SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites...
ASPEN, Colo.-With the ashes of recently deceased gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson still raining down from the sky, the Progress and Freedom Foundation brought its gonzo deregulation motto to the mountains of Colorado for its annual Aspen Summit. This year's event centered on the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a request that could help wireless companies-particularly newly united Sprint Nextel Corp.-make further inroads into the mobile workforce management space and the $574 billion trucking industry. Xora Inc., a software firm based in Mountain View, Calif.,...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial location is in Kona, Hawaii, and is the 27th new store Nextel Partners...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported that more than 20 percent of its class A common stockholders have requested that the carrier call a special meeting to vote on whether to exercise its "put right." If approved, the "put right" would require the newly combined...
Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier's total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors' apparent interest in the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...
Nextel Partners Inc. reported the opening of its 100th company-owned store and said it plans to add at least 10 more locations by the end of the year. The centennial location is in Kona, Hawaii, and is the 27th new store Nextel Partners said...
Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites under...
MIAMI-Movida Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator focused on the Hispanic market, said it has selected Brightstar Corp. to provide product distribution into retail locations in the markets Movida serves. The agreement calls for Brightstar to provide complete supply-chain management services, including product...
Nextel Partners Inc. reported that more than 20 percent of its class A common stockholders have requested that the carrier call a special meeting to vote on whether to exercise its "put right." If approved, the "put right" would require the newly combined Sprint...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The wireless industry garnered unprecedented attention from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as MobiTV and Sprint Nextel Corp. were named winners of an Emmy Award. MobiTV is owned by Idetic Inc. The companies were honored with a Primetime Emmy Engineering...
Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless carriers announced they would send text messages to people who opt in to receive...
Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a location-based offering that allows businesses to track fleets and monitor workers in the field. The newly merged carrier launched Sprint Precision Locator, a Web-based application that delivers interactive maps, schedule information and workforce location history. The service includes up...
NEW YORK-Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint Nextel Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer is set to receive $971,400 in base salary next year, while Chief Financial...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a five-year agreement with the National Football League for the wireless carrier's Sprint-branded service to become the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the NFL. The agreement also provides Sprint Nextel with exclusive NFL content and original programming,...
Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to deploy full-track offerings, which have gained steady traction among wireless...
Bolstered by a relatively speedy and uneventful approval process and a new ticker symbol that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Sprint Nextel Corp. said it is in position to become a differentiated wireless provider focused on providing advanced services...
Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint Nextel Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer is set to receive $971,400 in base salary next year, while Chief Financial Officer...
Nextel Partners Inc. sent a terse response to Nextel Communications Inc. following a letter it sent to Nextel Partners regarding terms of Nextel Partners' "put" option, which the affiliate can now trigger following Nextel's acquisition by Sprint Corp. last week. "In the context of...
Verizon Wireless successfully conducted over-the-air calls using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology from Lucent Technologies Inc., and Lucent said its Rev. A infrastructure will be commercially available in 2006. The trials are the first live tests of Rev. A technology-an enhancement to EV-DO...
The nation's wireless carriers said they were largely unaffected by the computer worm that made the rounds this week. Carrier representatives generally reported that small numbers of desktop computers were affected, but the damage was minimal and subscriber services remained intact."Business impacts of the...
Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, the newly merged carrier said Tuesday. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to deploy full-track music services, which have gained traction among wireless users in some Asian...
Sprint Nextel Corp. said it intends to pursue the appraisal process under network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc.'s "put" provision instead of moving forward with a negotiated acquisition. Nextel Partners has said it would recommend its shareholders initiate the "put" option following Sprint Corp.'s acquisition...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said that Nextel Communications Inc. common stockholders will receive nearly 1.27 shares of Sprint Nextel stock and 84.63 cents in cash in exchange for each share of Nextel common stock owned in connection with Sprint Corp.'s recent acquisition of Nextel.Sprint...
