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ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. signed a five-year deal with Ericsson Inc. to provide CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS core and radio infrastructure and services as part of the carrier’s previously announced …

When a technology era begins, infrastructure is king. But once the nuts and bolts are in place, it takes second place to peripherals. In wireless, it is no different. “Total …

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless reported a five-year deal with L.M. Ericsson to provide GSM/GPRS and EDGE technology equipment for the carrier’s planned overlay of its legacy TDMA technology network. The agreement …

Of the handful of rural carriers that reported second-quarter results last week, including Western Wireless Corp., Dobson Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp., Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Alamosa Holdings Inc. and …

Following a hastily retracted announcement earlier this month, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially announced last week it would purchase 34 PCS licenses covering 83 million potential customers from bankrupt license holder …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s rumored $1.4 billion purchase of 34 PCS licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. was semi-announced last week as NextWave’s public-relations agency distributed a press release claiming the two …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has completed a previously announced swap of wireless licenses and properties with U.S. Cellular Corp. covering 15 states and more than 18 million …

MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.968 million in wireless revenues during the second quarter, which was a slight improvement compared with the $3.963 million the company reported for …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications announced it has signed a master supplier agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. under which Somera will supply equipment support for Cingular’s TDMA and GSM networks. “Operators …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Brazil’s Telecom Americas has chosen Harris Corp.’s NetBoss network management software to manage its TDMA and GSM networks, which cover a population of more than 140 million. NetBoss will …

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 …

Centennial Communications Corp. selected Ericsson as the sole supplier for its planned GSM/GPRS technology overlay of the carrier’s U.S.-based legacy TDMA network. Ericsson said it will immediately begin deploying EDGE-ready …

MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone. “It’s just amazing that what started about 13 years ago as an idea for connecting rural Minnesota …

Turning wireless services from novelty to normal has engaged wireless players focusing on the emerging markets in the world. While advanced economies of North America, Western Europe and Japan grapple …

MANKATO, Minn.-Two and a half years after hitting the 200,000 customer mark, regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone. “It’s just amazing that what started …

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 …

The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict subscriber …

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 …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. reported it is the primary provider of Home Location Register infrastructure for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s ongoing migration to GSM/GPRS/EDGE technologies. Nortel said the HLR technology is designed …

NEW YORK-The number of global wireless users will increase 49 percent during the next four years to total 1.72 billion by 2007, according to the Yankee Group. Analysts further predict …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), co-chairs of the E911 Congressional Caucus, introduced a bill that will provide state grants to deploy wireless enhanced 911 service and …

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier’s total …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.’s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.’s InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary has signed a patent license agreement with Nakayo Telecommunications Inc. covering wireless terminal units and infrastructure compliant with TDMA-based PHS …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee on Wednesday called for the establishment of a federal grant program for the deployment of wireless enhanced 911 but said states that have …