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WASHINGTON-As May 24 looms ahead as the date the rest of the wireless industry has to implement local number portability, a move is afoot that would allow states, not the …

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service has violated the law in allowing the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower in close proximity to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, according to …

Verizon Wireless ended 2003 in the same position as it began the year, as both the nation’s largest carrier as well as the highest ranked wireless provider based on five …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. introduced its Unlimited Home Calling Plan for Cellular One customers in the Midwest that provides unlimited voice service minutes when calls are made within the Cellular …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers and alternative telecom carriers decried a recommendation to restrict universal service subsidies to one line per household. The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, created to find a …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. reported $413.6 million in consolidated revenues during the fourth quarter of 2003 compared with $305 million during the previous year. Net income also increased from a …

Identity theft, a popular catch phrase in the financial services industry, is also the leading type of fraud afflicting the telecommunications industry, according to a new survey by the Telecommunications …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, provided clues about what criteria should be used for ETC designation, which is necessary …

The wireless industry’s love-hate relationship with Wall Street appears to be on the mend as investors again flocked back to the segment that just over a year ago was offering …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted Virginia Cellular L.L.C. eligible telecommunications carrier status, and in the process, has provided clues to both the divisions within the commission about what criteria …

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell last week appointed Lisa Zaina to be chief executive officer of the Universal Service Administrative Co. “I will sorely miss Lisa, but I’m proud to know …

Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. again led the wireless industry in N. Moore Capital Ltd.’s ranking of wireless carriers during the third quarter of this year, with the carriers …

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless International Corp. and Modern Africa Growth & Investment Co., U.S.-based majority owners of a mobile firm in Cote d’Ivoire, have filed a $54 million expropriation claim against the …

Wireless local area network aggregator Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with WorldCom Inc., providing the telecommunications provider’s MCI customers with remote access service to Boingo’s more than 2,000 …

Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. again led the wireless industry in N. Moore Capital Ltd.’s ranking of wireless carriers during the third quarter of this year, with the carriers’ …

The past few years have forced mobile carriers to change tactics on many fronts. During the telecom boom, having a global presence seemed essential. But wireless carriers recently have been …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will host, operate and manage Western Wireless Corp.’s multimedia messaging service offering throughout the carrier’s domestic CDMA coverage area. Ericsson noted that in addition to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will host, operate and manage Western Wireless Corp.’s multimedia messaging service offering throughout the carrier’s domestic CDMA coverage area. Ericsson noted that in addition to …

As the holiday season approaches, the industry’s mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters. First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its OpenDoor wireless Internet access service for its Cellular One customers using the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x network in select markets in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, …

WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. is not substantially different from other Tier II carriers, so it should not be exempted from the wireless local number portability rules, said the Federal Communications Commission …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court panel signaled it was prepared to send back to the Federal Communications Commission an interconnection decision with far-reaching implications for the wireless industry, but the agency …

WASHINGTON-The ransacking of a U.S.-owned mobile-phone company in Cote d’Ivoire, the recent jailing of a billionaire oil tycoon in Russia and geopolitical instability associated with global terrorism represent the kind …

WASHINGTON-The man suspected of raiding the offices of the U.S.-owned mobile-phone carrier in Cote d’Ivoire and forcing the network to shut down was taken into custody by authorities over the …

Western Wireless Corp. said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to discontinue using the Rate-of-Return regulatory system for setting rural telephone companies’ universal service support and access charges, arguing …