SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Expanded Calling Area option in Ohio, allowing its Cricket customers to use their unlimited calling minutes in both Dayton and Toledo/Sandusky for an additional $5 per month. Leap recently rolled out a similar option for customers in...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Expanded Calling Area option in Ohio, allowing its Cricket customers to use their unlimited calling minutes in both Dayton and Toledo/Sandusky for an additional $5 per month. Leap recently rolled out a similar option for customers in...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-In a sign of the continuing proliferation of Wi-Fi technology, Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks have entered a partnership to allow operators of Tropos-powered metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to give Boingo Roaming System users access to their networks. The companies reported that they...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-In a sign of the continuing proliferation of Wi-Fi technology, Boingo Wireless and Tropos Networks have entered a partnership to allow operators of Tropos-powered metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to give Boingo Roaming System users access to their networks.The companies said they have completed...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International announced the launch of a suite of Latino-themed content for subscribers using its Cricket service.AG Interactive, a division of American Greetings, will provide Univision Movil bilingual content, including downloadable Tejano music and ringtones and celebrity wallpaper, through Cricket Clicks, a...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted during the third quarter of 2003.Net income also increased from a loss of $47.3...
Colorado Mills is one of Denver's newest suburban malls. The warm, well-lit corridors are lined with like likes of Gap, Target, K-B Toys, Chili's and other clothing, eatery, trinket and curio shops. And in an indication of the growing importance of wireless in American...
Network equipment divisions performed better for major wireless vendors in the third quarter than their handset businesses did. At Nokia Corp., handset sales figures still topped equipment sales, but infrastructure revenue was on the rise while handset sales declined. Industry experts attribute this turnabout...
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City. Cook was competing in the "Fastest-Fingers Text Messaging Contest," sponsored by Cricket provider...
Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted during the third quarter of 2003. Net income also increased from a loss of...
The United States may have stolen the text-messaging world record from the text-loving British thanks to a lightning-fast performance by Ben Cook, a 17-year-old high school student in Salt Lake City.Cook was competing in the "Fastest-Fingers Text Messaging Content," sponsored by Cricket provider Leap...
Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin offering its Cricket wireless customers the mobile AOL Instant Messenger service, allowing AOL members and AIM users to receive instant messages, alerts and reminders from their Cricket phones. The service will cost $5 per month for...
Leap Wireless International Inc., which recently emerged from bankruptcy protection that allowed the carrier to cut more than $2 billion in debt, said it expects to spend between $28 million and $33 million expanding its Cricket service to the Fresno, Calif., market by the...
In spite of a slowdown in cell-phone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. still roared to a 46-percent profit compared with the same period last year. Much of its boost came from its chip division.But the result showed the company did not continue the overall momentum...
MIAMI-Wireless prepaid provider TracFone Wireless Inc. said it will begin offering its customers extended warranty protection for handsets through an agreement with Asurion. The insurance will cost a one-time fee of $20 for a one-year extension on top of the manufacturer's standard one-year warranty...
NEW YORK-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, which include PCS licenses covering 1.3 million potential customers for $26 million. RFB is...
Once relegated to outdated handsets and overpriced basic voice services, prepaid customers increasingly are being catered to with the latest handset technology and services to go along with more rational pricing plans. 7-Eleven Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. last week each launched their...
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...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., which recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reported fiscal-year 2004 guidance, including the addition of 50,000 and 100,000 net subscribers and customer churn of between 3.8 percent and 4.2 percent. Leap has already announced nearly 75,000 net customer...
SAN DIEGO-Cricket Communications Inc. will deploy Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center to offer content to its 1.5 million customers.In addition to offering content to state-of-the-art handsets, the service will allow users whose phones don't support MMS to experience new services via a branded Web...
Qualcomm Inc. said it anticipates a rosy fourth-quarter result, emphasizing the traction of its chipsets in the wireless market.The company said it expects earnings per share of between 28 cents and 30 cents compared with its prior estimate of between about 27 cents and...
CrystalVoice Communications, which provides enterprise voice communications software solutions, appointed Harvey White chairman of its board of directors. White most recently was chief executive officer of Leap Wireless.EquantInfrastructure services company Equant said Benoit Merel will become its acting chief financial officer. He replaces Jacques...
Leap Wireless International Inc. said it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, shedding more than $2 billion in debt since its financial reorganization began more than a year ago. As part of its emergence from bankruptcy protection, Leap said it has begun distributing...
