Nortel Networks Ltd. swung from a $33 million net loss at the close of last year's second quarter to a profit of $366 million this year, thanks to a 30-percent decline of its stock price during the quarter. The company's lowered stock price led...
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...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Forget the car charger. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the first to market with a portable charger from Energizer, the Energi To Go, which can charge a cell phone using AA batteries. RCR Wireless News first reported on the recharging device in June,...
Welcome to Hedgehogging. As you know from your own jobs, there is always something happening in the wireless industry. Some of it makes us stop what we're doing to clap, boo or simply question these developments. This column is a round-up of wireless happenings...
Not all subscribers are equal.While big-spending, low-churning direct subscriber adds are often best, there are only so many of them to go around. As such, the value of indirect subscribers is evolving as some operators begin to depend more heavily on these customers and...
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...
The battle between Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket Communications subsidiary and No. 4 wireless operator T-Mobile USA Inc. over markets in Texas has escalated into a lawsuit and potentially could affect Cricket's second-quarter numbers, analysts say. Cricket last week slapped T-Mobile USA with a...
Without divulging financial details, Nortel Networks Ltd. bagged what is likely a hefty contract to supply Verizon Wireless with CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network technology beginning in the third quarter. Albert Lin, telecom analyst at American Technology Research, estimated that Verizon's total Rev....
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...
SARASOTA, Fla.—Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol developer xG Technology L.L.C. said it is launching a nationwide deployment program of xMax, the company’s new mobile VoIP service. The company said it’s accepting applications from dealers and will award exclusive territories to regional carriers for rollouts...
Score a hit in the global marketplace with a sleek handset that spawns imitators and you can crown yourself a design innovator and refer to your designs as "iconic." This is particularly true if, previously, you'd been groping for ideas and, now, sales and...
The combined $900 million investment in Clearwire Corp. from Intel Capital and Motorola Ventures establishes that 802.16e technology will be a force in mobile wireless broadband service. Under the investment deal announced last week, Intel plans to invest $600 million into Craig McCaw's Clearwire...
T-Mobile USA Inc. again is trying to crack down on independent dealers that sell service from multiple carriers and mobile virtual network operators, allegedly threatening to pull T-Mobile USA products from distributors who want to carry products from new market entrants such as Amp'd...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Nothings spells "major contract win" like Lucent Technologies Inc.'s deal to supply Verizon Wireless with CDMA 1x EV-DO Revision A hardware and software as the carrier upgrades its nationwide network. Verizon's Rev. A announcement comes as no surprise; the carrier has previously...
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...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Nothings spells "major contract win" like Lucent Technologies Inc.’s deal to supply Verizon Wireless with CDMA 1x EV-DO Revision A hardware and software as the carrier upgrades its nationwide network. Verizon’s Rev. A announcement comes as no surprise; the carrier has previously...
Golden, Colo.-Christina Hemphill has been hired as Promotions Manager for RCR Wireless News. Hemphill will be coordinating all trade show activities for the publication in addition to handling general promotions and marketing responsibilities. Hemphill was most recently the Marketing Manager for W & J...
SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa—Local telecommunications provider Long Lines L.L.C. will launch wireless service later this summer to customers in northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota and western Iowa. The company in December acquired two small wireless providers, Great Lakes of Iowa Inc. and Siouxland PCS, which...
In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel focus on core competencies, even if that's in cooling markets, or should it endure a slide in earnings and stock...
In the May 22 issue, RCR Wireless news incorrectly reported a filing by NextWave Wireless L.L.C. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NextWave filed a Form 10, registering its existing shares of stock, which the company said is not the same as preparing for...
WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless announced that 95 percent of its customers are now using location-capable handsets. Verizon Wireless is the first carrier using a handset-based approach to E-911 to meet the FCC’s 95-percent threshold. However, it did so six months after the Federal Communications Commission’s deadline...
REDMOND, Wash.—Microsoft Corp.’s MSN is hoping to move onto the mobile marketing playground with the acquisition of Third Screen Media. MSN is negotiating to buy out the Boston-based company, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Representatives from Microsoft and Third Screen...
During the past several years, the four national U.S. carriers have whittled away the number of price plans they offer to consumers, dropped low-end plans and largely come into lock-step with each other on service plan price points. On the other hand, the cost...
WASHINGTON-Motient Corp. last week said company Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors would not seek re-election at the wireless company's annual meeting, a development that comes at a time when Highland Capital Management L.P.-the largest single investor in Motient-is lodging a proxy fight...
