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 supplying the platform and integrating the application with Western Wireless' network and billing system, it...
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 announced it will sell its SGH-x426 through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone features a...
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, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Texas.The carrier noted the service is...
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 Monday-the same day the obligation to port numbers in the top 100 metropolitan service...
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 could use a legal defeat to revise its policy in such a way that...
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 of new challenges in high-growth emerging markets that could make wireless firms increasingly dependent...
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 weekend, according to an embassy spokesman."He was arrested on charges of having raided Cora...
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 the system "bloats the universal service fund, creates opportunities and incentives for waste, fraud...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. priced a public offering of 12 million shares of common stock that the carrier expects will generate $228 million. The carrier said it will use net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, to fund working capital requirements, for...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) asked the Bush administration to press the government of Cote d'Ivoire to make amends for the forced closure in that country of a mobile-phone system owned by Western Wireless Corp. and other U.S. investors."I request that you bring all of...
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp., which announced last month plans to sell its wireless operations to Western Wireless Corp., reported a $25.9 million before tax and $15.3 million after tax writedown during the third quarter related to the pending sale. The writedown contributed...
Western Wireless Corp. reported strong third-quarter year-over-year customer growth and improved total revenues for its domestic wireless operations bolstered by increases in average revenue per user and a decrease in customer churn that were offset by a drop in net income and roaming revenues.The...
WASHINGTON-Western Wireless Corp. and other investors today said they will ask the Cote d'Ivoire government to compensate them for having to shut down a U.S.-owned mobile-phone system in the African nation, following looting and strong-arm tactics by a shadowy businessman who U.S. investors claim...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. added two U.S. carriers to its list of BREW clients, with both Metro PCS and Western Wireless Corp. signing agreements with the vendor to offer BREW services to their subscribers.MetroPCS's subscribers in San Francisco; Sacramento, Calif.; Miami; and Atlanta will be...
Western Wireless Corp. announced the registration statement for the resale of its outstanding 4.625-percent convertible subordinated notes due 2023 and the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
WASHINGTON-Universal service was a hot topic in Washington last week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign by TracFone Wireless. "The Federal Communications Commission's proposed change would impact every landline and cell phone, charging the user $1 or...
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers currently finance about 30 percent of the universal-service fund, but only get about 2 percent of the money available, John Stanton, chairman, director and chief executive officer of Western Wireless Corp. told the House telecommunications subcommittee Wednesday."That really goes to the question...
WASHINGTON-When Stephen Largent was chosen as the new president of the Cellular & Telecommunications Association, his only connection to the wireless industry appeared to be as a former member of the House telecom subcommittee, but John Stanton, chairman, director and chief executive officer of...
WASHINGTON-Universal service is a hot topic in Washington this week with two House panels hearing testimony, a think-tank seminar and an ad campaign launched Tuesday by TracFone Wireless."The Federal Communications Commission's proposed change would impact every landline and cell phone, charging the user $1...
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. said it will sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and about 1 million HickoryTech shares held by Western Wireless.HickoryTech's wireless operations include cellular and PCS licenses covering 925,000 potential...
Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell its wireless business to Western Wireless Corp. for approximately $25 million, including $12.8 million in cash and approximately 1 million HickoryTech shares currently held by Western Wireless.HickoryTech's wireless operations include cellular and PCS...
Western Wireless Corp. filed amended quarterly reports for the first and second quarters of this year with the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to comments the carrier received from the SEC regarding its first-quarter 10-Q filing.The carrier said the amendments revise disclosures related...
WASHINGTON-Two rural trade associations tried Wednesday to shoot down Western Wireless Corp.'s basic argument that competition and universal service can co-exist."Congress was careful to treat areas served by rural telephone companies differently, in recognition of the uncertainty regarding both the feasibility and the desirability...
Of the handful of rural carriers that reported second-quarter results last week, including Western Wireless Corp., Dobson Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp., Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Alamosa Holdings Inc. and US Unwired Inc., nearly all reported relatively flat roaming growth and all posted a...
