Once viewed as a haven for technology nerds, RadioShack Corp. has quickly become one of the most prominent retail locations for wireless products, services and accessories. Analysts have reported that the retailer accounts for as much as one-fourth of all gross customer additions for...
J.D. Power and Associates reported that T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest in overall retail sales customer satisfaction among the nation's seven largest wireless operators, according to the firm's 2004 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. The study, which included responses from 4,462 wireless users who...
J.D. Power and Associates reported that T-Mobile USA Inc. ranked highest in overall retail sales customer satisfaction among the nation's seven largest wireless operators, according to the firm's 2004 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. The study, which included responses from 4,462 wireless users who...
Sprint Corp. and RadioShack Corp. reported a multi-year agreement to develop, deploy and operate Sprint-branded kiosks in about 500 shopping malls across the country following a 10-month test program involving 10 Sprint kiosks. The new agreement calls for RadioShack to provide Sprint with a...
RadioShack Corp. will begin offering Sprint Corp.'s small business wireless pricing programs and services at its retail locations across the country as an expansion of its current Sprint PCS offerings. The small business program will include the Sprint PCS Nationwide Volume Program, which provides...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and RadioShack Corp. announced they have formed a strategic relationship that initially will focus on bringing new Bluetooth wireless technology accessories, broadband networking and home monitoring products to market, as well as expanding Motorola's battery business.RadioShack is currently a Motorola products...
FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp. said its fourth-quarter net income was $127 million, or 77 cents per diluted share, compared with net income of $109 million, or 63 cents per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2002.Full-year net income was $298 million, or $1.77...
Sprint PCS reported mixed third-quarter results, including disappointing customer growth and churn results, but better-than-expected financial metrics.The carrier reported 184,000 net customer additions during the quarter, which was below the approximately 300,000 subscribers forecast by analysts, but ahead of the 78,000 customers Sprint PCS...
FORT WORTH, Texas-RadioShack Corp., one of the foremost mobile phone retailers, reported a fourth quarter net income of $109 million, way up from the $35 million it reported during the same quarter last year.The company's stock was up slightly after the news to about...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Citing weaker than expected sales and gross margins of Sprint PCS products and services in its retail outlets, RadioShack Corp. reduced its earnings per share forecast for the fourth quarter from between 63 cents and 68 cents per share to between 58...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide.FutureDial's SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users to edit phonebook information directly on the PC, and then transfer that data to a mobile phone. The company's SnapDialer...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last month waived rules until late October requiring radar detectors to reduce their emission limits intended to reduce harmful interference to very small aperture satellite terminals.The FCC rejected a request from Radio Shack Corp. to permit the marketing of...
NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May 16 its "Four Seasons of Hope" fund-raiser for charity.For the first week of the donation drive, Samsung will remove its...
NEW YORK-"The business of resurrections is a very holy thing, taking companies that are dead, dead, dead and making them rise, rise, rise," said Art Beroff, an angel investor and merchant banker, at the recent Internet Breakfast Club seminar, "Saved by the Shell: Reverse...
WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry's attention was focused last week on new products and gizmos in Las Vegas, Capitol Hill was working on legislation that could impact the telecommunications industry in a variety of ways.The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday passed by a vote of...
WASHINGTON-The United States' current export-control policy is so stringent that instead of achieving the goal of national security, the policy could in reality be harming national security, defense experts told the Senate Banking Committee last week."America needs effective export controls to protect its national...
As reports of a slowdown in the wireless industry continue to make headlines in the news and on Wall Street, wireless carriers have been reporting strong customer addition numbers for the fourth quarter, with analysts predicting continued growth for 2001."Subscriber numbers have simply failed...
NEW YORK-Since the launch of carrier competition in the duopoly wireless market, third-party distributors have had to work hard to manage increasingly complex distribution issues. Carriers, meanwhile, are dealing with this same level of complexity-trying to improve sales processes for existing distribution channels while...
"To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today," read a banner at CTIA's Wireless '99. That's not the way Ernest Kelly, president of the Telecommunications Resellers Association, sees it."I wish I had more encouraging things to say, but I...
Two developers of handset-based prepaid technology are headed to court over alleged patent and trademark infringement.Telemac Corp. has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., against Topp Telecom Inc. of Miami, charging the company with patent and trademark infringement and unfair...
SAN DIEGO-Jabra Corp. said it has partnered with Samsung Telecommunications America to provide its EarSet and Smart Adapter for Samsung's wireless SCH-1000 personal communications services handsets.Samsung and Jabra plan to co-market the products as separate accessories that will be sold through Samsung's distribution network,...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. recently announced the expansion of its prepaid operations with the completion of an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc.Topp's prepaid phones, TracFone, are available in more than 5,000 retail locations throughout the United States, including more than 3,000 Radio Shack stores.CellStar,...
MIAMI-CellStar Corp. made an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc. to fund distribution and facilitation services and to help Topp Telecom expand its prepaid TracFone internationally, the companies announced.Topp's prepaid phones are available in more than 5,000 retail locations in the United States, including...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sony Corp.'s digital CM-Z100 personal communications service phone is now available at Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s Sprint PCS and Radio Shack stores nationwide. The phone is based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.The Z100 weighs less than 5.3 ounces with the battery pack...
