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 and 5,500 highway miles using 1.9 GHz licenses supplied by T-Mobile USA.The network will...
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.With the agreements, Western Wireless said it will build out a GSM/GPRS network using its...
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 recently received comments on the issue and the comments appear to break down the familiar...
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 stock and debt securities that may be offered from time to time."Today's filing will...
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 politics."I have clearly given it some serious thought, will continue to give it serious...
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 vote for contestants on USA Networks' upcoming "Nashville Star" TV show.AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless,...
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 last year with nearly 1.2 million customers. The increase in customer growth was helped...
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, serving as CFO at both companies. Gillespie has served in various positions at Western...
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 and unnecessary regulations by creating yet another cog in the regulatory wheel," said Thomas Wheeler,...
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
NEW YORK-Citing continued competitive pressure and a slowing subscriber base, Moody's Investor Services downgraded its outlook for the wireless industry to negative and placed a majority of non-investment grade operators on review for possible downgrade.The ratings agency revised its outlook for both AT&T Wireless...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Nuevatel is planning to invest US$12.5 million this year in Bolivia to launch its long-distance service in July and expand its cellular network. The objective of both initiatives is to generate a synergy between the fixed-line network owned by Cochabamba Cooperative (Comteco)...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission's auction of three rural cellular licenses ended on Tuesday with affiliates of Western Wireless Corp. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. walking away with the licenses.Both Western and Cingular had received interim operating authority from the FCC to operate in these areas...
WASHINGTON—The wireless industry needs consolidation, said one of the titans of the industry on Tuesday."The industry does need to be consolidated," said John Stanton, chief executive officer of Western Wireless Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. "In contrast to Western, most companies in the industry...
WASHINGTON—One of the major players in the PCS C-block saga said on Tuesday that a negotiated settlement is probably not the way to go because it will not give everyone what they need."I think the best answer is to let the courts resolve this...
NEW YORK—Investors and analysts took their frustration out on Western Wireless Corp. following its disappointing first-quarter results sending the struggling rural carrier's stock price down more than 40 percent in early Friday trading to an all-time low of $2.91 per share. The carrier's stock...
By Alejandro AlfieBUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As the economic crisis in Argentina continues, the impact is being felt throughout South America’s mobile industry.“The situation in Argentina has dramatically affected the mobile penetration in the country,” said Leslie Arathoon, Latin America Manager of Pyramid Research. “This means...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Western Wireless Corp. posted $286.4 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2001 and $1 billion in revenue for the entire year compared with $237.1 million and $834.9 million respectively for the previous year.While revenues increased, net income dropped from a profit...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—As planned, the telephony liberalization process in Bolivia began on 28 November, including a multicarrier system for national and international long-distance calls. Through the process, Entel's monopoly of the market has finally ended, as well as the regional cooperatives' hold on local...
READING, England—Western Wireless Corp. selected Logica's Radio Planning Odyssey product for RF planning, network optimization and digital migration programs.Financial terms of the agreement were not released.
During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 subscribers after the first full year of availability in 1984 to nearly 120...
DALLAS-Cellular One Group, a fully-owned subsidiary of Western Wireless Corp., launched a new branding campaign on the Internet using Superstitials, which is a technology that waits for the television-quality commercial to download before playing on the user's computer. Once the commercial is downloaded, it...
A handful of wireless affiliates and regional cellular operators reported mixed results last week, showing the economic slowdown has not entirely missed wireless operators.Heading the list of mixed results, Western Wireless Corp. reported 30,000 net customer additions for the quarter, ending the quarter with...
WASHINGTON-A recent federal appeals court decision might make it even more difficult for wireless companies, such as Western Wireless Corp., to obtain subsidies from the universal-service fund.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit July 31 reversed rules created by the Federal Communications...
