POCATELLO, Idaho—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital wireless service in the greater Eastern Idaho area including Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Blackfoot, Rexburg, Dubois, Moreland and Atomic City. The expansion completes Nextel's coverage of the entire Idaho interstate corridor from Boise to Rexburg.In conjunction with the launch,...
SEATTLE—Nextel Partners Inc. reported an agreement with ViAir Inc. to provide Nextel Partners with its WirelessInbox messaging application and platform rebranded as Nextel Mobile E-mail.ViAir said the solution will provide subscribers with access to their existing Internet and Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes e-mail,...
LUBBOCK, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa and surrounding areas in West Texas.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless phones and free local service for a year to the Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock.
FARGO, N.D.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D., as well as Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, Alexandria and Fergus Falls, Minn.To oversee the expansion in the region, Nextel Partners promoted David Clauson to general manager for North Dakota and Western Minnesota. Prior...
MCALLEN, Texas—Nextel Partners Inc. launched digital service in Edinburg, McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville and South Padre Island, Texas, expanding coverage in the Rio Grande Valley along the Interstate-35 corridor between Dallas/Fort Worth and the Mexican border.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless...
ROANOKE, Va.-Nextel Partners announced the launch of a "four-in-one" digital wireless service, available in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottesville and several other cities throughout the New River Valley and Shenandoah Valley areas of Virginia.The service includes digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect digital two-way radio, Nextel Wireless...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reaffirmed its domestic guidance for subscriber growth, revenues and operating cash flow during its annual shareholder meeting."We expect to report approximately 2 million domestic net subscriber additions, total domestic revenues of approximately $7 billion and domestic operating cash flow of...
Rural Cellular Corp. reigned supreme during the first quarter of this year, according to Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown's recent metric ranking of 22 U.S. wireless operators. The report ranked each operator on five metrics included in their first-quarter financial results, including penetration gain, average...
Verizon Wireless has signed an agreement with Triad Holdings L.L.C. to acquire Triad's PCS licenses covering the Southern Oklahoma BTA of Ardmore and Lawton-Duncan. The new area, which covers total pops of 267,000, will become part of the Verizon Wireless South area. Verizon hopes...
A number of wireless carriers released surprising first-quarter financial results last week showing stronger than expected customer additions despite continued uncertainty in the U.S. economy. "In fact, based on the results in so far, net additions are tracking 5-percent below , better than our...
DES MOINES, Iowa-Nextel Partners Inc. was awarded the "Business of the Year" award from the Iowa Crime Prevention Association for its Nextel Partners Project Patrol the company launched last May in Des Moines, West Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa.The program provides free wireless phones...
It was the wild, wild West of wireless history.After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses to the Baby Bells and others. One of those others was McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.,...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s persistence finally paid off.After years of waiting and working to get a hold of 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio licenses originally owned by Paging Network Inc., the company finally purchased the spectrum from Arch Wireless Inc. for $250 million in a...
MACON, Ga.-Nextel Partners launched wireless service in the Macon, Ga., and Dothan, Ala., areas, giving customers access to its digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect digital two-way radio, wireless Internet and text/numeric paging services.The Macon service area includes the Interstate 75 corridor south of Macon...
NEW YORK-The major players' rankings reflect the dynamic environment of telecommunications as some stalwarts held their ground, some newcomers joined the group, while still others showed substantial rises or falls in various categories.AT&T Wireless Group, listed this year as an entity distinct from its...
In the RCR Wireless News article, "Finalists named for tower industry awards" (Oct. 9, page 24), American Tower Corp. should have been listed as one of the finalists for Most Creative Zoning Solution.In the Oct. 9 issue of RCR, the Top 20 list of...
Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire PCS licenses in Eugene, Ore., and Fort Collins and Greeley, Colo., from American Wireless License Group L.L.C. The licenses, covering 700,000 potential customers, were the subject of a previous memorandum of understanding between the...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Bolstered by a low 1.7 percent churn rate and an average monthly revenue per subscriber rate of $73, Nextel Partners Inc. reported strong second-quarter financial results.Company revenue increased from $6.8 million for the second quarter of 1999 to $31.7 million for the same...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported signing its 100,000th Nextel digital services customers during the company's second quarter ended June 30."The Nextel brand has proven to be a tremendous asset in helping us achieve this milestone ahead of schedule, allowing us to quickly establish ourselves...
PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a multi-year contract to provide its enhanced directory assistance services to subscribers of Nextel Communications Inc.'s wireless service.Metro One expects to begin offering service in Nextel's and Nextel Partners Inc.'s markets starting in the third quarter...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. assigned a speculative grade rating of B- to a new, $500 million debt issue that Nextel Communications Inc. sold in a private placement.Nextel will use proceeds of the eight-year, convertible senior note issue to fund capital expenditures, investments, working...
Nextel Communications Inc. said it more than doubled its 1998 subscriber unit base to a total of 2.96 million, adding more than 1.5 million domestic digital subscribers during the year, including 372,500 new subscribers during the fourth quarter.The enhanced specialized mobile radio operator said...
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has completed agreements and consummated its previously announced transaction with Nextel Partners Inc. to provide enhanced specialized mobile radio services under the Nextel brand name, targeting mid-sized and smaller markets throughout the United States.During the next three years,...
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in July released a consensus white paper on wireless number portability stressing the wireless industry should be treated differently than the wireline industry. Current requirements state wireless carriers must implement portability by next summer, but the industry says it...
