NEW YORK-With up to seven competitors in some large markets, price wars have begun that are not sustainable as a long-term business case for carriers, telecommunications executives said last week at the "Kagan Wireless Telecom Summit.""Verizon missed its additions significantly. When the big guys...
Several companies have formally expressed interest in Lucent Technologies Inc.'s fiber-optic unit, but according to Friday's Wall Street Journal, the rumored sale is probably still weeks away.Because Lucent wants, and needs, to make as much cash as it can without forking over too much...
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
LAS VEGAS-Executives from Brightpoint, RadioShack, Sierra Wireless and TeleCorp PCS were presented with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's President's Awards this week at CTIA Wireless 2001.Brightpoint and its chief executive officer, J. Mark Howell, received the award for donating facilities and manpower to...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a tower developer and owner, has closed on 203 of the 275 towers included in its agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T Wireless. The entire sale is expected to be finalized in the second quarter. The...
InfowaveThomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.'s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft's Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company's worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll also served as general manager...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Milwaukee, with plans to expand service to Madison, Racine and Appleton, Wis., in the coming months."In addition to the attractiveness of the market-healthy size, right demographics and strong...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Des Moines, Iowa.The Des Moines market is contiguous to AT&T Wireless' St. Louis and Kansas City digital personal communications markets and includes a portion of the Interstate 35 corridor.
NEW YORK-The major players' rankings reflect the dynamic environment of telecommunications as some stalwarts held their ground, some newcomers joined the group, while still others showed substantial rises or falls in various categories.AT&T Wireless Group, listed this year as an entity distinct from its...
ARLINGTON, Va.-After completing its merger with Tritel Inc. and swapping wireless properties and rights with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it now has 18 million more people in its licensed service area and about $100 million.Following several other major wireless license...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc., which plans to merge with fellow AT&T affiliate Tritel, added 85,563 subscribers during the third quarter ended Sept. 30, bringing the company's total customer base to 405,444 subscribers. The additions were a 27-percent increase from...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Oct. 27 approved the transfer of several personal communications services and local multipoint distribution service licenses to TeleCorp Wireless Inc.The bulk of the licenses are being transferred as part of TeleCorp's merger with Tritel Inc."The approval is...
CHICAGO-"Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it," said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer of Leap Wireless International Inc.It is a widely held theory in the wireless industry. But is it accurate?This was a...
EricssonCanada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedChina. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces.Value: US$176 millionLaos. With Lao Telecommunications Co. for GSM switching.Value: US$1.2 millionMexico. With Pegaso forCDMA equipment for its PCS network.Value: US$200 millionTurkey. With Turkcell for a...
ARLINGTON, Va.-Shareholders of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., approved the merger of the two companies at special meetings.In a concurrent transaction, TeleCorp and AT&T agreed to exchange wireless properties that the companies hope will improve their...
ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Alexandria, La.; Blytheville, Ark.; and Dyersburg, Tenn., bringing the total number of markets with SunCom service to 35." introduce SunCom to a bevy of new and growing markets,...
NEW YORK-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. squeaked through its initial public offering May 18, pricing its 8-million-share deal at $11 each, $2 below the low end of the expected range of $13-$15.Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp. was lead underwriter for the Nasdaq-listed...
Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. reported more than 40,000 subscribers had signed up for the company's wireless communications service as of March 31, an increase of 43 percent from the same period last year.Cellular antenna systems provider Metawave Communications Corp. announced the initial public offering...
STAMFORD, Conn.-i3 Mobile Inc., a personalized wireless Internet content and commerce services provider, said TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, will offer i3 Mobile services to its SunCom digital wireless customers."This is our first step in offering wireless data, and i3...
As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless phone screens.The favorable spot for those Internet companies is what is known as "above the...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau appears willing to remove some, if not all, of the small business restrictions on the licenses it reclaimed from NextWave Telecom Inc.This during the same week a House subcommittee signaled it would pass legislation returning the licenses to NextWave...
The flurry of consolidation in the wireless industry leads the industry observer to believe a nationwide presence is a necessity to compete in this market going forward.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. raised the bar in 1998 offering its nationwide plan, the Digital One Rate plan....
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., agreed to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction.The deal is valued at about $5.3 billion.TeleCorp is AT&T Wireless' largest affiliate, with 142,231 subscribers at the end of last year and markets...
DENVER, United States-AT&T Wireless Services' two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS and Tritel, agreed to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction. The deal is valued at about US$5.3 billion. Both carriers operate TDMA networks.TeleCorp is AT&T Wireless' largest affiliate with 142,231 subscribers at the end...
