Dobson Communications Corp., which previously reported preliminary third-quarter results, posted $272.4 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 27.8-percent improvement compared with the $213.1 million the carrier reported during the third quarter of 2003. The carrier noted...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp., announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of senior secured notes. The notes consist of $250 million of 8.375-percent fixed-rate senior secured notes due 2011, $250 million of...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dobson Communications Corp. announced the pricing of a private placement of $825 million of senior secured notes.The notes consist of $250 million of 8.375-percent fixed rate senior secured notes due 2011, $250 million of...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. launched its EDGE-based QuickLink Mobile Wireless Internet Services across its 16-state Cellular One-branded service area. Customers can access the network using either a Sony Ericsson GC82 Edge PC card through a laptop computer or EDGE-equipped handsets, including the Nokia Corp....
OKLAHOMA CITY-Noting it was in the best interests of the company, Dobson Communications Corp. reported late yesterday that it will not declare or pay the cash dividend due Oct. 15 on its outstanding 12.25-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock or the Nov. 1 cash dividend...
U.S. Cellular Corp. entered a definitive agreement to sell its 20-megahertz PCS license covering Daytona Beach, Fla., to MetroPCS Inc. for $8.5 million.U.S. Cellular said the sale was consistent with its recent initiative to exit non-strategic markets and redeploy its capital to more important...
Telecommunications-focused investment bank Waller Capital Corp. reported that its client RFB Cellular Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. to sell RFB’s Michigan wireless assets that include PCS licenses covering 1.3 million potential customers for $26 million. RFB is currently...
Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecom offerings would see additional...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Cellular Systems' Cellular One today launched the Identity phone, a new handset that uses Wildseed Ltd.'s SmartSkins, an interactive wireless accessory.SmartSkins are interchangeable covers that change the "mood" of the phone through a built-in chip. There are more than 20 SmartSkins available...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment.This follows Nortel's completion of Dobson's EDGE deployments in 16 states across the nation.Both companies also agreed to conduct field testing of UMTS equipment...
Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall through their own service offering, while others are struggling to find the right mix...
Tier-two wireless carriers reported diverse second-quarter financials. Dobson Communications Corp., the nation's ninth largest carrier, saw its stock plunge on full-year guidance, while No. 10 Leap improved its metrics as it gets closer to emerging from bankruptcy protection. Dobson reported mixed operating and financial...
In an industry where size is often viewed as a result of success, especially when it comes to the bottom line and customers, U.S. Cellular Corp. has managed to operate successfully in a position between the country's big-six nationwide operators that dominate the large...
Dobson Communications Corp.'s Dobson Cellular Systems jumped into the converged market last week with the launch of its MERGE product, which the company said would help bridge the gap between traditional wireline and wireless services by allowing customers to access their wireless calling plan...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Dobson Communications Corp. and GCI have entered distribution and spectrum-leasing agreements in Alaska. The companies said the 10-year agreement will allow GCI to market wireless services to its current telephone, Internet and cable television customer base, by selling wireless as part of a...
Dobson Communications Corp.'s Cellular One from Dobson Cellular Systems unveiled its Merge device and service offering that allows customers to place their handsets into Merge devices and make or receive calls from any home phone while using their wireless plans for the service, similar...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it added approximately 7,200 customers during the second quarter of this year, which was a drop from the 19,900 customers the carrier added during the second quarter of 2003. An increase in gross customer additions from 94,500 subscribers last year...
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...
Regional wireless provider Dobson Communications Corp. provided updated second-quarter operating trends in connection with its annual shareholders' meeting, showing that gross subscriber additions through last month continued to be slower than expected. And postpaid customer churn appeared to be coming in at below the...
Regional carriers Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Dobson Communications Corp. and Rural Cellular Corp. showed their continued uneasy reliance on roaming traffic in first-quarter financials released last week. The regional players are trying to increase internally generated revenues to make up for decreasing roaming yields,...
Dobson Communications Corp. posted an 81-percent increase in total revenues during the first quarter from $128.9 million last year to $233.8 million this year, boosted by the full ownership of its previous American Cellular Corp. joint venture with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and a...
Wireless customers are often viewed as the most valuable asset a carrier has, though they are often the hardest to quantify. While having more customers usually translates into higher revenues, analysts note the cost of acquiring and servicing those subscribers has to be weighed...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it lost approximately 5,400 total subscribers during the first quarter of this year compared with 13,500 net customer additions during the first quarter of 2003. The carrier noted the customer loss was due to lower gross customer additions during the...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. said it will pay an in-kind dividend of .03250 shares of its 13 percent senior exchangeable preferred stock for each share held by current stockholders on May 1 to holders of record at the close of business on April 15....
