SAO PAULO, Brazil-Motorola Inc. said it has won a contract to supply base stations and transmission equipment for Brazilian carrier Vivo's CDMA2000 1x network in the northern and western parts of the country.The contract signals the first phase of Vivo's migration from TDMA to...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Inc. reported that its wireless division, which is an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner, posted a 6-percent year-over-year drop in revenues from $68.9 million during the third quarter of 2002 to $65.1 million during the third quarter of 2003, while operating...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. priced a public offering of 12 million shares of common stock that the carrier expects will generate $228 million. The carrier said it will use net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, to fund working capital requirements, for...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will implement third-generation wireless data networks for Brazilian operator Vivo in the west-central and southern regions of Brazil. The value of the CDMA2000 1x network equipment contract was not released.Nortel will be the exclusive provider for both...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. signed a definitive agreement with Dobson Communications Corp. to exchange ownership of Cingular's Northwest Michigan cellular property with Dobson's Eastern Shore of Maryland cellular property. In addition to the property swap, Cingular said it will pay Dobson $23 million and transfer...
CDMA2000 1x EV-DO launches in two U.S. markets have shoved its rival protocol to the margin. But EDGE promoters say they aren't worried.Tapping into the footprint of EDGE's predecessor GSM/GPRS, which accounts for the preponderance of subscribers around the world, EDGE could be on...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Friday it is giving rural wireless carriers a chance to make their case why they can't abide by the enhanced 911 rules."Tier III (less than 500,000 subscribers) carriers seeking further extensions or other relief from certain E911 requirements...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. affirmed its previously reported $145 million to $155 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization guidance for the second half of this year based on a preliminary review of its third-quarter results. The operator said it expects full-year...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said it opposed new grant money for the deployment of wireless enhanced 911."The administration believes Congress should consider more efficient and more cost-effective means to address this issue, rather than establishing a new grant program," reads a letter from...
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003, changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points to go forward with Phase II wireless E911 implementation even if a state has used 911 funds collected from consumers for...
Motorola Inc. will miss out on the critical camera-phone rush during the holiday season, a spokesman for Verizon Wireless said.Jim Gerace, a spokesman for the nation's largest carrier, said Motorola delayed the introduction of its new camera phone for Verizon Wireless until after the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. moved even closer to completing its previously announced deal to acquire 34 PCS licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc. following approval of the $1.4 billion deal by NextWave's bankruptcy court last Thursday. The court's approval followed NextWave's announcement earlier...
MILWAUKEE-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its GSM/GPRS service in Madison, Green Bay and Appleton, Wis., as part of its planned overlay of its legacy TDMA network. The carrier added that the GSM/GPRS service has been available in its Milwaukee market since May, and the...
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee Tuesday passed the E911 Implementation Act of 2003 changing the rural provisions and making it possible for public-safety answering points to go forward with Phase II wireless enhanced 911 implementation even if a state has used 911 funds collected from...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one step closer to completing its previously announced deal to acquire 34 PCS licenses from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc. for $1.4 billion after NextWave reported it received no qualified competing bids as of the Sept. 15 deadline that...
HELSINKI, Finland-The world's No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone for the United States and a CDMA camera phone.The moves come as Nokia and the rest of the handset industry...
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. said it will sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and about 1 million HickoryTech shares held by Western Wireless.HickoryTech's wireless operations include cellular and PCS licenses covering 925,000 potential...
In an attempt to strengthen its bottom line, Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. announced a pair of deals last week that the carrier said would generate approximately $30 million in gross proceeds.The larger deal included the sale of US Unwired's cellular network in...
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for approximately $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and approximately 1 million HickoryTech shares currently held by Western Wireless.HickoryTech's wireless operations include cellular and PCS...
WASHINGTON-States shouldn't raid funds collected from wireless subscribers for enhanced 911services, and carriers shouldn't collect additional money to use to deploy E911 service if the state has a cost-recovery mechanism in place.This was the single message of two separate actions last week.At a House...
On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry's only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter forecast.The semiconductor bellwether said it revised its earnings per share to between 20 cents...
WASHINGTON-Although rural wireless carriers may have special needs when deploying enhanced 911, rural public-safety answering points may need a higher percentage of the grants in proposed legislation, said Indiana State Treasurer Tim Berry.Berry was the first witness at a hearing by the House telecommunications...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nokia Corp. has released several new handsets focused on the Latin America market, with Nokia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila emphasizing the importance of the market. The news follows the Finnish supplier's announcement at the beginning of this month that...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. unveiled what it describes as the industry's first single-chip processor for cell phones using EDGE technology.The product, known as the Intel PX800EF processor, combines key components, which include the memory, the XScale and the micro signal architecture, according to David...
