As the nation's largest wireless carriers consolidate, large questions remain about what these companies should do with their existing wireline businesses. And carriers are talking openly about potential plans to shed these slow-growing parts of their operations in favor of the explosive wireless business.Indeed,...
WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company trying to muscle or possibly buy its way into that country's mobile-phone market, has crashed the party here by breaking with U.S. and foreign mobile-phone carriers that do not want any further American intervention into rates charged by...
Whittled down from 49 total applicants, 35 certified bidders placed more than $325 million in deposits with the government for a crack at 242 spectrum licenses up for bid in the 1.9 GHz band beginning on Jan. 26. Those licenses include spectrum in a...
The Federal Communications Commission has certified 35 bidders for its upcoming Auction 58 that will include 242 spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band scheduled to begin Jan. 26. The FCC has set aside 119 licenses for so-called designated entities, while the remaining 123...
The U.S. carrier market appears to be headed for further constriction on news that regional carrier Alltel Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion. The report follows Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint...
The U.S. carrier market appears to be headed for further constriction on news that regional carrier Alltel Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion. The report follows Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint...
In a move that drove up its shares 6 cents following the announcement, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to sell 2.9 million common shares. The company intends to acquire 233 communication sites in 13 states, such as Alabama, Michigan and New Hampshire, with...
The infamous rumor mill was rampant last week with continuing industry merger and consolidation scenarios and various analysts, media outlets and market watchers making suggestions for the next billion-dollar buy.First there were predictions that Vodafone Group could still make a play for either Sprint...
WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts say down below. The biggest pitfall with year-end prognostications is they tend to lend...
U.S. Cellular Corp. completed the sale of its Daytona Beach, Fla., 20-megahertz C block license to MetroPCS California/Florida Inc. U.S. Cellular said it scored $8.5 million in cash from the previously announced deal. "This sale is another example of our strategy to exit those...
CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said it will restate parts of its financial statements for the past three quarters, but said the move was a reclassification of cash flows and would not change the company's bottom line.TDS owns 82 percent of U.S. Cellular Corp.,...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it completed the sale of its Daytona Beach, Fla., 20-megahertz C block license to MetroPCS California/Florida Inc. U.S. Cellular said it scored $8.5 million in cash from the previously announced deal. "This sale is another example of our strategy to...
Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless operators during the third quarter as they again posted a strong showing in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking...
Our neighbors to the north may be suffering through Hockey Night in Canada withdrawals brought on by the ongoing National Hockey League lockout, but that did not distract Canadian wireless operators during the third quarter as they again posted a strong showing in N....
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued the business of integrating AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with a pair of deals to sell spectrum and wireless assets designed to comply with government divestiture requests related to the merger. The first deal was with Alltel Corp. and calls for...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Regional wireless provider Alltel Corp. said it completed its previously announced $144 million acquisition of wireless assets from fellow operator U.S. Cellular Corp. and U.S. Cellular's parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. The assets included wireless properties in Fort Pierce, Fla.,...
CHICAGO-Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular Corp. launched its nweb Internet browsing service providing customers with access to Web pages using their wireless handsets. The service, which was developed in conjunction with wireless software provider Novarra and uses U.S. Cellular's CDMA2000 1x-based easyedge data network,...
Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular Corp. launched its nweb Internet browsing service providing customers with access to Web pages using their wireless handsets. The service, which was developed in conjunction with wireless software provider Novarra and uses U.S. Cellular's CDMA2000 1x-based easyedge data network,...
The rash of consolidation and spectrum deals that have recently swept through the wireless industry could have a substantial impact on the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 58 set for late January, as the carriers with a history of being the most aggressive bidders have...
As carriers and handset makers brace for the upcoming holiday season, both Sprint PCS and U.S. Cellular announced new devices to entice rosy-cheeked shoppers.First, Sprint said it will sell the new clamshell-style MM-7400 from Sanyo. The advanced device supports streaming video as well as...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit. The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included...
SAN FRANCISCO-WiMAX got a boost last week as Intel Corp. and broadband wireless carrier Clearwire announced they will join forces to develop and deploy broadband networks based on the technology. Clearwire subsidiary NextNet Wireless will provide broadband equipment for the project, and future Intel...
Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit.The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included in the...
Following the recent expansion of its commercial CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network to include 14 major markets and 24 airport locations nationwide last month, Verizon Wireless is set to add 16 more markets by the end of this year. Speaking at the USTA Telecom '04...
