NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to raise $3 billion this week by selling five-year and 10-year global bonds, according to Reuters. Cingular Wireless raised $2 billion in a similar sale last December, while Verizon Wireless Inc. raised nearly $4 billion a few...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The telecommunications crisis worsened during the past week in Argentina, with the second- and fourth-largest operators now in default. Telecom Argentina and CTI M
CHICAGO—Verizon Wireless plans to roll out its next-generation Express Network in a trio of new U.S. markets this week, including Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh. The market launch expands the carrier's Express Network coverage to more than 72 million potential customers or one-third of...
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Through a deal with message interoperability company InphoMatch, Verizon Wireless is now the last of the nationwide, consumer-focused carriers to allow its users to send short message service (SMS) messages to subscribers of rival carriers using only a phone number.Verizon...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless launched its Express Network next-generation service in thirteen additional markets today, bringing total coverage of the network to approximately 72 million potential customers.The cdma2000 1x-based network was introduced in Buffalo and Rochester, N.Y.; Pittsburgh; Chicago; St. Louis; Dallas and Houston; Miami,...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Consumer cell phone service rates have fallen to about 10 cents per anytime minute over the past six months, according to a recent study by ARS Inc.The study showed that overall per-minute fees for all plans decreased 13 percent from about 11.68...
NEW YORK—i3Mobile Inc., a Stamford, Conn., provider of premium wireless content, hired the Draftworldwide advertising agency to promote its new Pronto service offering voice-activated information retrieval over a variety of mobile phones and calling plans.Round-the-clock, Pronto subscribers will be able to ask for and...
NEW YORK—Attempting to decrease its exposure to Argentina's financial troubles, Verizon Communications transferred 5.5 million shares in wireless communications company CTI Holdings S.A. to a newly created trust for CTI employees.The trust will distribute the shares to a program to be developed by CTI...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission enabling the company to offer up to $5 billion in the aggregate of debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, forward purchase contracts, warrants, depositary shares and equity units.Net proceeds...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that it is returning 85 percent of the deposits made when the agency re-auctioned the personal communications services (PCS) C- and F-block licenses originally won by NextWave Telecom and Urban Comm-North Carolina. The total to be returned is...
NEW ORLEANS—The Morial Convention Center in New Orleans now owns a common wireless carrier signal distribution network that supports wireless use by customers of Alltel, Cingular Wireless, Nextel, Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless and VoiceStream.Jimmie Fore, general manager and president of the Morial Convention Center,...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said that it is returning 85 percent of the deposits made when the agency re-auctioned the PCS C- and F-block licenses originally won by NextWave Telecom Inc. and Urban Comm-North Carolina Inc. The total to be returned is $2.8 billion....
HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. continued to expand its network coverage by adding VoiceStream Wireless' GPRS network to its long lineup of wireless access technologies.GoAmerica announced it will offer its Go.Web and Mobile Office products working on the carrier's new network. GoAmerica, which has primarily relied...
ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Lucent Technologies and Verizon Wireless will begin a Washington, D.C., area trial next month of a data-optimized, cdma2000 network.The network, also known as 1xEV-DO, will provide "select business customers with secure mobile access to corporate applications such as e-mail and intranets...
HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. announced it will team with Verizon Wireless to offer the Verizon Wireless Express Network, which is based on 1xRTT CDMA technology, to its corporate customers.According to their six-year agreement, GoAmerica will integrate its Go.Web technology with Verizon Wireless' network to expand...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced per-megabyte rate plans for its Express Network data service as an alternate to its originally announced per-minute plans.The new plans, which the carrier said are designed for business customers, begin at $35 per month for 10 MB of data transmission,...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm's BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games.Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will develop games like ESPN's 2-Minute Drill for the Qualcomm platform. Verizon Wireless recently announced its...
NEW YORK—Verizon Communications said it expects to cut the equivalent of 10,000 jobs this year through attrition, less overtime and fewer consultants. The carrier cut the equivalent of 29,000 jobs last year.
PHOENIX—Verizon Wireless reported it had completed the previously announced acquisition of Dobson Communication Corp.'s 75-percent controlling interest in the Gila River Cellular General Partnership operating in the Arizona #5 RSA for approximately $85 million. The remaining 25-percent partnership interest is held by Gila River...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—The Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) announced it has changed the date of its annual Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) and it will now be held March 17 to 21 in Orlando to coincide with CTIA's Wireless 2002 show."Combining both...
GREENSVILLE, S.C.—Verizon Wireless launched its Best Network Challenge campaign asking consumers to compare wireless carriers on a number of criteria, including network performance, availability of advanced data services, customer support and overall value.The challenge will be issued to consumers through print and radio ads,...
TAMPA, Fla.—Verizon Wireless plans to launch a three-month trial of a flat-rate wireless plan for its Freeup prepaid service in Florida.The flat-rate plan will charge customers 20 cents per weekday minute and 10 cents per night and weekend minute regardless of the replenishment level....
WASHINGTON—More than 30 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission siding with the bulk of the wireless industry in opposing the imposition of wireless local number portability."It is not prudent for the commission to require wireless carriers to comply...
