AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing possible...
Wireless stocks posted strong gains in early Wednesday trading following renewed rumors of a possible merger between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and an upgrade of the wireless sector from neutral to positive by Lehman Brothers.The latest merger rumor between Cingular...
BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing...
Despite an increase in the total amount of inventory, U.S. wireless carriers reduced their days of sales in inventory 13 percent from 48.6 days during the second quarter of this year to 42.5 days in the third quarter, according to a report from InfoTech...
Despite an increase in the total amount of inventory, U.S. wireless carriers reduced their days of sales in inventory 13 percent from 48.6 days during the second quarter of this year to 42.5 days in the third quarter, according to a report from InfoTech...
U.S. Cellular Corp. reported the sale of $444 million of 6.7-percent senior notes due 2033 priced at a discount to yield approximately 6.83 percent. The carrier added that it plans to file a prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with...
U.S. Cellular Corp. received mixed messages from debt rating agencies as Fitch Ratings affirmed the carrier's 'A-' senior unsecured debt rating and 'BBB+' subordinated debt rating, while Moody's Investors Services downgraded the carrier's senior long-term debt rating from A3 to Baa1 and its subordinated...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95 million in cash. The operations include 25 megahertz metropolitan statistical area and rural service area licenses currently serving 74,000 customers...
U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95 million in cash. The operations include 25 megahertz metropolitan statistical area and rural service area licenses currently serving 74,000 customers...
FORT WAYNE, Ind.-U.S. Cellular Corp. launched service in Fort Wayne, Ind., with supporting services, including eight company-owned retail locations, 12 exclusive agent sites and 65 cell towers.The carrier added that it has also partnered with the Fort Wayne Community School on its Study Connection...
NEW YORK-U.S. Cellular Corp. Chief Financial Officer Kenneth Meyers said the regional operator has no plans to cut prices ahead of the Nov. 24 local number portability mandate, and the carrier will instead focus its attention on retaining its approximately 4.1 million subscribers in...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
CHICAGO-Regional wireless carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. said in a statement that while it applauds the Federal Communications Commission's ruling this week providing for wireline to wireless number portability beginning Nov. 24, the carrier thinks both industries are unprepared to meet increased consumer expectations that...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced U.S. Cellular has implemented its product-based billing platform for U.S. Cellular's wireless data services."Portal's billing solution will enable us to leverage investments in 1xRTT network technology and charge for the full value of easyedge, our innovative new wireless data...
WASHINGTON-Some wireless carriers are hoping the fat lady has yet to sing.Lobbyists staged a last-ditch effort to delay the Nov. 24 wireless local number portability mandate until after the holiday shopping season. The hope is to attach a rider to the bill that funds...
WASHINGTON-It ain't over 'til it's over, and state regulators are not giving up until they are sure the wireless industry cannot succeed in delaying the Nov. 24 mandate to implement local number portability."The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners will remain vigilant. The wireless...
U.S. Cellular reported an increase in service revenues of 12 percent for the third quarter of 2003 to $628.4 million over the same period a year ago. The company's $97 million in operating income during the quarter was a 55-percent increase over the third...
Twelve of the nation's top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV stations, movie studios and virtually any other business to purchase a five-digit text messaging...
WASHINGTON-A think tank funded by the wireless industry and other tech sectors today warned in a new study that U.S. cellular subscribers could pay over $16 billion a year-or about $10 per month extra-to pay for taxes and regulations imposed on the wireless industry....
The wireless industry continues to move closer to a universal short code service, with mobile marketing company M-Qube announcing a new TV voting deal with Universal Domestic Television.Under the deal, the station will offer a text messaging campaign through its "The 5th Wheel" dating...
TEWSKBURY, Mass.-U.S. Cellular said it has selected Starent Networks Corp. to provide key infrastructure for its core data network, using the Starent ST16 Intelligent Media Gateway.The air interface protocol of the network is CDMA2000 1x."The network will offer a range of new data communications...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather Inc. announced it will offer its weather forecasts and information over U.S. Cellular's BREW application download service.The AccuWeather.com application will become one of the featured applications on U.S. Cellular's data service, set to be deployed throughout its CDMA 1XRTT markets in...
OTTAWA-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it will use Spotwave Wireless Inc.'s SpotCell adaptive repeater to provide in-building coverage. The repeater will allow U.S. Cellular to provide wireless coverage in entire buildings or targeted areas of up to 100,000 square feet. "SpotCell adaptive repeaters change the...
Following more than 15 months of trials, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. plans to commercially launch its Easyedge data service today, providing customers with access to the carrier's expanding CDMA2000 1x network and throwing its hat into an increasingly competitive data market that...
