Verizon Wireless is on track to post another record quarter of net additions driven by back-to-school and family-plan additions, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. Based on more than 80 store visits in five markets, the firm said it raised its third-quarter net...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said it has received purchase orders totaling $22.9 million from Latin American wireless operators in Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela.The company said the orders are for CDMA 1x, TDMA and GSM/GPRS fixed cellular products. Telular said it has...
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...
The second-quarter earnings race got off to a relatively solid start as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Nextel Communications Inc. posted financials largely in line with Wall Street expectations. The results-coupled with those from the handset and infrastructure markets-served to underpin predictions of continued growth...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. hired a new head for its CDMA handset business, a move that could help solidify the company's strong position in the North American mobile-phone industry.Teresa Vega will serve as the corporate vice president of Motorola's Mobile Devices Business, heading the company's...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-Digicel Group, which operates several wireless networks in the Caribbean, said it was awarded Haiti's first GSM license through a tender process entered jointly with OneFone, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Haitian GB Group. Haiti currently has three operators with CDMA and...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti-Digicel Group, which operates several wireless networks in the Caribbean, said it was awarded Haiti's first GSM license through a tender process entered jointly with OneFone, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Haitian GB Group. Haiti currently has three operators with CDMA and...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake today stopped cold the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' legal efforts to shut down IFAST Ltd., the Maryland-based firm that assigns codes enabling foreigners to operate their cell phones in this country.ATIS, an industry standards group that used to...
With three months of financial and operational performance on the books, 2005 is setting up as another strong year for the wireless industry. Analysts noted that first-quarter results have shown a substantial year-over-year improvement in customer growth along with improving churn and margin performances...
WASHINGTON- The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' fight to shut down and reclaim assets of a U.S. firm that assigns codes so foreigners can operate their mobile phones in the U.S. moved into the court room last week, putting into full view the inner...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported mixed first-quarter results showing a modest increase in revenues offset by increased net losses and continued net customer losses, which the carrier attributed to network issues associated with technology migration plans.Total revenues for the first quarter increased slightly from...
CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider and former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported $61 million in wireless revenues during the first quarter of this year, which was a 4-percent drop compared with the $64 million the company reported last year. Cincinnati Bell attributed...
DALLAS-Dobson Communications Corp. will use over-the-air technology from SmartTrust to meet the rapid growth of its GSM services, the carrier announced Wednesday. Dobson, which operates under the Cellular One and Dobson Cellular Systems brands, will use the platform both for new subscriber activations and...
At first blush, the first quarter could prove an interesting dichotomy for wireless operators as preliminary results from a pair of regional operators paint very different pictures. Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. said it added 81,000 subscribers during the first quarter, including...
TEMPE, Ariz.-New research shows that in wireless, it's out with the old and in with the new.According to a study from research and consulting firm Forward Concepts, handsets running older wireless technologies like TDMA and even GSM are scheduled for a decline this year,...
Dobson Communications Corp. said it expects to report a loss of 18,800 subscribers for the first quarter of this year, which would be less than the 25,600 customers the carrier lost during the fourth quarter of last year, but more than triple the 5,400...
LOS ANGELES-TechnoCom Corp. said that Pennsylvania-based carrier Triton PCS has licensed its LocatePredict platform to help deploy a new location-based infrastructure.LocatePredict is a wireless location platform for GSM and TDMA networks that supports handset-based location technologies. The regional operator will use the technology to...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. said it lost 8,000 postpaid subscribers during the final three months of last year. The carrier said the drop reflected the transition stage of its network that includes both technology upgrades and market swaps. Rural Cellular noted that it ended...
CINCINNATI-Regional telecommunications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported 2,000 net subscriber additions for its wireless operations during the fourth quarter of last year and 7,000 net subscriber additions for the year. The company said it ended last year with 481,000 total wireless subscribers, including 306,300...
Few carriers have put as much strain on their technology personnel over the past several years as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. From its beginnings as the merged wireless operations of BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. to the carrier's decision in 2001 to migrate its...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
It's time to count blessings again, and here are a few things I am thankful for that relate to wireless:c I am thankful that most cars don't have "Hang up your cell phone and drive" bumper stickers. As much as I hate these bumper...
WASHINGTON-Voters across the country had a decidedly mixed view about whether their telecom bills should increase to upgrade their local 911 systems. The most-watched vote was the rejection in California of a 3-percent increase for emergency services."Wireless consumers have said enough is enough. Consumers...
Following weeks of speculation, Verizon Wireless inked an agreement late last week to acquire bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and its remaining spectrum licenses for $3 billion. The deal, which is subject to government approval as well as approval from NextWave's bankruptcy court, will add...
