Alltel Corp.'s MyCircle calling plan has given the carrier a boost in postpaid customers, and the company is on track to expand its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO coverage to about 60 percent of its markets by the end of the year. Kevin Beebe, Alltel's group...
WASHINGTON--Don't blame the public-safety community if the 800 MHz reconfiguration process is not going smoothly, said Wanda McCarley, president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. McCarley's assertion follows a report that Sprint Nextel Corp. wants to extend the rebanding process by two years....
It seems like only yesterday my days were filled with nervous anticipation, my nights with restlessness. No, it wasn't nightmares of another CTIA I.T. show, a reaction to my increasing dependence on Red Bull, or my outlandishly complex plots related to the downfall of...
WASHINGTON-The stakes are rising for next week's expected ruling by the Supreme Court on whether to review Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch's appeal of an 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down the state's wireless consumer law on federal pre-emption grounds. U.S....
Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced a new offering for business customers, promising them end-to-end mobile security that can support devices from multiple carriers running multiple operating systems. The Sprint Mobile Security service allows customers to choose from three different types of passwords and enforces the...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. is set to begin a major advertising push for its MyCircle offer, which allows customers to place unlimited calls to up to 10 wireless or wireline numbers from any carrier. The MyCircle offer requires that customers be on a postpaid...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-The Wireless Infrastructure Association's annual convention began with the launch of a new a new forum that says its mission is to promote the understanding, acceptance and deployment of distributed antenna systems. DAS usage is gaining ground as a way to propagate RF...
Less than two years ago, carriers were blaming publishers for stifling mobile gaming by churning out a surfeit of high-profile, licensed games that made for a rotten user experience. Now it's the game makers' that are pointing fingers. Handsets are quickly evolving into mini-videogame...
There were no last-minute bombshells when the advanced wireless services spectrum auction wrapped up last week after a few final, tedious rounds with a mere handful of bids. T-Mobile USA Inc. was the undisputed and unsurprising highest bidder, walking away with a hefty new...
As a growing number of companies make efforts to take their workforces mobile, new stories are emerging as to how companies are actually making use of wireless technology in the real world. Claims adjusters and utility companies already are well-known for making use of...
The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, which is supposed to get the work on a mobile wireless broadband access standard back on track. All of the officers of the working group will be replaced "in an...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to seek a stay in a court decision that orders the carrier to divest its iDEN operations in territories where CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. operates. Sprint Corp. took control of Nextel Communication Inc.’s iDEN network when it...
PARIS—The newly formed WiMAX Spectrum Owners Alliance left their inaugural meeting in Paris yesterday determined to sign an international WiMAX roaming agreement by December that will cover all WiMAX services and operate in all WiMAX frequency ranges. "The agreement will act as the backbone...
WASHINGTON—A California state appeals court has reinstated a wireless billing suit against Sprint Nextel Corp. A trial court threw out the case last year.The appeals court ruling turned on the determination that the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights had legal standing to pursue...
WASHINGTON—Don’t blame the public-safety community if the 800 MHz reconfiguration process is not going smoothly, said Wanda McCarley, president of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. McCarley’s assertion follows a report that Sprint Nextel Corp. wants to extend the rebanding process by two years....
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Wireless Infrastructure Association officially launched the Distributed Antenna Systems Forum at the PCIA trade show, explaining that the group’s mission is to promote the understanding, acceptance and deployment of distributed antenna systems. Founding members of the new forum include Corning Cable, Crown...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. is set to begin a major advertising push for its MyCircle offer, which allows customers to place unlimited calls to up to 10 wireless or wireline numbers from any carrier. The MyCircle offer requires that customers be on a postpaid...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—PeerMe Inc., a wireless Voice over Internet Protocol company, said it launched a free service for Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA2000 1x EV-DO phone users that allows them to make unlimited global calls. The service uses VoIP technology to provide the free unlimited...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. introduced a new offering for business customers, promising them end-to-end mobile security that can support devices from multiple carriers running multiple operating systems. The Sprint Mobile Security service allows customers to choose from three different types of passwords and...
During the long flight from Los Angeles back to Denver, I realized that the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show turned out completely different than I had expected.When I first arrived in Los Angeles last Tuesday, I had fully expected a press release from...
Here's what got the edit staff fired up this week: Did you see RCR Reporter Colin Gibbs' story about Sprint Nextel selling ad space on its mobile Web service? Like it promised, Sprint Nextel is transforming itself from a wireless carrier and into a...
LOS ANGELES--Skepticism about the potential of mobile television is rampant within the wireless industry, according to a recent survey of executives conducted by Mercer Management Consulting. However, a panel of executives during a breakout session at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show...
LOS ANGELES--Money is flowing again and major corporations often respond to sales pitches when choosing mobile technologies--great news for the wireless industry, according to speakers during the opening keynote at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show. Corporate spending on information technology tends...
Most of the new generation of mobile virtual network operators are less than six months into their operations, but that hasn't prevented a recent spate of speculation and rumors about how well they are doing. Analysts have generally predicted that there will be some...
