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...
DENVER—Regional Bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc. posted a third quarter of sequential growth after transitioning customers from its own network, which it subsequently sold to Verizon Wireless, to that of Sprint Nextel Corp. Qwest reported that its wireless revenue for the fourth...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed rules to change the way the agency determines the universal-service support paid to larger carriers serving rural customers, including wireless carriers that serve customers who live in a large incumbent's territory. This is the third time the commission has...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is testing a rate plan in select markets that allows customers to place unlimited calls to AT&T Inc. wireline customers for a flat monthly fee. AT&T, which recently changed its name from SBC Communications Inc. following SBC's $16 billion acquisition of...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reportedly is testing a rate plan in select markets that allows customers to place unlimited calls to AT&T Inc. wireline customers for a flat monthly fee. AT&T, which recently changed its name from SBC Communications Inc. following SBC's $16 billion acquisition...
Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Rural Cellular Corp. all posted significant customer losses during the quarter, echoing...
DENVER-Regional Bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc. said it added 4,000 customers during the third quarter to its mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service. The company noted the result was its second sequential quarterly gain in wireless customers following several quarters of losses...
WASHINGTON-The federal judge who a month ago dismissed a class-action lawsuit claiming the nation's top mobile-phone operators violated antitrust laws by tying handset sales to the purchase of wireless service from carriers has agreed to allow a similar lawsuit explicitly alleging industrywide conspiracy to...
Midwest Wireless is the latest regional wireless operator to look at potential strategic alternatives for its operations. The privately held carrier serves more than 420,000 customers on its CDMA-based network in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Midwest Wireless Chief Operating Officer Scott Bergs...
T-Mobile USA Inc. again showed that size is not what's most important to customers. The industry's smallest nationwide operator posted the highest customer satisfaction performance across all six regions in the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 U.S. Wireless Regional Customer Satisfaction Index Study. The...
T-Mobile USA Inc. again showed that size is not what's most important to customers as the industry's smallest nationwide operator posted the highest customer satisfaction performance results across all six regions in the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 U.S. Wireless Regional Customer Satisfaction Index...
Nearly 80 percent of wireless shoppers said they prefer to use cell-phone company Web sites to compare plans and products compared with visiting retail stores for such comparisons, according to a study conducted by Keynote Systems Inc.The study noted that in terms of mainstream...
Independent regional operators posted mixed second-quarter results that in most cases included sagging customer growth, but increased revenue per subscriber bolstered by growing wireless data usage. Recently strengthened Alltel Corp., which closed its acquisition of Western Wireless Corp., was a prime example. The industry's...
MVNO madness is nearing fever pitch as companies outside the traditional wireless space contemplate whether they too should start selling wireless telephony as a commodity. Can P. Diddy really become a mobile virtual network operator? Would that be a smart move for him? For...
Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. all gained bragging rights from this year's J.D. Power and Associates Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. Customers rated each carrier highest in call quality in at least one of the six geographical regions included in...
Following are changes in wireless company ratings reported by financial services and investment banking firms this week.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. remain on CreditWatch with positive implications based on operating and financial improvement. Raymond James downgraded Crown...
DENVER-Regional bell operating company Qwest Communications International Inc., which offers wireless services through a mobile virtual network operator agreement with Sprint Corp., said it added 1,000 wireless customers during the second quarter and ended the first half of the year with 744,000 wireless subscribers....
The second quarter is shaping up as a one-horse affair as Verizon Wireless appears set to take substantial market share away from its competitors and move ever closer to its larger rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Verizon Wireless, which ruled supreme as the industry's big...
Sprint Corp. reported a disappointing 400,000 net customer additions during the second quarter, a 20-percent drop from the 505,000 customers the carrier added last year and below analysts estimates of between 450,000 and 500,000 subscriber additions. Sprint attributed the shortfall to an increase in...
GOLDEN, Colo.-RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired Joni Morse as a reporter covering the wireless infrastructure beat, including the tower industry. Morse comes to the publication with more than 10 years experience in communications and telecom from various positions held...
AT&T Corp. is reportedly set to begin testing a wireless broadband network in the Atlanta area using an early version of WIMAX technology. AT&T, which is in the process of being acquired by SBC Communications Inc., will use four towers in the Atlanta and...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian telecom carrier Telstra Corp. said it appointed Solomon (Sol) Trujillo chief executive officer and as an executive director of the company beginning July 1. He will replace Dr. Ziggy Switkowski, who will step down July 1. Trujillo was most recently CEO of...
The following wireless companies had ratings changes or information notes from financial services and investment banking firms this week.Robert W. Baird made several changes within its telecom coverage universe following the Supercomm show this week in Chicago. In general, the firm said news out...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australian telecom carrier Telstra Corp. said it appointed Solomon (Sol) Trujillo chief executive officer and as an executive director of the company beginning July 1. He will replace Dr. Ziggy Switkowski, who will step down July 1.Trujillo was most recently CEO of European...
