BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless said it plans to lay off 1,000 employees as it tries to streamline its operations. The cuts are expected to come from management positions in its information technology, marketing and finance operations.
CHICAGO—GTCR Golder Rauner L.L.C. announced it has completed its acquisition of TSI Telecommunications Services Inc. from Verizon Communications Inc. in a $800 million transaction.Edward Evans, formerly president and chief operating officer of Dobson Communications, pursued the acquisition in partnership with GTCR and will assume...
OKLAHOMA CITY, United States—Dobson Communications completed a previously announced sale of four wireless licenses and related operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee to Verizon Wireless for approximately US$465 million. The sale included California RSA No.7 covering approximately 147,000 potential customers; Georgia RSA No....
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking the court to direct the FCC to return more than US$1.7 billion of the carrier's funds, which...
TORONTO—Sierra Wireless has begun shipments of its high-speed communications card to Verizon Wireless. The new AirCard 555 modem will provide higher connectivity speeds for mobile workers who want to send e-mail, connect to corporate networks or browse the Internet.The launch of the new product...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for delivering multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless' Express Network data service as a test platform.The company said the trial consisted of the transmission of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded five third-generation (3G) licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in Asia's first 3G auction reached T$48.9 billion (US$1.4 billion), up nearly 50 percent over the state-set minimum prices.The auction ended...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless signed an agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to commercially launch applications based on Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless platform. The BREW platform will allow Verizon Wireless customers to download entertainment and productivity applications over the air.Verizon Wireless said it will begin...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan awarded its five third-generation licenses following a 19-day auction that saw bid totals much higher than analysts had expected. Total bids in the auction—Asia's first 3G auction—reached $1.4 billion, up nearly 50 percent over the state-set minimum prices.The auction ended after 3GO...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands—Royal Philips Electronics said it has successfully concluded a trial of its solution for the delivery of multimedia content and applications over wireless networks using Verizon Wireless' Express Network data service as a test platform.The company said the trial consisted of the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless launched its America's Choice calling plans designed to reward customers with the use of its entire network as the home calling area, large buckets of minutes and free long-distance from the plan's footprint.The carrier said the plan is available with specified...
SAN DIEGO—Ericsson AB signed a contract to deploy cdma2000 equipment throughout Verizon Wireless' 1xRTT Express network for services such as high-bandwidth Internet access and e-mail.Ericsson said it will provide integrated policy management, profile definition and the ability to offer a range of differentiated services.
DENVER, United States—Verizon Wireless became the first nationwide U.S. carrier to commercially launch cdma2000 1x services this week as it unveiled its Express Network in a select number of markets. The nation's largest operator said the next-generation services initially will be available to digital...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless acquired the business assets of CDMA operator Alabama Wireless Inc., expanding the carrier's footprint throughout a seven-county area stretching from Birmingham to Huntsville and Florence in northern Alabama. Alabama Wireless' operations, marketed under the Cellular One brand name, cover 360,000 potential...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is not likely to return the deposits made by re-auction winners for the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Urban Comm-North Carolina Inc. by Friday as requested by the auction winners, said FCC Chairman Michael...
WASHINGTON—The wireless industry will need to consolidate to bring high-speed data rates to wireless customers and the lifting of the spectrum cap will help that, said Ivan Seidenberg, co-chief executive officer of Verizon Communications Inc.The cap limits the amount of spectrum a carrier can...
WASHINGTON—Bankrupt U.S. personal communications services (PCS) carrier NextWave Telecom received a 14-day extension on the deadline to file its opposition to the U.S. government's Supreme Court appeal of a federal appeals court ruling, giving NextWave licenses back to the bankrupt entity. The opposition is...
WASHINGTON—The re-auction winners of spectrum belonging to bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and Urban Comm-North Carolina Inc. met with staff of the Federal Communications Commission today to discuss whether and/or when the agency will return $3.1 billion in deposits made last February.The meeting came in...
IRVINE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless said it is introducing Maestro, a duo of Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC and CDM-9100 wireless phone with Internet access and "a broad array of wireless capabilities."The carrier says the product is available in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless unveiled the SCH-N300, a new wireless phone capable of identifying a caller's calling location and phone number to an emergency call center.Verizon said the E911 location-based technology will work in areas where its network and the local 911 call center system...
WASHINGTON-The House and Senate left town Friday without giving the wireless industry its Christmas present-legislation codifying the settlement to end the bankruptcy of NextWave Telecom Inc.As wireless lobbyists all over town wondered how they could have gotten the legislative equivalent of a lump of...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported promising results from participants in it Express Network preview, setting the stage for the planned commercial availability of its 1XRTT Express Network in the first half of next year.The preview demonstrated that popular business applications are compatible with the Express...
WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won't be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness persisting here and abroad, the industry is not totally in control of its future....
Boingo Wireless Inc. launched with plans to provide wireless Internet access at speeds up to 11 Megabits per second in major hotels, airports and coffee shops.Founded by Sky Dayton, the founder and chairman of EarthLink, the company will use 802.11b technology. A beta version...
