Wireless operators are playing the retail field, selling some high-end phones exclusively through nontraditional channels. And the nation's largest big-box retailer is becoming a first-stop shop. Verizon Wireless quietly launched a high-end Samsung handset exclusively through Best Buy late last month, snubbing its company-owned...
Ratification is looming for a WiMAX specification standard, and trials, products and opinions are rampant. The worldwide WiMAX market is expected to reach $3.5 billion and account for 4 percent of all broadband usage by 2010, according to a new report from idate.Growth should...
WASHINGTON-Industry is trying to fend off bill-of-rights measures in two liberal states at opposite ends of the country, while a court battle rages over how regulatory recovery fees are itemized in monthly wireless bills. The stakes are high for industry. Wireless carriers fear that...
The animosity between Sprint Nextel Corp. and wireless affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. stepped up as Nextel Communications Inc. and its subsidiary Nextel WIP Corp.-neither of which are part of Sprint Nextel-sued to try to set rules to determine Nextel Partners' value. The fair market...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said nearly 1,000 Sprint Nextel Corp. workers have gone on strike in four states, balking at company demands for job cuts and slashed health benefits. CWA alleges, among other things, Sprint siphoned off nearly $9 billion in earnings from...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. expanded its pre-WiMAX network to Palatka, Fla., offering wireless broadband services starting at $30 per month. BellSouth previously launched services in Athens, Ga. "Palatka was an obvious choice for BellSouth to offer this exciting technology," said Marshall Criser, state president of BellSouth's...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 33,000 customers during the third quarter, including 28,000 subscribers through its Alamosa operations and 5,000 customers through the AirGate PCS operations that Alamosa acquired earlier this year. The customer growth was well...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. appears set to make good on its claims to launch high-speed UMTS/HSDPA services in more than a dozen markets by the end of the year. The carrier released initial UMTS/HSDPA launch plans on an internal Web site that shows the carrier...
SAN DIEGO-Three wireless companies announced dividend payments this week.Qualcomm Inc. announced a quarterly cash dividend of 9 cents per common share payable Jan. 4, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business Dec. 7.Sprint Nextel Corp. declared fourth-quarter dividends for the company's...
Building on a five-year agreement announced in mid-August to become the official wireless service provider of the National Football League, Sprint Nextel Corp. launched its NFL Mobile service, providing customers with access to exclusive NFL content and original programming from their wireless handsets.Sprint Nextel...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said nearly 1,000 Sprint Nextel workers have gone on strike in four states, balking at company demands for job cuts and slashed health benefits. CWA alleges, among other things, Sprint siphoned off nearly $9 billion in earnings from its...
The burgeoning Voice over Internet Protocol industry clipped a hurdle last week as Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that its subsidiary, Sprint Communications Co. L.P., has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against VoIP service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo...
Prepaid services are continuing their march up the feature-rich ladder with an increasing number of operators beginning to offer wireless Web browsing services to their noncontract subscribers. Many operators offer basic text messaging or even more advanced access to downloadable content to their prepaid...
With little more than a week until wireless carriers begin releasing third-quarter results, industry analysts continue to fine tune their quarterly predictions. Those updated forecasts generally are calling for more robust customer growth than originally anticipated, though most expect total growth from the industry's...
The mobile TV space continues to heat up, with rumors pegging Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless showing significant interest in the technology. Specifically, a report from Zachary Research predicts Verizon will use Crown Castle International Corp.'s DVB-H mobile TV network starting next year....
WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission towers to erect cellular phone...
Sprint Nextel Corp. closed on its $287.5 million acquisition of network affiliate Gulf Coast Wireless Ltd. Partnership. The closing resolves litigation Gulf Coast filed against Sprint Nextel in connection with Sprint Corp.'s acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. Sprint Nextel announced plans to acquire Gulf...
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. reported plans for an initial public offering of up to 15 million shares of common stock. If approved, the IPO could raise as much as $175 million for the company. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing,...
Sprint Nextel Corp. terminated its contract with Hewlett-Packard Co., according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by 724 Solutions Inc. Tuesday. 724 Solutions earlier this week announced HP had cancelled 724 Solutions' subcontract for its access gateway solution deployment with Sprint. 724 Solutions...
WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit today against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state. The suit, filed in federal district court in Kansas, claims Sprint Nextel used exclusive electricity transmission towers to erect cellular...
Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that one of its subsidiaries has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Voice over Internet Protocol service providers Vonage Holdings Corp., theglobe.com Inc. and its operating subsidiary Voiceglo Holdings Inc. The suit, which was filed in the U.S. District Court...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. set a record date of Oct. 17 for the dividend payment on its 7.5-percent series B convertible preferred stock. The dividend payment will be made Oct. 31 at the annual rate of 7.5 percent of...
Sprint Nextel Corp. said it has closed on its $287.5 million acquisition of network affiliate Gulf Coast Wireless Ltd. Partnership that was originally announced last month. Sprint Nextel noted that the closing also resolves litigation Gulf Coast filed against Sprint Nextel in connection with...
SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. beginning in November. Cingular, which reportedly serves more...
