KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. named Barry Rowan vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, overseeing the financial management of the company.Rowan, who is scheduled to join Nextel Partners Aug. 18, previously served as principal of consulting and private investment firm Rowan & Co. L.L.C....
MINNEAPOLIS-NextNet Wireless Inc., a provider of non-line-of-sight broadband wireless access systems, has raised an additional round of funding it plans to use to expand its markets, deployments and product line. Funding was led by private investment company COM Holdings L.L.C., which is controlled by...
Nextel Communications Inc. entered an agreement with Extend America Inc. to provide iDEN network coverage for Nextel in a number of rural markets beginning later this year.Extend is expected to begin selling wireless digital voice, text and numeric messaging and Nextel's Nationwide Direct Connect...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Several more billing companies announced news as Billing World 2003 kicked off June 24 in Miami Beach, Fla. Portal Software Inc. said Microsoft Corp. will integrate Portal’s billing and subscriber management software platform with Microsoft .NET technologies to offer service providers a...
Wireless carriers have joined the millions of homeowners who are taking advantage of the country's economic slowdown and resulting low interest rates to reduce debt levels and refinance existing debt at interest rates not seen in decades. Since the beginning of June, a number...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-In its quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Nextel Partners Inc. reported it is currently involved in a pair of class-action lawsuits.The first suit was filed April 1 in the District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, and seeks to prevent Nextel Partners from...
Sprint PCS added movie reviews from Hollywood trade publication Daily Variety and up-to-the minute professional baseball scores and updates to its PCS Vision 1KTV service. The downloadable Java-based service allows wireless customers to watch slide shows and hear information and breaking news.Cingular Wireless L.L.C....
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it launched wireless service in Augusta, Ga., and Aiken, S.C., allowing customers to use the service along Interstate 20 east from Atlanta through Appling, Evans, Grovetown, Martinez and Augusta, Ga., to North Augusta and Aiken.Along with the launch Nextel...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. increased the amount of its previously announced agreement to sell $100 million of convertible senior notes due 2008 to $150 million.In addition, Nextel Partners said it granted the initial purchasers an overallotment option to purchase up to an additional $25...
AUGUSTA, Ga.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it launched wireless service in Augusta, Ga., and Aiken, S.C., allowing customers to use the service along Interstate 20 east from Atlanta through Appling, Evans, Grovetown, Martinez and Augusta, Ga., to North Augusta and Aiken.Along with the launch Nextel...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it intends to sell $100 million of convertible senior notes due 2008 to qualified institutional buyers in an unregistered offering and that it will grant the initial purchasers an overallotment option to purchase an additional $25 million principal amount...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported 86,800 net subscriber additions during the first quarter of this year, which was ahead of the 85,200 customers the carrier added during the first quarter of 2002. Nextel Partners said it ended the latest quarter with 964,600 total customers....
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it's launching a new retail initiative that will see the carrier increase its retail store locations from four to more than 40 by the end of the year. Nextel Partners said the retail outlets will strengthen its business customer...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. said it added 93,100 customers during the fourth quarter, an increase from the 81,700 subscribers the carrier added in the last quarter of 2001. The Nextel affiliate said it added 361,900 customers for all of last year, up from the...
NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. said it will report positive cash flow for last year, that it added more customers than expected and spent less money to expand its network then planned when it reports fourth quarter and full-year 2002 financial results on Feb. 26."What...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported phase one availability of Nationwide Direct Connect service in certain markets, following a similar announcement earlier this week from partner Nextel Communications Inc.Nextel Partners said the initial market availability includes its mid-sized markets in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia and Florida,...
Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators' third-quarter results rendered a top-five ranking that included carriers serving a nationwide business customer base, a Canadian operator, the region's largest carrier, a regional affiliate...
Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators' third-quarter results rendered a top-five ranking that included carriers serving a nationwide business customer base, a Canadian operator, the region's largest carrier, a regional affiliate...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. announced Adam Aron and Caroline Rapking have joined the company's board of directors and will both serve on the company's audit committee, which Nextel Partners said was comprised entirely of independent directors.Aron currently serves as chief executive officer and chairman...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Partners Inc. donated $70,000 of wireless phones and service to enhance security efforts and event coordination during the National Governors Association annual meeting scheduled for this month in Boise, Idaho.The donation includes nearly 200 handsets from Nextel and...
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replace Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as the carrier's independent public accountant for this year.Nextel Partners Inc. and UbiquiTel Inc. announced earlier this week that they also are replacing Arthur Andersen as their public accountants. Nextel Partners named KPMG...
KIRKLAND, Wash.—Nextel Partners Inc. pre-announced select results for the first quarter reporting it added 85,200 net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, ending the quarter with 601,100 wireless customers. The customer additions were in line with analysts' estimates of around 82,000 new...
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. stock fell more than 25 percent on Tuesday to an all-time low of $3.35 per share after the carrier reported its international division would take a restructuring charge of between $1 billion and $2 billion. Nextel's stock rebounded by the...
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—Nextel Partners Inc. launched wireless service in Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Morgantown, Fairmont and the greater Central West Virginia region.In conjunction with the launch, Nextel Partners donated 10 wireless phones and free local service for a year to The Salvation Army Boys &...
