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SPARRING FOR SPECTRUM: AWS auction pits cellular, TV interests

Bidding in the government's auction of advanced wireless services spectrum is set to start Wednesday, but the jockeying and speculation has already begun as satellite and cable consortiums set themselves up to do battle with traditional wireless carriers for airwaves.Click here for the latest...

Regionals provide 2Q spark

It was a good quarter for some regional providers of wireless service, with healthy growth and increasing average revenue per user. Alltel Corp. posted strong second-quarter results with plusses and minuses in all the right places. The industry's No. 5 carrier improved ARPU, substantially...

Worst of the Week: Bundling Wolverines in Alaska

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Qwest launches full-track music downloads using Sprint Music Store

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. has quietly launched Sprint Nextel Corp.’s full-track music download service for Qwest wireless customers. The mobile virtual network operator is carrying the Sprint Music Store, which allows users to download songs to a mobile phone or PC for $2.50...

Qwest shows healthy wireless operations

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. landed in the black in the second quarter of 2006, up from a net loss in the same period last year. Qwest said its positive figures were driven in particular by high-speed Internet access sales, growth in its wireless segment...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierCredit Suisse First Boston adjusted its estimates on Alltel Corp. to reflect the...

New Jersey, feds tussle over NSA phone-records scandal

WASHINGTON-The state of New Jersey and the federal government are in a public fight about whether five telecommunications companies turned over customer call records to the National Security Agency and in doing so violated New Jersey's consumer-protection law, according to news reports. The federal...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News. CarrierStandard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its short-term rating on Qwest Communications International...

New Jersey, federal government tussle over NSA telephone-records scandal

WASHINGTON—The state of New Jersey and the federal government are in a public fight about whether five telecommunications companies turned over customer call records to the National Security Agency and in doing so violated New Jersey’s consumer-protection law, according to news reports. The federal...

Telcoms can skip testifying on NSA phone allegations

WASHINGTON-The telephone companies accused of allowing the National Security Agency access to customer calling patterns will not have to testify on the matter. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he decided not to issue subpoenas to the carriers after...

Senate committee declines to require telcos to testify about NSA operation

WASHINGTON—The telephone companies accused of allowing the National Security Agency access to customer calling patterns dodged a bullet Tuesday when the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee decided to defer issuing subpoenas to compel the telcos to testify. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of...

Bundling advantages unclear

Across the telecommunications industry, companies are taking baby steps toward the quadruple-play bundle of voice, video, high-speed Internet and wireless services. Typically, luring customers to adopt those bundles can include monthly discounts from the price of services if they were purchased separately, sometimes in...

Qwest offers 411 text messaging platform

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. wireless customers seeking directory assistance no longer have to rely on memory or a quick scribble to recall the number that they're looking for. The regional telecommunications provider has begun offering a text-messaging 411 option. When a customer calls 411...

Qwest offers 411 text messaging option

DENVER—Cellular customers of Qwest Communications International Inc. who are seeking directory assistance no longer have to rely on memory or a quick scribble to recall the number that they’re looking for. The regional telecommunications provider has begun offering a text-messaging 411 option to its...

Questions, lawsuits linger over telecom carriers’ role in NSA program

WASHINGTON-Even with carefully worded denials by two large telephone companies and outright denials by two national mobile-phone carriers, the Bush administration and the telecom industry last week failed to quell a mushrooming controversy over whether carriers supplied the National Security Agency with millions of...

FCC asked to investigate NSA wiretapping program

WASHINGTON—The Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping controversy has landed at the Federal Communications Commission, with a key telecom lawmaker and an FCC member calling for the agency to investigate whether laws were broken in light of a new report that major telecom carriers turned over...

T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless say they’re not participating in NSA phone-records project

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless said they did not participate in a data-mining operation run by the National Security Agency that collects phone records and looks for trends that would indicate terrorist activities. The NSA phone-records operation, first reported by USA Today ,...

T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless say they are not participating in NSA phone-records project

WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless said they did not participate in a data-mining operation run by the National Security Agency that collects phone records and looks for trends that would indicate terrorist activities. The NSA phone-records operation, first reported by USA Today Thursday,...

Regional carriers post mixed 1Q

Wireless drove revenue growth at Alltel Corp. and aided Qwest Communications International Inc. with success in bundling services in the first quarter of 2006, but regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. had a rough quarter and was roundly punished for it by Wall...

Qwest results up on service bundles with wireless

DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said its focus on service bundles is paying off, with the plans helping to raise the company’s average revenue per user and driving growth in the telecom company’s wireless segment. Qwest’s overall operating revenue was essentially flat at $3.47 million—but...

Converged services next telecom battle ground

What does $67 billion buy these days? Convergence nirvana, for one thing. If AT&T Inc.'s offer for BellSouth Corp. gets approved, as it's expected, big-time convergence could finally start happening in real-world terms. Bundled communications services from a range of wired and wireless network...

Integration headaches could give competitors short-term advantage

News that AT&T Inc. would acquire BellSouth Corp. quickly sent ripples of rampant speculation through the industry, as observers tried to calculate the implications of the deal. Immediate reactions focused on the response from Verizon Communications Inc. and whether it would seek to bolster...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. CarriersR.W. Baird lowered its estimates on Sprint Nextel, noting the company missed the firm’s expectations on postpaid customer growth. For 2006, Baird expects the company...

CTIA sides with Martin on number-based USF contribution plan

WASHINGTON-CTIA is changing its USF tune and siding with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in his battle to change the way universal service is paid for. Martin-and now CTIA-wants to base universal service funds on telephone numbers, instead of the current system that works on...