WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is appealing a decision by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to impose conditions on it receiving universal-service subsidies, arguing the conditions amount to rate regulation prohibited by federal law.The Colorado PUC's "decision subjects Western Wireless' provision of service as an eligible...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Cellular One have made the Kyocera Aktiv wireless handset available to Cellular One subscribers.The durable, rubbberized CDMA phone is targeted at users with active lifestyles. It features a color display, polyphonic ring tones, global positioning system technology, wireless Internet...
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd.The new network positions NuevaTel to increase capacity, broaden coverage and offer improved GSM services under the VIVA...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it would offer $200 million of its Class A common stock to help fund general corporate purposes, working capital requirements, capital expenditures and for potential acquisitions. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is acting as sole book-running manager in connection with...
Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall through their own service offering, while others are struggling to find the right mix...
WASHINGTON-A group of nine wireline companies, two with wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other's networks, and most of the wireless industry is none too happy about it. "It is an awful...
CHEYENNE, Wyo.-Western Wireless Corp. doing business as Cellular One said it is in the process of upgrading its Montana network with digital technology to provide customers with improved wireless coverage and access to its CDMA2000 1x-enabled data services, including BREW-based downloadable content, picture and...
WASHINGTON-A group of wireline companies, two of which have wireless affiliates, are proposing to radically change the way carriers compensate each other to carry traffic on each other's networks, and most of the wireless industry is none too happy about it."It is an awful...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. subscribers. The Remo service allows wireless customers to access e-mail from seven different POP3...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile applications provider Xpherix Corp. said its Remo, iPhonebook and iDatebook applications are now available to Western Wireless Corp.'s Cellular One subscribers, Cellular South customers and Ntelos Inc. subscribers. The Remo service allows wireless customers to access e-mail from seven different POP3...
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. went on the defensive Aug. 5, filing suit in federal court in Nebraska against the Nebraska Public Service Commission and several rural local exchange carriers, objecting to a NPSC waiver granted to the RLECs removing their responsibilities to implement intermodal porting."The...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.-Western Wireless Corp. has selected Harris Corp. to supply radios to expand its network capacity.The provider of rural wireless communications will use Harris' Constellation radios, which feature the high-capacity 4xDS3 interface, in an attempt to grow its network and increase its current...
Western Wireless Corp. said it added 10,900 domestic subscribers during the second quarter of this year compared with 15,000 subscribers added during the second quarter of 2003. The rural carrier ended the first half of this year with more than 1.3 million total customers.Customer...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE, N.C.-Western Wireless Corp. has selected Harris Corp. to supply radios to expand its network capacity.The provider of rural wireless communications will use Harris' Constellation radios, which feature the high-capacity 4xDS3 interface, in an attempt to grow its network and increase its current...
Internet dating sites have proven to be one of the most popular aspects of the Web, and as with the gaming, adult-content and music businesses, many matchmaking companies are eager to transfer their wired successes to the wireless venue.Webdate Inc. is launching its Webdate...
MIAMI-Webdate Inc. said it was launching its Webdate Mobile application on Western Wireless Corp. and U.S. Cellular Corp.'s CDMA2000 1x-based data networks, providing users with access to Webdate.com's online dating profiles, chat and real-time messaging services through their wireless devices.Webdate noted that it's adding...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The mobile gaming industry continued its contraction, with the announcement that InfoSpace Inc. acquired the assets of Atlas Mobile Inc., a provider of wireless multiplayer tournament games.The value of the acquisition was not disclosed."The acquisition of Atlas Mobile's multiplayer tournament game platform and...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The mobile gaming industry continued its contraction, with the announcement that InfoSpace Inc. acquired the assets of Atlas Mobile Inc., a provider of wireless multiplayer tournament games.The value of the acquisition was not disclosed."The acquisition of Atlas Mobile's multiplayer tournament game platform and...
Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year and upgrades to existing CDMA markets in Missouri, Montana,...
High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas to go along with upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year and upgrades made to...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. reported late last week it had completed refinancing its $1.5 billion senior secured credit facility, which included a $225 million, six-year term loan A and a $975 million, seven-year term loan B, both fully drawn at closing, and a $300...
A pair of carriers shared the top spot in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking of 20 North American wireless operators' first-quarter financial results as Verizon Wireless and Canadian operator Telus Mobility both posted the lowest overall score and soundly outpaced the competition. The first-place...
While there may be a lack of visual similarities, John Stanton's career in the wireless industry has nearly mirrored John Travolta's stardom in Hollywood. Both came out of nowhere at an early age to make an enormous impact-Travolta with "Saturday Night Fever" in the...
