Verizon Wireless has tapped into the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO data network for domestic wireless data needs and Vodafone's GPRS/UMTS network for...
German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG reaffirmed its intention to keep its U.S. mobile subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. and said it plans to participate in upcoming spectrum auctions to strengthen T-Mobile USA's competitive position."There is no reason for a sale," DT Chief Executive Kai-Uwe...
Verizon Wireless has tapped the international capabilities of parent company Vodafone Group plc to launch its Global Data Access product that will allow users to access Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO data network for domestic wireless data needs and Vodafone's GPRS/UMTS network for international...
TEL AVIV, Israel-T-Com, the fixed line unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, is running a WiMAX field trial, offering wireless broadband services to about 100 German customers previously unreachable by traditional DSL services.T-Com is using Alvarion's WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX 3500 system for the trial, which is...
Verizon Wireless continues to build on its domination in the wireless data space, adding a handful of new markets to its rapidly growing coverage area while at the same time cutting prices. The carrier now offers its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service in 61...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said Thomas Ganswindt will head up its Communications division following the abrupt departure of Lothar Pauly to Deutsche Telekom AG. "With Thomas Ganswindt at the helm, the new management team will work forcefully and vigorously to ensure the further future-oriented development...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported that its newly acquired Western Wireless International Austria Corp. subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Austrian business Tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH to Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary T-Mobile Austria GmbH for $1.6 billion.Alltel noted the deal's...
Following is information on wireless companies that had ratings changes and other news from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Moody's Investors Service Inc. upgraded the long-term senior unsecured debt ratings of Sprint Corp. and Sprint Capital Corp. as well as the ratings...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported that its newly acquired Western Wireless International Austria Corp. subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Austrian business Tele.ring Telekom Service GmbH to Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary T-Mobile Austria GmbH for $1.6 billion.Alltel, which closed on...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use. The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home page for its...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. appointed Rodney Dir chief operating officer of the regional telecommunications provider where he will oversee the daily management and performance of sales, marketing, network and customer care operations across all of the company's business segments. Dir will assume the new position...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use, the companies said Wednesday.The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home...
Following is a roundup of ratings and financial information relating to wireless companies announced this week by banking and investment firms and financial analysts.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services withdrew its ratings on Crown Castle International Corp. including its B corporate credit rating after the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has reached an agreement with spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones extending their commercial advertising relationship. Terms of the multi-year extension were not released, though T-Mobile USA said Zeta-Jones will continue to appear in television, broadcast and online advertising, as well...
We've all seen the ads: "Raising the Bar." "Can you hear me now?" "Nextel. Done." "Get More." Then again, with the wireless industry spending billions of dollars each year on advertising, how could we not have seen them?According to Advertising Age, the telecom industry...
T-Mobile USA Inc.'s position as the nation's fourth-largest wireless operator, as well as one of the industry's fastest growing, might not be enough to guarantee its long-term prospects. Several industry observers have questioned the carrier's ability to remain a standalone entity in the face...
Wireless carriers' spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes have been driven mostly by the country's larger operators, which-in addition to supporting an increasing number of wireless subscribers-are being...
PARIS-French company Vivendi Universal has filed a complaint in Poland against its co-owners of wireless carrier Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. Vivendi Universal filed a complaint against Elektrim and Deutsche Telekom related to the bilateral agreement between France and Poland for the protection of investments. Vivendi...
Less than three weeks after it began, the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 58 of 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band came to a quiet close last Tuesday, having garnered just more than $2 billion in net bids including FCC credits for 217...
Merger-mania trickled down the food chain last week as super-regional operator Alltel Corp. said it had reached an agreement to buy rural operator Western Wireless Corp. for approximately $6 billion in stock, cash and debt assumption. Alltel noted that when completed later this year,...
MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia's largest wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems. The carriers said Friday they have formed an exclusive strategic partnership under which MTS will launch...
MOSCOW-I-mode mobile Internet service is coming to Russia and Eastern Europe under an agreement between Japanese i-mode creator NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Russia's largest wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems.The carriers said Friday they have formed an exclusive strategic partnership under which MTS will launch i-mode...
Less than two months after Cingular Wireless L.L.C. garnered governmental approval for its $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's largest wireless operator, the wireless industry was aflutter last week following published reports that another big deal was in the...
WASHINGTON-Deutsche Telecom and T-Mobile officials in Germany assert the 100 unionized technicians fired by subsidiary T-Mobile USA Inc. are not protected because the action was an asset deal in which technical infrastructure was acquired by the Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile-phone carrier. In a Nov. 12...
