Resurrection of the spectrum cap could prove tricky for the Federal Communications Commission next year when Democrats seize control of the agency, given President-elect Barack Obama's call for expanded broadband deployment in a market dominated by telephone and cable TV giants and the promise...
U.S. carriers may say they're swimming through the current rough economic waters un-affected, but one factor keeping them afloat is the continued support from investors. While they might not be in danger anytime soon, ratings and investor recommendations have become increasingly more negative, putting...
Law enforcement is getting tough about cellphone hacking in Tinseltown.The Los Angeles county district attorney said AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA Inc. agreed to permanent injunctions banning misrepresentations about the security of mobile phones on their networks. The carriers also will pay fines of...
StarHub and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced the launch of a new, commercially available 3G femtocell network in Singapore, which they said provides mobile-phone services through the carrier's cable network.StarHub has launched Home Zone to its customers and uses 3G femtocells, portable cellular access...
Are more job cuts on the way for Sprint Nextel Corp.?After speaking with Sprint Nextel CFO Bob Brust, Pali Research predicts that the carrier will sacrifice employees in order to save a drowning company. The report's author, Walter Piecyk, said he expects Sprint Nextel...
Regional carrier Cellular One released an unlimited monthly wireless plan priced at $80, undercutting similar offerings from its nationwide competitors.The carrier's new "All of America" plan includes nationwide unlimited voice and text with no roaming or long-distance charges. Because Cellular One is a GSM...
With a $3.2 billion in investment from its new partners, Clearwire Corp officially closed on its joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp. to offer WiMAX services under the Clearwire name.Mobile WiMAX services will from now on be branded as "Clear," ultimately replacing Sprint Nextel's...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Cable operators are market leaders for pay TV and broadband services, and have done very...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is back at it again with a new advertising campaign claiming the carrier is the industry leader in value, network superiority, customer service and wireless user experience.On Nov. 23, Sprint Nextel began airing more black-and-white commercials featuring CEO Dan Hesse, gently...
The decision by Qualcomm Inc. to stop development of its Ultra Mobile Broadband technology does not mean CDMA is off to the scrap heap.With 3G networks still evolving and being deployed in emerging markets, the technology will have a long shelf life even though...
Verizon Wireless has placed several employees on leave for accessing President-Elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account, according to CEO Lowell McAdam.In a statement, McAdam said the company learned of the unauthorized access this week and took immediate action. The device on the account, which...
The Federal Communications Commission gave final clearance to Verizon Wireless' $4.7 billion purchase of a nationwide collection of regional licenses at the 700 MHz auction earlier this year, refusing Google Inc.'s request to impose a stronger open-access condition and revising a key component of...
Nov. 4, 2008, will go down as a historic day both for the country as well as for the wireless industry. The impact of the presidential election is probably self-evident and better explained by those with more knowledge on the subject. But the impact...
The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is scheduled to hold a hearing Nov. 20 on requests to consolidate some two dozen antitrust class-action lawsuits alleging that AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. conspired to raise text message prices...
Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a $1 billion federal class-action lawsuit over early-termination fees, the complaint filed by the same lawyers pursuing relief for consumers in a California state court and just days before the No. 3 wireless provider announced a date...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Data usage is an important component for future revenue growth as it becomes an ever...
AT&T Mobility, computer-maker Lenovo and infrastructure vendor L.M. Ericsson announced a teaming to knock off $150 from the price of 3G-capable laptops, with an eye toward enticing customers to mobile broadband.The new offer encompasses three Lenovo ThinkPad SL notebooks and all notebooks in Lenovo's...
CenturyTel Inc.'s board of directors gave the company the green light to acquire Embarq Corp. in a projected $11.6 billion transaction. CenturyTel will also acquire $5.8 billion of Embarq's debt.If the deal goes through, Embarq shareholders would own 66% of the combined company, while...
Cable company Cox Communications announced it will build a wireless network with the $500 million in spectrum the company has accumulated over the past several years, and will launch commercial services by next year. The company will work with Sprint Nextel Corp. to supplement...
J.D. Power and Associates' latest survey found that in-your-face employees at mobile operator retail stores may not be as helpful as they used to be. Although Verizon Wireless came out on top of the firm's "Volume 2 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction" study, overall, the...
Once considered the red-headed stepchild of wireless, prepaid services are finally gaining mainstream appeal helped by the need for carriers to target broader demographics and consumer desires for more ways to control their spending. Over the past several weeks a number of operators have...
Verizon Wireless has cut out the middle man (itself) for those trying to hop on to its network. The carrier certified Intertek as the first approved independent third-party device testing lab for Verizon Wireless' Open Development initiative. The carrier has been quietly working with...
In addition to recent pricing changes, Sprint Nextel Corp. subsidiary Boost Mobile is altering its marketing approach as well as its target market. Matt Carter, Boost's new president and GM, said the company needs to put more emphasis on prepaid and put it in...
National mobile-phone carriers denied any wrongdoing in reaction to a key Senate lawmaker's probe into industry-wide text message price increases, pointing out competitive bulk texting plans have actually reduced costs to consumers and that congressional questions about the matter alone have triggered a flood...
