BELLEVUE, Wash.-The mobile gaming industry continued its contraction, with the announcement that InfoSpace Inc. acquired the assets of Atlas Mobile Inc., a provider of wireless multiplayer tournament games.The value of the acquisition was not disclosed."The acquisition of Atlas Mobile's multiplayer tournament game platform and...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum, which is a special interest group addressing the technical and operational issues surrounding over-the-air management of mobile devices, added several members to its group including Alltel Corp., mFormation, Mobile Diagnostix, Sprint Corp., U.S. Cellular Corp. and SDSGlobal. The...
Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based wireless broadband access service, allowing its customers in Alaska to access high-speed wireless data services at speeds up to 2.4 megabits per second from laptop computers. The service, which rides on the carrier's recently...
High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation...
SAN DIEGO-Regional wireless carrier Ntelos Inc. launched an application distribution system using Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology, the two companies announced."We are constantly exploring new ways to enhance our subscriber's wireless experience and deliver them the services they demand, and Qualcomm's BREW solution has allowed...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it is recalling an additional 40,000 mobile-phone batteries because they are potentially faulty. The company said the situation stems from the previously announced battery recall for its 7135 smart phone. "The affected customers are being contacted directly," said Kyocera spokesman...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its preliminary 'A-' rating to U.S. Cellular Corp.'s $500 million unsecured debt shelf registration, which the carrier said it would use for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of long-term debt.S&P also affirmed its 'A-' corporate credit...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it is recalling an additional 40,000 mobile-phone batteries due to potentially faulty batteries. The company said the situation stems from the previously announced battery recall for its 7135 smart phone."The affected customers are being contacted directly," said Kyocera spokesman John...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corporation Friday said that it has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission its previously announced restatements. The company restated financial information for 2002 and 2003, including interim quarterly financial information for those years.The restatements result in certain changes to the...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $150 million contract to provide U.S. Cellular with CDMA2000 equipment, software and professional services in the Chicago market. Lucent said it will upgrade its existing base stations on the network with CDMA2000 1x channel cards and...
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular dealers asked the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support for the $41 billion transaction. "This merger proposes an unacceptable level of concentration...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $150 million contract to provide U.S. Cellular with CDMA2000 equipment, software and professional services in the Chicago market.Lucent said it will upgrade its existing base stations on the network with CDMA2000 1x channel cards...
NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to auction the licenses to a spectrum-starved industry. But unlike the FCC's previous attempt to...
LITTLETON, Colo.-Wireless carrier inventory levels increased 13 percent between the third quarter of 2003 and the final three months of last year, which translated into a $215 million increase in inventory levels and an increase in days of sales from 42.5 days to 48.2...
In addition to the freedom of keeping your cell-phone number when switching between carriers, local number portability has also brought frustration for some porting customers who-after finally freeing themselves from one carrier with their number-have been faced with the unenviable task of porting contact...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it had completed an exchange of wireless operations with Rural Cellular Corp. in Oregon, Mississippi and Alabama. The exchange agreement called for AWS to assume Rural Cellular's TDMA operations in the Lincoln, Oregon-4 market between Salem and Eugene,...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless services Inc. said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular's TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering a population of more than 1.3 million people. The carrier said the acquisition complements...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless yesterday said it completed its $95 million cash purchase of U.S. Cellular's TDMA wireless operations in south central Texas, a market serving 74,000 customers and covering a population of more than 1.3 million people. The carrier said the acquisition complements its...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. reported the early repayment of a $105 million inter-company note due in 2008 to parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. that U.S. Cellular said will reduce interest expenses. The carrier noted it used funds from its $700 million revolving credit...
Sprint PCS posted better numbers for the recent quarter, while its affiliates saw fewer net adds, as did regional carrier U.S. Cellular Corp.Sprint PCS posted 390,000 direct customer additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, compared with 250,000 subscribers added during the fourth quarter...
The wireless industry has had a long and lucrative history with sponsoring sporting events. According to a report released last year by Sports Marketing Surveys Ltd., the telecommunications industry signed 91 sports sponsorship deals in 2002, trailing only the automotive industry's 124 sponsorship agreements....
WASHINGTON-Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit and "erupt with force...
