief financial officer. Prior to joining AirGate, Loughman served as president and chief executive officer of Baran Telecom, as well as various positions with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.,...
Regional wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. said it is closing its Fairbanks, Alaska, call center, which currently serves the carrier's Cellular One customers in Fairbanks and Juneau, and transferring operations to its Duluth, Minn., call center. The Duluth center currently handles Dobson's customers in...
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...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. expanded its CDMA2000 1x network to provide its OpenDoor wireless Internet service and Hello2Pix picture messaging service to its Cellular One customers in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The carrier launched 1x services in it Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,...
LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than 100,000 subscribers. The carriers include Cellular One of Amarillo, Five Star Wireless, Peoples Wireless, Plateau Wireless, Poka Lambro Telecommunications, Wes-Tex...
LONGMONT, Colo.-Intrado Inc. reported contracts to provide Emergency 911 Phase I and Phase II services to eight rural Texas wireless operators serving more than 100,000 subscribers. The carriers include Cellular One of Amarillo, Five Star Wireless, Peoples Wireless, Plateau Wireless, Poka Lambro Telecommunications, Wes-Tex...
Western Wireless Corp. deployed its Phase I Enhanced 911 service for Cellular One customers in North Dakota. The carrier said the service, which was deployed in partnership with county public safety answering points, is available for about 70 percent of its North Dakota customers,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. introduced its Unlimited Home Calling Plan for Cellular One customers in the Midwest that provides unlimited voice service minutes when calls are made within the Cellular One Midwest network coverage area for $50 per month. The plan does not include...
WASHINGTON-A deal has been struck on California's controversial proposal to create a bill of rights for telecom consumers, opening the way for a vote by state regulators in early spring. "We've reached agreement on everything substantial. ... I think it will be ready for...
WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Susan Kennedy has decided not to offer a competing bill of rights for telecom consumers-one that exempts mobile-phone carriers from new rules-during Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's review of existing state regulations."We will not put out an alternate during the governor's...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing possible...
WASHINGTON-Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch has sued Cellular One in state court for alleged billing overcharges. The lawsuit, according to sources, claims the Oklahoma City-based wireless carrier violated consumer fraud law and engaged in deceptive trade practices.Meanwhile, a consumer suit against Nextel Communications Inc....
Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider's MCI customers with remote access service to Boingo's more than 2,000 global wireless hot-spot access points. MCI noted it currently has about 600 Wi-Fi access...
As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which announced it will sell its SGH-x426 through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone features a...
Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas. The carrier noted the service,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.The carrier noted the service is...
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher said thousands of Cellular One subscribers in the state will be entitled to refunds as part of a settlement of billing lawsuit against the mobile-phone operator.Fisher filed a civil lawsuit against Cellular One in July 2001, accusing the Dobson...
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher today said thousands of Cellular One subscribers in the state will be entitled to refunds as part of a settlement of billing lawsuit against the mobile-phone operator.Fisher filed a civil suit against Cellular One in July 2001, accusing the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. added two U.S. carriers to its list of BREW clients, with both Metro PCS and Western Wireless Corp. signing agreements with the vendor to offer BREW services to their subscribers.MetroPCS's subscribers in San Francisco; Sacramento, Calif.; Miami; and Atlanta will be...
A recently renamed Viaero Wireless announced it has combined the previously known NE Colorado Cellular Inc. doing business as Cellular One of Northeast Colorado and Wireless II L.L.C. doing business as Nebraska Wireless.Nokia Corp. last week announced it will overlay Viaero's current CDMA technology-based...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Even without wireless local number portability, churn continues to increase, according to a recent study by Solomon-Wolff Associates. Annual churn is 17.7 percent, reflecting an increase of 62 percent during the past five years.According to churn ratios determined in the study, most...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Even without wireless local number portability, churn continues to increase, according to a recent study by Solomon-Wolff Associates that says annual churn is currently 17.7 percent, reflecting an increase of 62 percent during the past five years.According to churn ratios determined in...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Forty-eight operators around the world have announced commitments to EDGE technology, according to data released today by the 3G Americas association, which promotes the technology.In the United States, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA, Dobson Communications, Cellular One of Northeast...
