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A handful of rural operators again raised concerns over future roaming capabilities in filing a petition to deny Verizon Wireless’ attempt to acquire the nation’s No. 5 operator Alltel Communications …

NEW YORK – Verizon and the unions that represent 65,000 of its workers reached a new tentative three-year contract agreement Sunday that protects union jobs and maintains employer-paid health care …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. plans to hitch its 4G plans to Long Term Evolution technology. Following in the footsteps of other CDMA carriers, MetroPCS said during its second quarter conference call …

Welcome to the RCR Wireless Newscast. We take a closer look at Sprint and what the carrier might do with its iDEN network. ; Sprint Nextel iDEN; Welcome to the …

A group of rural and small wireless providers asked the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its decision to impose an interim cap on high-cost universal service fund payments to eligible …

The Federal Communications Commission asked a federal appeals court to throw out enhanced 911 location accuracy rules approved last November but not yet put into effect, pointing to public safety …

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s second-quarter results showed increases in the two Cs, customers and churn. The nation’s No. 4 carrier added 668,000 customers, pushing its customer base to 31.5 million at …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has tapped LiveWire Mobile to power a new ringback application that allows subscribers to choose pre-selected content channels rather than individual tracks.Ringback Playlist, as the offering …

Verizon Wireless announced it completed its purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., bringing to a close a yearlong transaction that sparked complaints from consumer advocates and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).Under the …

T-Mobile USA Inc. kept good on its 3G rollout promise; the carrier launched its 3G network in Las Vegas. Although it currently lags behind its tier-one competitors in the high-speed …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s comeback campaign showed limited progress but remains a work in progress, as the struggling No. 3 wireless provider slowed its hemorrhaging customer churn while recording a $344 …

Leap Wireless International Inc. is planning to aggressively expand its broadband offering even as that buildout weighs down its financials. The carrier said it added added 171,000 net customers during …

Just like Ronald Reagan claimed with his trickle-down economic plan, wireless customers are beginning to see unlimited offerings filter down to cheaper price points and in some cases to offerings …

The Federal Communications Commissions gave the green light to Verizon Wireless’ $2.67 billion purchase of Rural Cellular Corp., with the transaction and a separate pending deal involving the No. 2 …

Just in time for the 2008 Olympics set to kick off in China later this week the nation’s two largest carriers expanded their international data plans.AT&T Mobility introduced two new …

Verizon Wireless has re-placed itself in the push-to-talk arena. As promised earlier this year, Verizon Wireless has released two new PTT phones, running on the carrier’s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision …

Verizon Wireless quietly launched visual voicemail, allowing customers to view caller and voicemail information and listen to voicemail messages in any order on their phone.Voice messages will be displayed on …

Verizon Wireless is the latest marketer to yank an ad deemed offensive, in what has become a minor trend of marketers caving to pressure from advocacy groups. The ad, a …

The question was popped earlier this year and now Qwest Communications International Inc. has sealed the deal. The company has sown all its wild oats and has put its wild, …

Thanks to a new T-Mobile USA Inc. offering, parents can give their children a different type of allowance each month, and it’s not the typical $5 they get for finishing …

The landline telephone company Embarq posted higher second-quarter profit on Tuesday on lower operating expenses, even though revenue fell as access lines were lost. Add to Portfolio Embarq Corp Go …

The fees that cell phone carriers charge customers who break service contracts took a big hit in a California courtroom when a judge said such charges by Sprint Nextel Corp. …

Leap Wireless International Inc. played musical chairs with a few of its senior executives. Al Moschner, formerly VP and chief marketing officer, has been appointed to COO. In his new …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

VERIZON WIRELESS MAY LAG BEHIND larger rival AT&T Mobility in total customers, but the industry’s No. 2 players continues to hold a financial lead.Verizon Wireless posted an 11.8% increase in …