SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. subscribers. The Remo service allows wireless customers to access e-mail from seven different POP3...
In preparation for its developer's conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, ring tones and other simple applications. Under the company's new offering, BREW carriers and...
SAN DIEGO-Regional wireless carrier Ntelos Inc. launched an application distribution system using Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology, the two companies announced."We are constantly exploring new ways to enhance our subscriber's wireless experience and deliver them the services they demand, and Qualcomm's BREW solution has allowed...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase II mandate. "We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with...
WAYNESBORO, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. said it had completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings following the confirmation of its reorganization plan by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.Ntelos said the restructuring cut its debt...
Rural telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. said it had completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings following the confirmation of its Joint Plan of Reorganization by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.Ntelos said the restructuring cut its...
Rural telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. reported that a bankruptcy court approved its disclosure statement, which provides details regarding Ntelos' joint plan of reorganization and allows the company to begin soliciting votes for confirmation of its reorganization plan.Ntelos added that its reorganization plan is consistent...
A handful of Sprint PCS affiliates reported quarterly results late yesterday with most posting strong revenue growth tempered by increases in net losses and slowing customer growth.Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported an increase in total revenues from $128.4 million during the first quarter of 2002...
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Sprint PCS affiliate Horizon PCS Inc. said it has hired investment banking firm Berenson & Company to assist it in renegotiating and restructuring its equity, debt and other contractual obligations after the carrier said it would probably violate one or more covenants under...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered it corporate credit rating on rural telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. from 'SD' to 'D' and lowered its secured bank loan rating from 'CCC' to 'D' following the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing.
NEW YORK-STANDARD & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit rating on telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. from 'CCC+' to 'SD' and removed the rating from CreditWatch. The ratings agency cited Ntelos' announcement that it would not be making interest payments on a pair of...
NEW YORK-Following the recent announcement that it has engaged a financial adviser to analyze its business plan, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit rating of Ntelos Inc. from B to CCC+ and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications.Ntelos reported...
WAYNESBORO, Va.-Telecommunications provider Ntelos Inc. reported $38.5 million in wireless operating revenues for the second quarter compared with $30.3 million reported for the same quarter last year. The company attributed the increase to customer growth in postpaid plans and continued strength in average revenue...
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc., Waynesboro, Va., a regional wireline and wireless telecommunications provider, has received a downgrade from Moody's Investors Service Inc. on the speculative-grade rating of approximately $605 million in bank credit facilities and debt securities.In lowering Ntelos' debt to Caa3 from B3, Moody's...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Ntelos Inc. awarded a $44 million contract to Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector to upgrade the carrier's CDMA network to 1x capability and install new call switching capacity. The contract includes upgrading existing base station transceivers and covers Ntelos' networks in...
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc. said it entered a definitive agreement to sell 10-megahertz A-block personal communications services licenses in Williamsport and State College, Pa., covering approximately 300,000 people. The buyer or terms of the sale were not released, though Ntelos said it expects the sale...
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc. added 19,978 net subscribers during the fourth quarter, compared with 10,719 net additions during the fourth quarter of 2000. The telecommunications provider said it ended the quarter with 223,805 total wireless customers.
WAYNESBORO, Va.-Continuing its sale of what it calls excess spectrum, Ntelos Inc. signed two separate definitive agreements to sell certain personal communications services licenses.The first agreement calls for Ntelos to sell a 10-megahertz D-block license for the Altoona, Pa., BTA covering approximately 225,000 potential...
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. entered into a definitive agreement with Ntelos Inc. to acquire personal communications services licenses in Charlottesville and Winchester, Va. The transaction includes a 10 MHz C-block license for the Charlottesville Basic Trading Area covering approximately 215,000 people and a...
NEW YORK-The story of NTELOS Inc. and Citizens Communications Inc., as told at Legg Mason Wood Walker's recent "Future of Rural Telecommunications" conference, demonstrates the wireless opportunity's expansion well beyond urban centers."We've done this so quietly we haven't shown up yet on the tables...
