AT&T Mobility left nothing to chance in its quest for 700 MHz spectrum. The nation's No. 1 carrier agreed last week to shell out $2.5 billion in cash for 700 MHz licenses from Aloha Partners L.P. in advance of the upcoming Federal Communications Commission's...
AT&T Mobility said it will pay $2.5 billion in cash for all of Aloha Partners L.P.'s 700 MHz spectrum, apparently signaling Aloha's exit from the mobile broadcast space.AT&T, which said it remains committed to using Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO network for multimedia wireless broadcasts, said...
THREE OF THE LARGEST REGIONAL wireless carriers are in the process of being acquired by national operators, as the nationals push further into rural and suburban markets and seek to expand their coverage and continue their growth in the face of high penetration rates.T-Mobile...
Cellular One customers will now be able to entertain callers with more exciting sounds than the traditional ring.The No. 11 carrier, Dobson Communications Corp., which is behind the Cellular One brand, signed a pair of deals with L.M. Ericsson for AnswerTunes, a ringback tones...
THE FINANCIAL MARKETS HAVE BEEN JITTERY in recent weeks, absorbing the fallout from the extension of easy credit to both individuals and corporations. Now, the backlash is likely to find lenders more closely scrutinizing business plans, mergers and company strategies to reduce their risks-and...
Though diminishing in count, regional wireless operators continued to report firm financial results highlighting continued opportunities outside the urban corridors.U.S. CellularU.S. Cellular Corp. reported $971.6 million in total revenues for the second quarter, a nearly 15% increase compared with the $846.1 million the carrier...
Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks. Check below for news about carriers, handset...
In the second quarter, Brightpoint Inc., racked up a 55% jump in revenues and doubled its net income over the year-ago quarter, but its stock traded down on the distributor's warning that future earnings could be impacted by customer consolidation in North America. The...
Dobson Communications Corp., which recently announced plans to be acquired by AT&T Inc., posted a 15% jump in second-quarter revenues from $312.1 million in 2006 to $360.2 million this year. Net income also improved from a loss of $8.4 million in 2006, a loss...
Verizon Wireless backed up its strong second-quarter customer numbers with solid financials and a new acquisition that will make the nation's largest CDMA carrier a roaming provider for GSM services.The carrier announced that it had agreed to buy Rural Cellular Corp. for $2.67 billion,...
Verizon Wireless announced a $2.67 billion deal to acquire Rural Cellular Corp., one of the nation's largest rural carriers. The agreement will add RCC's 700,000 customers to Verizon Wireless' base-which currently stands at 62.1 million-and will expand the No. 2 operator's coverage in parts...
AT&T Inc. said it will acquire regional carrier Dobson Communications Corp. for about $2.8 billion.Dobson serves more than 60 rural and suburban markets in 17 states in the Midwest and South under the Cellular One brand. The carrier counts 1.7 million customers and covers...
Rural wireless service provider Dobson Communications Corp. is reportedly considering a sale and has hired Morgan Stanley to help the company explore its options, according to the Wall Street Journal. A spokesman for Dobson could not immediately be reached for comment. The possibility of...
WIRELESS INDUSTRY EFFORTS to derail a federal-state panel's recommendation to cap universal service fund support for wireless carriers in rural areas could be undermined by a new report that found billions of dollars in subsidies have been largely ineffective in bringing cellular service to...
Dobson Communications Corp. reported a larger net loss for the first quarter due to refinancing activities.The regional carriers posted a net loss of $32.6 million for the quarter, more than double the net loss of $13.3 million reported during the first quarter last year....
Dobson Communications Corp. announced that its treasurer Richard Sewell died the evening of April 26. CFO Bruce Knooihuizen will manage Dobson's treasury activities on an interim basis, the company announced."Apart from his many significant contributions to Dobson in his professional capacity as treasurer, Richard...
Nearly drowned out in broad policy debates over controversial public-safety and broadband wireless proposals are pressing questions about how the Federal Communications Commission will craft the 700 MHz band plan. A coalition of 21 small- and medium-sized wireless and wireline carriers and state regulatory...
VeriSign Inc. announced it will handle regional wireless carrier Dobson Communication Corp.'s voice and data settlement operations, starting in April. In a separate but related announcement, Rural Cellular Corp. said it renewed its settlement deal with Syniverse. Syniverse said it will stand as RCC's...
Dobson Communications Corp. has introduced push-to-talk service for customers in Alaska through its Cellular One retail brand.The company said it will be the first to provide PTT in the large, sparsely populated state; the service also will work in Hawaii and the lower 48...
Dobson Cellular Systems will change its name, effective March 5, to Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems. The firm purchased the Cellular One name last year from Western Wireless Corp. as a condition of Western Wireless' acquisition by Alltel Corp. Next month Dobson will...
Dobson Communications Corp. reported solid results for the final period of 2006, growing its subscriber base and increasing its average revenue per user. Dobson ended the year with an ARPU of $49.92-up $3.82 year-over-year. The data portion of Dobson's ARPU also increased, jumping from...
Dobson Communications Corp. reported solid quarterly results for the final period of 2006, growing its subscriber base and increasing its average revenue per user. Dobson ended the year with an ARPU of $49.92-an increase of $3.82 year-over-year. The data portion of Dobson's ARPU also...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierStandard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on Dobson Communications Corp. and...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. reported a third consecutive quarter of profits and increases to its subscriber base, and the company said it hopes to maintain its momentum as it enters 2007. Dobson added 23,500 net customers during the third quarter, including 11,300 postpaid customers...
