With three months of financial and operational performance on the books, 2005 is setting up as another strong year for the wireless industry. Analysts noted that first-quarter results have shown a substantial year-over-year improvement in customer growth along with improving churn and margin performances...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Boosted by strong growth in both service and roaming revenues, Dobson Communications Corp. reported a 16.2 percent year-over-year increase in revenues from $233.8 million during the first quarter of 2004 to $277.8 million this year. Service revenues jumped 13.4 percent from $181.7 million...
DALLAS-Dobson Communications Corp. will use over-the-air technology from SmartTrust to meet the rapid growth of its GSM services, the carrier announced Wednesday. Dobson, which operates under the Cellular One and Dobson Cellular Systems brands, will use the platform both for new subscriber activations and...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced plans to sell its wireless technology platform and customer base to VeriSign Inc. for $17.45 million in cash.The e-commerce company said it is off-loading its prepaid intelligent network business, a real-time voice and data usage tracking service marketed to wireless...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a contract with Alcatel to deploy a mobile next generation network core in Dobson's GSM-based network. Alcatel said the network solution will enable Dobson to evolve its current network to support advanced mobile services, support the growth of the...
NEW YORK-RFB Cellular, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003, reported that a pair of its subsidiaries had initiated auction processes to sell the company's remaining assets of spectrum licenses in California and Massachusetts. The deals include Alpine-California F L.L.C. signing an...
RFB Cellular, which filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2003, reported that a pair of its subsidiaries had initiated auction processes to sell the company's remaining assets of spectrum licenses in California and Massachusetts. The deals include Alpine-California F L.L.C. signing an agreement...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications said it plans to close its customer service center in Frederick, Md., July 1, based on a reorganization of the carrier's customer care departments. The 150 affected employees of the center will have relocation options or will be offered assistance in...
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...
At first blush, the first quarter could prove an interesting dichotomy for wireless operators as preliminary results from a pair of regional operators paint very different pictures. Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 81,000 subscribers during the first quarter, including...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it expects to report a loss of 18,800 subscribers for the first quarter of this year, which would be less than the 25,600 customers the carrier lost during the fourth quarter of last year, but more than triple the 5,400...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it will not declare or pay a cash dividend April 15 on its outstanding 12.25-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock or May 15 on its outstanding 13-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock.The company said interest will accrue on unpaid dividends at...
NEW ORLEANS-Leap Wireless International Inc. continued its rapid evolution last week, signing a pair of deals with Verizon Wireless that will allow Leap to add nationwide roaming capabilities to its Cricket wireless offering and provide Verizon Wireless with another infusion of wireless spectrum. Leap...
Both Leap Wireless International Inc. and Dobson Communications Corp. in unrelated deals said that with the help of Daniels & Associates, they are selling and then leasing back towers. Leap is selling 142 towers to Mountain Union Telecom L.L.C. for $18 million. It will...
Rural operator Dobson Communications Corp. reported complete fourth-quarter and full-year 2004 results Thursday that included improved revenues and mixed net income results. During the fourth quarter Dobson said revenues increased nearly 6 percent from $250.3 million in 2003 to $264.9 million last year. Full-year...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. launched its offer to exchange cash and stock for up to all of its outstanding 12.25-percent and 13-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock. The company said the offer would provide for each share of preferred stock tendered $301 in cash and...
Two U.S. wireless carriers made changes to previously announced exchange offers, with one company suspending its offer. Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. said it has filed a "pre-effective" amendment to its registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting changes to...
Two U.S. wireless carriers made changes to previously announced exchange offers, with one company suspending its offer.Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. said it has filed a "pre-effective" amendment to its registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reflecting changes to the...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. noted in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it plans to exchange cash or Class A common stock for all of its outstanding 12.25-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock and 13-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock. The rural wireless provider said...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it lost 25,600 customers subscribers during the fourth of last year compared with a gain of 14,400 net subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2003. The customer losses during the fourth quarter of last year included 33,100 postpaid subscribers, but...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Dobson Communications Corp. expanded its relationship with wireless distributor CellStar Corp., adding two direct-to-consumer logistic solutions to streamline the carrier's inventory management and customer fulfillment.Dobson's multiple call centers will be electronically integrated with CellStar, which will house and manage the inventory and its...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Rural carrier Dobson Communications Corp. announced it purchased the wireless assets of Michigan carrier RFB Cellular Inc. out of bankruptcy for $29.3 million. Dobson said the deal gives it access to 256,000 pops and 25,900 subscribers in the area. "This represents further progress...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Rural carrier Dobson Communications Corp. announced it purchased the wireless assets of Michigan carrier RFB Cellular Inc. out of bankruptcy for $29.3 million. Dobson said the deal gives it access to 256,000 pops and 25,900 subscribers in the area."This represents further progress in...
WASHINGTON-Three independent wireless carriers told the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that changes to the intercarrier-compensation regime should move toward a bill-and-keep regime where carriers would choose the best way to terminate a call and then bill their customers for it."Bill-and-keep reduces the opportunity for...
