Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Greetings from Kansas City, where we are feeling very “red” after last Tuesday's elections. We're just about...
Verizon Wireless (VZ) is offering certain existing customers an unlimited data plan that rivals one from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S). The company's Verizon Wireless Talk and Text Plus Data promotion offers unlimited text, unlimited data and 450 minutes of talk time for...
U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) reported better earnings on basically flat revenue for the third quarter, and while average revenue per user increased, the carrier continued to lose customers. Total subscriber count dropped by 41,000 from June through September.The operator introduced service plans called ...
Building on to its Belief Project loyalty program, U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) introduced a smart-phone service plan aimed at heavy data users who consume fewer voice minutes. The carrier's $69.99 Primary Plus Plan includes 5 Gigabytes of data; unlimited messaging; and free GPS...
Not to be left out of the current tablet craze, U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) said it will begin offering Samsung Telecommunication Americas’ Galaxy Tab device “in time for the holiday shopping season.” The carrier said it would announce pricing and availability details soon, though...
Looking to re-establish its position in the space, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) unveiled a number of new customers initiatives designed to retain and attract mobile customers increasingly dissatisfied with current carrier methods.The new initiative, bundled under the ambitiously titled “The Belief...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The end of the third quarter is quickly arriving with surprisingly little fanfare: no last minute sales...
The Wireless History Foundation revealed this year’s inductees into its Wireless Hall of Fame.The inductees are: LeRoy T. Carlson, founder and chairman emeritus of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and founder of U.S. Cellular; Edward Samuel “Ted” Rogers Jr. (posthumously), president and CEO of...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Just about every mobile operator came away with something in J.D. Power and Associates' latest call quality performance report. Verizon Wireless garnered the top prize for the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and West regions, and a tie for the top spot in the Southeast. Sprint Nextel...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It almost goes without saying, but our communications world has changed a lot over the past...
Though only available for a few days, rumblings have already begun that Research In Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) Torch device has met with only modest sales success. Financial analysts have pegged sales of the smart phone, which launched exclusively in the United States at AT&T...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Editor's Note: The list below is a wrap up of second-quarter 2010 results for the nation's largest facilities-based and public wireless carriers. The results are from the carriers' quarterly reports and include all customers on their networks, including network partners.Verizon Wireless (VZ) continues to...
Hydrogenics Corp., which develops products based on hydrogen generation and fuel cell technologies, forged a strategic alliance with CommScope Inc. (CTV) that calls for the companies to jointly develop next-generation power modules for telecom backup power applications. The deal includes an equity investment...
Editor's Note: Following are the top-paid CEOs of U.S.-based companies in the wireless industry. Last week, RCR Wireless News ran the list of the top 10 highest paid wireless executives. This week we are featuring No. 11- 20. Some caveats apply: private companies...
U.S. Cellular (USM) launched its Your Navigation Deluxe navigation service, which is powered by TeleNav (TNAV). The service includes voice-guided turn-by-turn 3D GPS navigation, speech recognition, business listings, real-time traffic alerts and one-touch rerouting, weather updates and online trip planning.Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) said it has...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. updated the distribution plans for its Galaxy S smartphone platform with Verizon Wireless (VZ), T-Mobile USA Inc. (DT), Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and U.S. Cellular Corp. (USM) all announcing today plans to launch a version of the Google Inc. (GOOG)...
U.S. Cellular Corp. and its parent company Telephone & Data Systems Inc., is not releasing first-quarter financial results until Monday as the carrier said it found some errors in its statement. U.S. Cellular originally planned to release Q1 numbers today. The company said...
Looking to keep customers in formed of their usage and thus happier with their carrier, U.S. Cellular Corp. unveiled its Overage Protection service that will send a free text message to customers that have used 75% of their calling plan minutes or text messages....
The wireless industry's No. 5 carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. added 20,000 customers during the fourth quarter of 2008, which was less than half the 44,000 subscribers the carrier managed to add the previous year, though an improvement over the 18,000 customers it lost the...
The presidential contest that will - almost certainly - be decided this week may be remembered as the point where politics collided with mobile. And I'm not talking just about Barack Obama's text-message campaign.A small army of wireless players is hoping to exploit the...
It's become quite clear which technology the top four carriers have sided with in the next-generation debate between WiMAX and Long Term Evolution. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the lone supporter for WiMAX; Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility Inc. made public their plans to deploy...
U.S. Cellular Corp. and parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. have their sights set on the Big Apple, stock wise. Both companies announced today intentions to switch their publicly traded shares to the New York Stock Exchange from their current listing on the...
