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...
Leap Wireless International Inc., which announced last week that it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection within the next several weeks, reported $205.7 million in total revenues during the second quarter of this year compared with $185.6 million in revenues in the...
Leap Wireless International Inc. reported that the Federal Communications Commission issued an order approving the change of control of its wireless licenses, which will clear the way for the carrier to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this month with its debt load...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has reasserted itself as one of the wireless industry's success stories with third-quarter financial results marked with outstanding figures.The proprietor of CDMA technology had a third-quarter net income of $486 million, representing a 154-percent leap over the same period last year,...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia announced its CDMA2000 variable-rate multimode wideband speech codec (VMR-WB), the first wideband speech codec standard developed by 3GPP2/TIA, is ready for large-scale deployment. The codec is fully interoperable with 3GPP/AMR-WB, the standard in GSM and W-CDMA networks, which is "a significant leap...
When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said it was not open enough because it savored such a wide array of supporters...
Regional wireless carrier Cellcom will begin offering push-to-talk services on its CDMA/AMPS-based network in the upper Midwest beginning June 21 using Kodiak Networks' packet-switched Real-Time Exchange System. In addition to PTT functionality, Cellcom's Chirp service will provide instant calling, instant conferencing and instant voice...
With competitors cannibalizing and usurping its once unique position in the wireless industry, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this year with new offerings and services that the carrier said it hopes will allow it...
High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier's corporate and local business operations. Freeman will also assume a seat on Leap's board of directors and be appointed CEO of...
Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier's corporate and local business operations. Freeman will also assume a seat on Leap's board of directors and be appointed CEO of Leap,...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Ireland's broadband wireless access provider Leap Broadband has begun deploying 3.5 GHz systems from Aperto Networks to complement its existing 5.8 GHz PacketWave point-to-multipoint systems from Aperto, throughout metro-Dublin. "This eases our scalability as we already know the systems deployment and management processes,"...
WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission's bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces two exiting Democratic commissioners with his own appointments. "I am disappointed...
WASHINGTON-Harsh political and industry criticism of the California Public Utilities Commission's bill of rights for telecom consumers likely signals the controversy will carry over into 2005, when pro-business GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces two exiting Democratic commissioners with his own appointments. "I am disappointed...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-A non-stop talking contest initiated in Albuquerque, N.M., by Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary was still going strong after 72 hours as two contestants continued in a Motor Mouth Marathon for the chance to win a 2004 Mini Cooper, a...
A few years ago, industry linked the stock woes of some of the major vendors to a general downdraft of the economy. Now that some of the companies are recording profits and racking up robust contracts, the stocks have yet to pick up steam.Lucent...
With more than 2.5 million customers split between their two operations, Leap Wireless International Inc. and MetroPCS Inc. have proven there is a market for wireless customers willing to forgo the benefits of a nationwide footprint in exchange for unlimited flat-rate calling plans and...
After nearly a year of financial turmoil, Leap Wireless International Inc. reported post-reorganization first-quarter financial results highlighted by an improved financial position and customer growth.Total revenues increased more than 12 percent year over year from $183.8 million to $206.8 million, bolstered by increases in...
NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to auction the licenses to a spectrum-starved industry. But unlike the FCC's previous attempt to...
With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry watchers see as better times ahead.However, stock-market gains remain modest.L.M. Ericsson edged out market expectations in its fiscal first-quarter results...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. soared to high profits in its second-quarter results, emphasizing the prosperity of its CDMA offerings and its place in the industry's travel to next-generation services.The company basked in a net income of $488 million, representing a 39-percent leap over the previous...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cricket Communications Inc. said it will sell Motorola Inc.'s C341 mobile phone for a base price of $150. The phone features interchangeable housing and rubber side grips, a color display, advanced messaging capabilities, and embedded and downloadable graphics."With the addition of the new...
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America's board of directors adopted a proposal to restructure the company's board, committees and councils. The restructure calls for a two-year transition from a board of 42 voting members to a board of 18 voting members; the creation of...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. expanded it Cricket service offering with its Cricket Unlimited plan that includes anytime local calling, U.S. long-distance service (except to Alaska), text messaging, voice mail, caller identification, call waiting and up to three directory-assistance calls per month for $55....
