Infrastructure software vendor Radisys Corp. continued to lose money during the third quarter, but the company attributed much of its missed performance to a delayed Media Resource Function order from an overseas carrier.
Brian Bronson, Radisys' president and CEO, said that the company's third quarter...
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos continued to squeak out customer gains during the recently completed third quarter, a noteworthy achievement as many operators lacking a nationwide network to call their own continue to bleed subscribers.
Ntelos said it added approximately 2,300 customers during the quarter, ending...
With T-Mobile US reporting third quarter results this week, all of the market’s nationwide operators have now laid on the table how they performed during that three-month stretch.
Overall, the four operators showed tremendous customer growth totaling nearly 2.8 million net connection additions for...
T-Mobile US continued to punch above its weight during the third quarter, with the nation’s No. 4 carrier posting overall customer growth on par – or better – than its larger rivals.
T-Mobile US announced that it added just over one million new connections to...
This past week we had had earnings releases from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, U.S. Cellular and Sprint (as well as Facebook, Apple and Amazon). On top of this, we had the “what can happen” announcement of Sprint Spark,
U.S. Cellular continued to lose customers during its most recent quarter, though its rate of losses did slow. However, a combination of a smaller customer base and flat revenues caused a squeeze on the carrier’s bottom line.
U.S. Cellular said it lost a total of...
Alcatel-Lucent continued its struggle with profitability during the third quarter, even with encouraging results on revenue growth.
The company's revenues were up 7% year-over-year at constant exchange rates, but it still reported a net loss ofabout $270 million.
Alcatel-Lucent is in the midst of a major...
Sprint has done a pretty good job in deflecting its current financial woes by highlighting the potential of its network assets. Sure, Sprint continues to under-perform in relation to its rivals, both larger and smaller, but the promise of what Sprint can do with...
Buoyed by LTE rollouts, American Tower reported increasing revenues even as impacts from foreign currency caused a 22% slide in profits.
Total revenue for the quarter was up 13% year-over-year to $807.9 million. American Tower reported domestic rental and management revenue growth of 10% to...
Unfortunately, Sprint surprised few in the analyst community with its third quarter financial results that showed the carrier may be the Q3 source for customer gains at its rivals and the continued impact of its iDEN shutdown.
The nation’s No. 3 carrier said it lost...
This past Wednesday afternoon, AT&T announced third quarter earnings. Generally they were well received, although some analysts searching for an “AT&T loses to T-Mobile US” story have been quick to point out that postpaid phone net additions were negative for the quarter
China Telecom, the country’s No. 3 operator, said it added just over six million net customers during the third quarter, which was down considerably from the 8.5 million customers the carrier added during the same quarter in 2013. The carrier ended the quarter with...
If one thing can be drawn from third-quarter financial results from both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility it’s that competitive pressures are impacting their abilities to retain “price-sensitive” consumers.
Executives from both carriers came out and said as much during conference calls following their respective...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings announced...
AT&T Mobility shrugged off talk of lost market share during the third quarter, posting strong wireless customer growth and robust financial metrics.
The carrier reported 989,000 net customer additions for the quarter, which was a 46% improvement compared with the 678,000 net customer additions posted...
Leap Wireless today postponed a planned vote by shareholders on its pending acquisition by AT&T and the release of its third quarter financial results citing the need to file amendments to past Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Leap said the shareholder vote was moved...
Last week marked the beginning of the third quarter earnings season for the telecommunications providers. Leading the parade was Verizon Communications, which posted good revenue growth and
RCR Wireless News’ editors Dan Meyer and Kelly Hill discuss top headlines from the week in wireless, including Verizon Wireless’ third quarter results and what they might mean for rivals; Sierra Wireless investing in the machine-to-machine space; and the potential impact on FirstNet from...
As somewhat of a leader in the domestic wireless space, Verizon Wireless is looked upon by many as the carrier to watch when it comes to the latest network initiatives. During the carrier’s third quarter conference call, company executives provided insight into a number...
Verizon Wireless kicked off the third quarter reporting season posting strong customer growth that came in just under expectations, but financial results that again set a high bar for rivals to match.
Verizon Wireless said it added 1.061 million total connections during the quarter, including...
Microwave radio vendor DragonWave said it is making progress and seeing particularly strong growth in India, but its net loss widened year-over-year.
The company's results for the quarter ended Aug. 31 included revenue of $25.5 million, up from $24.5 million sequentially but down from the...
Last week we highlighted three metrics (revenue generating accounts per customer; machine-to-machine unit and revenue growth; and capital spending as a percentage of revenues) that will impact performance in the third quarter. Not surprisingly,
Last week was an action-packed week for the telecom industry, with AT&T announcing that they are in discussions with J.P. Morgan and TAP Advisers to sell their tower portfolio for up to $5 billion; Sprint revealing
Agilent Technologies' stock jumped after the company reported a better than expected third quarter, and a partnership with Gradient Design Automation.
"Although we are operating in a very challenging economic environment, we are pleased with our operational performance, as we continue to make progress improving...
