WASHINGTON-Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband public-safety network, one that would be shared with commercial wireless carriers and include an...
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 ,...
WASHINGTON-A U.S. appeals court in Atlanta is scheduled to hear oral argument this week in a key case that turns on whether a common billing practice by mobile-phone carriers is pre-empted by federal law. After the Federal Communications Commission last year ruled states are...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.-So you've been thinking about launching a mobile virtual network operator service for multi-cultural ethnic groups in the United States that features prepaid and postpaid plans, and affordable international calling? After all, America is a melting pot of immigrants who maintain fond ties,...
Small and mid-size carriers posted mixed results last week, with most losing customers but improving their revenues and bucking the industry trend of sliding average revenue per user. However, some carriers managed to beat analysts' expectations. UbiquiTel Inc. reported a steep drop in new...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Data holds the promise of new services and new revenues, and speakers at last week's Rural Cellular Association conference emphasized the importance of those revenues-and the importance of small carriers not falling behind as national operators turn to ever-faster technology. CTIA President...
LOS ANGELES-Like fans at a rock concert shouting to be heard above the din, game publishers are trying just about anything to rise above overcrowded carrier decks and present their wares-and their names-to consumers. Multi-layered decks have long been a problem for mobile content...
WASHINGTON-As the battle for network neutrality heats up on Capitol Hill, wireless largely has been ignored, even though the nation's two largest carriers prohibit customers from using bandwidth-hogging services and the fourth-largest carrier can only provide a confusing explanation as to where it stands...
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.-Alltel Corp. last week expanded its role as the go-to roaming carrier, announcing major reciprocal roaming agreements with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp. that put the nation's fifth-largest operator in a position to provide voice and data roaming for as...
WASHINGTON—Law enforcement and first-responder groups asked key Senate lawmakers to consider a private-sector plan to designate a block of spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a national wireless broadband public-safety network, one that would be shared with commercial wireless carriers and include an...
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,...
ALAMEDA, Calif.—Handset maker UTStarcom Inc. said its chairman and chief executive officer, Hong Lu, plans to resign from the company at the end of the year. Lu will focus on strategic opportunities and assist during the transition to a new CEO during his remaining...
WASHINGTON—The Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable TV joint venture today took the first step toward competing for spectrum at the advanced wireless services auction this summer, a move with implications for the No. 3 mobile phone carrier and cable TV operators as they attempt to strengthen...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Regional wireless operator and current Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. scored 3,800 new subscribers during the first quarter, customers that brought the carrier’s total subscriber base—excluding reseller subscribers—to about 451,700 customers. The results were well below the 10,000 to 12,000 net...
SAN ANTONIO—Mobile TV vendor MobiTV Inc. continued to expand its business options through an agreement with AT&T Inc. to sell mobile TV services to AT&T Wi-Fi users. "Television viewing has moved beyond the TV set and we’re making it easier for consumers to get...
SARASOTA, Fla.—For the fourth quarter in a row, Global Signal Inc. blamed its net losses on the company’s $1.2 billion cash purchase of 6,600 Sprint Nextel Corp. towers, which the company announced in May 2005.Posting first-quarter losses of $35.1 million from revenue of $120.9...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—So you’ve been thinking about launching a mobile virtual network operator service for multi-cultural ethnic groups in the United States that features prepaid and postpaid plans, and affordable international calling? After all, America is a melting pot of immigrants who maintain fond ties,...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Rural carrier Alltel Corp. beefed up its coverage through a pair of nationwide reciprocal roaming agreements with larger rivals Sprint Nextel Corp. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Alltel’s 10-year deal with Sprint Nextel begins July 1 and covers CDMA voice services along with...
Helio L.L.C. made its long-awaited debut in the wireless marketplace last week with two high-end handsets linked to social networking site MySpace.com and plans to have its services available through 1,000 retail locations by the end of the month. Helio’s target audience is young...
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...
WASHINGTON-A health-related lawsuit that sought to block the June 29 start of the advanced wireless services auction was abruptly withdrawn last week after the Justice Department challenged a U.S. District Court's jurisdiction to hear the case. However, one of the plaintiffs' lawyers said the...
Within the past two years, the number of national carriers in the U.S. has gone from six to four. Between Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint Corp.'s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc., the companies that need to have their...
I'm seriously thinking about launching my own MVNO. I mean, how hard can it be, really? All the mobile virtual network enablers out there keep telling me it's quick, easy and cheap, so why not? I'd call it Mike's Awesome MVNO, and it would...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission last week filed civil complaints against five data brokers, urging the court to find that the data brokers violated the FTC Act and that they must give up any money they obtained from the practice of obtaining and selling customer...
