Pocket Communications

Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP), which operates its wireless business under the Cricket Communications Inc. brand, posted lumpy first quarter results as the carrier continues to manage changes in its …

Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) added 430,000 customers in the fourth quarter, the majority of whom came from Leap’s acquisition of Pocket Communications in October. The flat-rate carrier ended the …

Leap Wireless International Inc. LEAP), desperate for a positive spin following two disastrous quarters, released preliminary fourth quarter operational results highlighted by growth in its customer base and positive trends …

Acision said it secured $100 million in new funding led by existing shareholders Access Industries, International Investment and Underwriting, and Atlantic Bridge. The company said it will use the funding …

While they may lack the name recognition of their larger competitors, regional carriers are tweaking their rate plans ahead of the holiday shopping season.Qwest Communications International Inc. introduced a set …

San Antonio-based carrier Pocket Communications introduced a pair of new rate plans, including one that starts at $25 per month, in an attempt to attract users to its flat-rate calling …

Regional carrier Pocket Communications said its customer base in south Texas reached 170,000 subscribers, 17 months after the company began offering a flat-rate wireless service that competes with larger carriers …

Pocket Communications, a regional flat-rate carrier in Texas, said it will soon begin offering national roaming. Pocket said that as of April 1, all of its phones will be able …

Pocket Communications, a small, all-you-can-eat carrier in San Antonio, said it has surpassed 85,000 customers in that market and is touting that fact in new radio advertising the company launched …

A tiny Texas carrier is launching a second service market after apparently prompting price changes by Leap Wireless International Inc.’s Cricket service in its debut market. Local wireless operator Pocket …

SAN ANTONIO-Local wireless carrier Pocket Communications Inc. is rolling out its budget-friendly unlimited calling service in a second market. The company said it launched service in Laredo, Tex., after debuting …

Leap Wireless International Inc. filed a lawsuit claiming that MetroPCS Communications Inc. had stolen its business plan-only to be accused of stealing in its own right. The lawsuit could be …

As if the Texas wireless market wasn’t hot enough-with Leap Wireless International Inc. launching its Cricket Communications service left and right, and T-Mobile USA Inc. responding aggressively-a new, flat-rate wireless …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Although Alltel last week announced it will sell 20 of its personal communications services licenses to Verizon Wireless, it will keep another 42 licenses. The company also plans …

WASHINGTON-In what appears to be a win for bankrupt PCS carriers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans has ruled in favor of Metro PCS …

WASHINGTON-Cook Inlet/VoiceStream bid $195 million for 12 licenses owned by a Pocket Communications Inc. subsidiary in a private bidding war with Leap Wireless International Inc. However, Cook only expects to …

WASHINGTON-Some see the eventual fate of license winners in the 1996 personal communications services C-block auctions as one of strategy and planning; others see it as the Federal Communications Commission …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to issue a public notice that will include in the July 26 scheduled re-auction of personal communications services C- and F-block licenses …

Talk all you want about the wonderful telecom revolution, but don’t mention it around District of Columbia pols. They’re irked. Big time. First it was mobile-phone towers in Rock Creek …

WASHINGTON-With only a month until President Clinton sends his 2001 budget plan to Congress, White House and congressional number crunchers face the daunting task of putting a dollar figure on …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be preparing to take back 63 personal communications service licenses held by NextWave Telecom Inc. Action could come as early as this week as …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission expects to continue to set the regulatory agenda for 2000, believing a philosophy of anticipating problems and setting regulation is better than letting the market monitor …

FCC Commissioner Gloria Tristani said last week that she will remain at the Federal Communications Commission rather than run for Congress. “I viewed the U.S. Congress as an opportunity to …

WASHINGTON-The saga of the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy, like a hurricane in the ocean, kept churning last week as a variety of activities here and in New York had players …

WASHINGTON-With just two weeks left in the fiscal year and many appropriations bills still pending, Congress and the White House once again are on a collision course for a budget …