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Millicom International Cellular said its Central American wireless operations have launched GSM services in the 800 MHz band under the brand name Tigo. The service will cover 92 percent of …

Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall …

BERTRANGE, Luxembourg-Millicom International Cellular said its Central American wireless operations have launched GSM services in the 800 MHz band under the brand name Tigo. The service will cover 92 percent …

Sales of infrastructure equipment covering all the major technologies surged 37 percent to $9 billion in the second quarter, according to a report from Dell’Oro group. Although the study covered …

With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued signing deals last …

The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia …

Following an announcement last month with Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. cleared another hurdle to its pending $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by announcing an …

Small wireless carriers want to offer their customers the same advanced services the big companies offer theirs. But since the economics of innovation are less favorable for small companies, it …

Dobson Communications Corp.’s Dobson Cellular Systems jumped into the converged market last week with the launch of its MERGE product, which the company said would help bridge the gap between …

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless applications and services to BREW-enabled handsets. …

Six of the nation’s eight largest wireless carriers posted second-quarter results, highlighted by strong customer growth at Sprint PCS, Alltel Corp. and U.S. Cellular Corp. and continued financial gains by …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has completed its $3.4 billion GSM technology rollout across the country with the recent launch of services in the Florida Panhandle. The carrier originally …

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc., which supplies baseband processors and software, said the company will undergo a reorganization that will separate its second-generation TDMA products and third-generation development into separate business …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …

Tying up one of the loose ends caused by Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced a multi-faceted deal with Triton PCS Holdings Inc. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has asked Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. a series of highly detailed questions about their proposed $41 billion merger, queries that suggest regulators …

The high-speed wireless data field is filling up with contestants as most of the country’s larger operators have announced plans to deploy services that in some cases will open up …

Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades to its CDMA digital network in …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week opened up a huge swath of spectrum for wireless broadband services, creating incentives for businesses to invest in a third digital pipe to homes …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today opened a huge swath of spectrum for wireless broadband services, creating incentives for businesses to invest in a third digital pipe to homes and businesses …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas to go along with upgrades to …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will score an upfront payment of $27 million thanks to an expanded licensing deal with handset maker Sanyo Electric Co. InterDigital’s stock …

Rural wireless provider Cellular South said it has added more than 100 cell sites since last September as part of the planned expansion of its CDMA2000 1x-based network, which is …

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third …

Regional carriers Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Dobson Communications Corp. and Rural Cellular Corp. showed their continued uneasy reliance on roaming traffic in first-quarter financials released last week. The regional players …