Western Wireless

Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular’s Northeast region and …

Rural Cellular Corp. said it is acquiring PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and one of its affiliates covering 1.9 million potential customers in Rural Cellular’s Northeast region and …

Wireless carriers have joined the millions of homeowners who are taking advantage of the country’s economic slowdown and resulting low interest rates to reduce debt levels and refinance existing debt …

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is protesting the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization. The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless $200,000 …

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. on June 13 strongly objected to the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed fine for operating a tower in a historic area without proper authorization. The FCC wants to …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its CCC rating to Western Wireless Corp.’s $100 million convertible subordinated notes offering and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it intends to sell $100 million of convertible subordinated notes due 2023, which will be convertible into Western Wireless Class A common stock. The offering …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Western Wireless International Corp. reported an agreement to sell its 19-percent interest in Croatia’s largest GSM wireless operator VIPnet d.o.o. to Mobilkom Austria Aktiengesellschaft & …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW’s planned overlay of its existing …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. has been chosen to provide vendor services for Western Wireless Corp.’s CDMA network and its recently announced GSM/GPRS overlay. Wireless Facilities will offer services, including project …

After years of claiming there are too many competitors in the wireless industry for anyone to make a profit, the federal government finally pulled off the leash, lifting spectrum-cap rules …

WASHINGTON-The Bush Administration was berated Thursday by a powerful lawmaker for cutting and eliminating funding for telecommunications grants that could be used by Native Americans to improve teledensity in Indian …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed fining a carrier for building a tower without seeking the proper authorization. The FCC wants to fine Western Wireless Corp. $200,000 for constructing and …

Although GSM proponent Nokia Corp. continues to profess plans to improve its CDMA phone sales, the company’s efforts to date in the United States seem relatively unimpressive. Of the two …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed fining Western Wireless Corp. $200,000 for constructing and continuing to operate a 180-foot tower in Medora, N.D., on a ridge overlooking a historic …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported that under its recently signed roaming agreement with Western Wireless Corp., the rural operator will build out a GSM/GPRS network covering approximately 4 million people …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. signed GSM/GPRS roaming agreements with T-Mobile USA Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and said it was in discussions with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. regarding similar agreements. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is currently deciding whether to require wireless carriers to offer equal access to long-distance services in order to be eligible to receive universal-service subsidies. The FCC …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. filed a $500 million Universal Shelf Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The registration statement identifies a number of securities including common stock, preferred …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Former T-Mobile USA Inc. chief executive officer John Stanton, who announced on Monday that Robert Dotson would replace him as CEO of T-Mobile USA, is considering a life in …

SEATTLE-Universal short codes seem more of a possibility following a new announcement from messaging companies Mobliss and LogicaCMG, which are managing an interactive TV application that allows mobile-phone users to …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it added 21,700 domestic subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2002, compared with 19,000 net additions for the fourth quarter of 2001, and it ended …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. named Wayne Wisehart chief financial officer effective Jan. 30 and promoted Theresa Gillespie to vice chair. Wisehart spent 16 years at Palmer Communications and Palmer Wireless, …

WASHINGTON-A bill to create a rural advisory board at the Federal Communications Commission was not warmly received when it was introduced on Thursday. “You don’t fix the problem of burdensome …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Telecommunications Cooperative of Santa Cruz (Cotas) has become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the region by launching its Cotas M