The price of wireless service dropped 1.9 percent last month compared with the month of May in the top 25 U.S. markets to $36.54 across four levels of usage, according to economic research and consulting firm Econ One Research Inc.The survey found that the...
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc, a fixed-line operator that spun off its mobile division as MmO2, is in its second mobile virtual network operator deal to get back into the mobile arena, according to international press reports.Last year, the company purchased airtime from MmO2 to provide...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its joint venture American Cellular Corp. that will eventually add coverage to more than 11 million potential customers in parts of...
BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third-generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year of a similar network sharing agreement in the United Kingdom. The network sharing agreement will allow O2, the smallest German carrier,...
Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet and the possibilities therein. Wireless players from carriers on down to startups imagined opening Yahoo!-style...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-T-Mobile USA Inc. signed a $500 million contract with L.M. Ericsson to expand and upgrade its wireless network to support GPRS and EDGE data services.The deal calls for Ericsson to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE radio access equipment and associated services in two...
WASHINGTON-As lawmakers try to fix flaws they see in enhanced 911 services through various pieces of legislation, the Federal Communications Commission continues to punish carriers that have not properly deployed wireless 911 service.The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed a bill that would ensure...
WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. Thursday agreed to pay a fine of $1.1 million for failing to deploy wireless enhanced 911 services on its GSM network in a manner consistent with a waiver it received in 2000.The consent decree wraps up the outstanding issues regarding the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Forty-eight operators around the world have announced commitments to EDGE technology, according to data released today by the 3G Americas association, which promotes the technology.In the United States, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA, Dobson Communications, Cellular One of Northeast...
BRUSSELS-The European Commission has approved an agreement between T-Mobile and mmO2 to share third generation mobile networks in Germany, following approval earlier this year of a similar network sharing agreement in the U.K. The network sharing agreement will allow O2, the smallest German carrier,...
T-Mobile USA Inc. signed a $500 million contract with L.M. Ericsson to expand and upgrade its wireless network to support GPRS and EDGE data services.The deal calls for Ericsson to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE radio access equipment and associated services in two new...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.'s aggregate $600 million senior notes offering, reaffirmed the carrier's B- corporate credit rating and removed Western Wireless from the ratings agency's CreditWatch, on which it was placed earlier this year.The ratings...
Verizon Wireless announced its subscribers will be able to vote on the selection of the most valuable player in the WNBA All-Star game using a short code voting system.Fans can pre-register for the wireless voting directly from their Verizon Wireless phones by sending the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said T-Mobile Venture Fund is making an investment in the company, although the terms were not disclosed."Our investment in Flarion provides us with a window on technology to what we consider to be one of today's most exciting private wireless...
The Wyndham Anatole convention hotel in Dallas said it plans to install Sprint Corp. high-speed wireless and wired Internet access in common areas and 315,000 square feet of total meeting space, and install wired Internet access in its 1,614 guestrooms.The Sprint Guest Online system...
MONTREAL-Canadian carrier Microcell Solutions Inc. said it will sell Danger Inc.'s unique Hiptop mobile phone/wireless data device, following the lead of fellow Hiptop sellers T-Mobile USA Inc. and Triton PCS."Microcell is committed to working with industry leaders like Danger to provide the devices and...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with Western Wireless Corp. that will enable AT&T Wireless customers to roam onto Western Wireless' planned GSM/GPRS network in portions of 17 western states.Financial terms of the agreement were not released, although it will be...
In a move many industry analysts say eventually will level the wireless data playing field, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched commercial EDGE services in Indianapolis, allowing the carrier to offer data speeds it claims will range from 75 to 135 kilobits per second and peak...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has remotely erased four games on all of its Sidekick color-screen devices sold-a move that highlights the Sidekick's unique technology but also the potential pitfalls of such a service.T-Mobile sells its branded Sidekick through a partnership with device startup Danger Inc....
Following a competitive first quarter that witnessed the wireless industry meeting modest customer addition expectations, moderating customer churn results and a drop in customer revenue, analysts and investors are hinting that the wireless industry should report slightly improved results during the recently completed second...
Following a competitive first quarter that witnessed the wireless industry meeting modest customer addition expectations, moderating customer churn results and a drop in customer revenue, analysts and investors are hinting that the wireless industry should report slightly improved results during the recently completed second...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone carrier's business practices, a development that could signal a strategy shift in industry as states contemplate landmark legal and regulatory action...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again."The bill would ensure that valuable spectrum would not go unused unnecessarily. It precludes a successful bidder in a spectrum auction to avoid...
Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular's Northeast region and 200,000 pops in the carrier's Northwest region.In connection with the purchase, Rural Cellular said...
