SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. selected Cambia Networks' Mobile Data Server as a network platform to test high-speed data applications on its existing CDMA network.Leap is expected to begin rolling-out 1x technology on its network next year in select markets where it hopes to...
ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania, United States—Agere Systems announced its wireless platform and semiconductor will be used in Beijing-based PTIC Capitel's new small C76088 and C6288 models, which recently began selling to the Chinese markets.According to the company, the new phones are 30-percent smaller than a business...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Various African countries have begun the task of liberalizing their telecommunications markets with the various governments seeking to court offers from foreign strategic equity partners.However, for the telecoms step of the African renaissance to move forward, analysts believe that more will be...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in the Reno, Sparks and Carson City, Nev., and in Toledo and Sandusky, Ohio. With the launches, Leap now offers service in 29 markets across 16 states.Nortel Networks Corp. provided the network in Ohio,...
During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 subscribers after the first full year of availability in 1984 to nearly 120...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. rolled into its first Nebraska market launching its Cricket flat-rate service in Omaha."We are very excited to offer Omahans a fresh and affordable wireless service, and we think Cricket will be a hit with everyone in this market, from...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket wireless service in Dayton, Ohio, the company's regional headquarters in the upper Midwest.Leap also announced it acquired wireless operating licenses for Fort Collins and Greeley, Colo., and Eugene, Ore., as well as an undisclosed amount of...
SAN DIEGO—In an attempt to alleviate investor concerns, Cricket Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc., amended its vendor-financing agreements with Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. Leap said the amendments change the gross revenue covenant primarily to reflect changes...
SAN DIEGO—The Telephone Entertainment Network of Leap Wireless International Inc., San Diego, has contracted to obtain information updates from the Metro Networks subsidiary of Westwood One.Westwood One, managed by Infinity Broadcasting Corp., provides local news, sports, weather, traffic and other content to at least...
During the past 15 months there has been growing interest in the United States around mobile virtual network operators, best known as MVNOs. The idea behind MVNOs is that companies with strong brands, powerful distribution or compelling content/applications (ideally all three) negotiate wholesale access...
HERZELIA, Israel—Israel-based Formula Telecom Solutions, a developer and provider of end-to-end telecommunications management solutions, announced it was awarded a contract valued at US$10.5 million from MobiTel, Bulgaria's GSM operator. The contract is for the delivery and implementation of Formula Telecom Solutions' Leap Billing and...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. launched it Cricket wireless service in Boise, Idaho, allowing customers to make unlimited local wireless calls for a fixed price each month. Ericsson provided wireless infrastructure systems and deployment services for the network.
LONDON-Colocation providers in Europe will need to weather a difficult transitional period between now and 2003, but the principle of outsourcing data to a colocation specialist is poised to grow tremendously among European enterprise customers, according to a new study from Frost & Sullivan.The...
The NextWave Telecom Inc. saga continued last week as the hopeful wireless wholesaler unveiled funding plans to roll out its network, while its potential wireless competitors/customers continued to look for ways to wrestle some control over licenses that are still waiting for a proper...
It is the best of times. It is the worst of times.Sprint PCS reported second-quarter financials so great, they even surprised analysts covering the industry. Last week, three of the six largest wireless operators- Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc.-reported both customer...
Editor's Note: As Leap Wireless International Inc. prepares to launch its Cricket wireless service in RCR Wireless News' home market in Denver, we thought we would use the opportunity to take a closer look at what's involved in launching service in a new market.Setting up...
The Personal Communications Industry Association announced ten new companies plan to join its Global Initiative program for help in assessing and managing m-convergence opportunities. The program provides marketing, regulatory and technical business tools through various products and services, PCIA said. "Organizations need to know...
WASHINGTON-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week told lawmakers no decision has been reached on future military spectrum requirements, a response starkly at odds with top brass and one that comes as Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) moves closer to introducing legislation to force the Pentagon...
Many people have claimed the success of the Internet really took off once service providers implemented one-rate plans for unlimited usage. The plans allowed computer users to surf all they wanted without having to worry about a surprise bill at the end of the...
Close below the surface of the third-generation mobile-phone spectrum debate is a technology war, the kind of feud industry thought was behind it and wanted to avoid as it tries to present a unified front in the campaign to wrestle away frequencies from the...
It took just one year for the hype and optimism to come crashing down on Metricom Inc., which now finds itself choking on nearly $1 billion in debt and seeking protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code.Last July, the high-speed wireless data provider launched its...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruling that the Federal Communications Commissions illegally repossessed NextWave Telecom's personal communications services licenses has turned a once $17 billion windfall for the federal government, and much needed capacity for wireless carriers, into...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc., a one-time poster child for everything that went wrong with the government's C-block auction for PCS licenses, said it stands ready to continue to build its network, following an appeals court ruling last Friday that said the government could not cancel...
Keep it basic and make the money.Market research firm Telecompetition Inc. says while operators and vendors are mired in the tightening economic landscape of Western Europe, they seem to be underestimating the oasis of the future: developing and emerging economies.The research says that this routinely...
