Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--Canadian telecom operator Rogers announced a...
Sprint Nextel said it has closed on its $480 million acquisition of a handful of markets from regional carrier U.S. Cellular. The deal included operations in Chicago, St. Louis and a handful of markets in the Midwest and spectrum assets in the 1.9 GHz...
U.S. Cellular reported a shifting customer base moving increasingly towards the carrier’s prepaid services as well as growing impact from the sales of LTE-equipped devices.
The carrier said it lost 74,000 postpaid customers during the first quarter, compared with a loss of 38,000 for...
Regional operator U.S. Cellular looks set to join the dark side, announcing plans to offer Apple products by the end of the year. The carrier had originally decided to not offer products from the computing giant citing high costs associated with subsidizing devices for...
AT&T and U.S. Cellular are the first two U.S. carriers to offer Samsung's new flagship, the Galaxy S4. Pre-orders start today, with the handsets shipping at the end of the month. The 16GB version of the phone starts at $199 with a contract. T-Mobile...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular unveiled a new trial test drive program for customers allowing them to check coverage in areas where they actually travel before signing up for service. The offering is currently being tested in Knoxville, Tenn.; Medford, Ore.; and Rocky Mount,...
Indicating an increased reliance on prepaid customers, U.S. Cellular posted fourth quarter financial results highlighting a net customer gain for its branded service on the back of its no-contract offering, though increased expenses hit its bottom line.
The regional carrier said it lost 10,000 customers...
Regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular said it was on tap to expand LTE services to more than 3,800 cities and towns across its coverage footprint by the end of the year, expanding current coverage that it claims encompasses 61% of its current customer base....
Nokia Siemens Networks said it had a hand in U.S. Cellular's expansion of its LTE network late last year, providing radio access network and mobile management entity technology across in 11 markets across Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and West...
Verizon Wireless continued to parse out spectrum licenses as it announced today that U.S. Cellular has agreed to purchase a 700 MHz A-Block license covering Oklahoma City and 31 other counties in Oklahoma covering 1.9 million potential customers. Financial terms of the deal were...
Wireless industry trade association CTIA said it was set to bring on five new members to its 2013 executive committee and announced its 2013 officers.
The new officers will include Mary Dillon, president and CEO of U.S. Cellular, who will serve as chairperson; Dan Mead,...
Clearwire (CLWR) and U.S. Cellular (USM), not MetroPCS, may be behind Sprint Nextel's delay in filing a proxy statement outlining its proposed merger with Japan's Softbank. Last week Sprint Nextel (S) and Softbank said their filing would be delayed until December 21, and late...
In a move that marks a significant operational shift, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it was selling its operations in Chicago, St. Louis and a handful of markets in the Midwest to Sprint Nextel for $480 million. The transaction, which is expected to close mid-2013,...
AT&T late last week reiterated its opposition to a government mandate that the carrier include lower A-Block support to its 700 MHz plans, citing continued interference concerns and currently available devices and equipment already supporting that spectrum band.
A number of regional operators and trade...
With the second quarter financial reporting finally complete, and the school year set to begin for many across the country, we figured this was a great time to hand out some Q2 grades for the domestic market’s largest players. Analysis would seem to indicate...
Verizon Wireless has agreed to make a $1.25 million “voluntary” payment to the United Stated Treasury in connection with an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission into the carrier not complying with licensing requirements associated with its 700 MHz C-Block spectrum. The requirements in...
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Interference concerns surrounding lower 700 MHz spectrum licenses does not appear to be derailing U.S. Cellular, which according to a report picked up a handful of A-Block licenses from a fellow regional telecom operator.
According to a report released today by Wells Fargo Securities, U.S....
Gemalto says it has added U.S. Cellular to the list of companies that will use its universal integrated circuit cards in LTE-enabled devices. The SIM cards allow carriers to authenticate subscribers to both LTE and CDMA networks. Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel are also...
AT&T came to the rescue of the proposed Band Class 17 proposal that would see a 3GPP standard for LTE interoperability across the lower 700 MHz band exclude the A-Band that is mired in potential interference issues.
In a report filed with the Federal Communications...
Summer is here and with it a hot new smartphone - but this June it's not an iPhone that will have consumers lining up outside retail stores. While Apple is widely expected to delay its new iPhone launch until fall as it did last...
A handful of lower 700 MHz spectrum holders released a report showing that concerns regarding interference across the spectrum bands A-Block are unfounded and that current proceedings designed to preclude that spectrum block from 3GPP standards for LTE will limit roaming capabilities.
The report, which...
According to a new study released by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, customer satisfaction across the wireless industry dropped from last year, despite aggregate gains across all sectors of the economy covered by the survey. The ACSI uses interviews with roughly 70,000 customers to...
