Western Wireless

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By Alejandro Alfie BUENOS 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications reflected the dramatic drop in the number and size of mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies last quarter, Los Angeles-based Mergerstat reported. Across industry sectors, these transactions numbered …

WASHINGTON-Despite fierce lobbying by Western Wireless Corp. and the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe, a decision from the Federal Communications Commission to award Western Wireless eligible telecommunications carrier status in time …

TERRY, Mont.-Western Wireless Corp. took a substantial step towards third-generation technology by launching 1xRTT high-speed wireless data service in rural Terry, Mont., last week. Western Wireless, which normally operates under …

While large wireless operators are more than happy to discuss their plans for next-generation wireless services, some of the small- to mid-sized carriers seem to have let the idea of …

Rural Cellular Corp. reigned supreme during the first quarter of this year, according to Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown’s recent metric ranking of 22 U.S. wireless operators. The report ranked each …

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, justice, state and the judiciary subcommittee last week to ask for $248.5 million for fiscal year 2002. …

LONDON-Vodafone Group said it agreed to sell its 100-percent equity stake in Austrian telecommunications company tele.ring for an undisclosed amount to U.S.-based Western Wireless International. Vodafone said the value of …

WASHINGTON-Wireless telecommunications is an alternative to wireline telephone service but the wireline trade association believes states-which generally do not regulate wireless service-should still decide whether wireless carriers are eligible to …

WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the Senate communications subcommittee and the Federal Communications Commission are slated to begin briefing Senate staffers about spectrum policy and how it should not be used to …

DENVER, United States-Bolivian personal communications services operator Nuevatel will likely be the first operator in the Americas to launch General Packet Radio Service. The Andean nation of Bolivia, which usually …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The arrival of a third cellular telephony operator will provide the conditions for the Bolivian market to acquire more cellular than fixed telephony users during the first half …