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AT&T, VZW battle over international data offerings

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 plans, one for smartphone users and one for PC card users. The new smartphone...

VZW quietly rolls out Rev. A PTT service : Pair of phones target business users

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 A network. The new devices are the Motorola Inc. Adventure V750 and the Casio...

Verizon Wireless upgrades to visual voicemail: LG Voyager first to offer service

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 users' phones with sender and time information, and customers can scroll through the messages...

Verizon Wireless pulls controversal pit-bull ad

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 30-second spot from Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann Erickson for the LG Electronic Co. Ltd....

Qwest starts pimping VZW: Regional carrier steering new customers to new partner

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, mobile virtual network operator days behind it, no longer running on the Sprint Nextel...

T-Mobile USA to give parents more control

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 chores. The carrier unveiled Family Allowances, a feature allowing parents to manage multiple accounts....

Profit Up but Sales Down at Embarq

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 to your Portfolio

Judge ruling on Sprint fees is blow to industry

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. likely violate state law.

Leap shuffles execs

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 position, Moschner will lead the information technology and technical operation functions, including supply chain...

REVIEW: Watch out for buggy WatchMyCell

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 highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...

VZW posts $12.1B in Q2 revenue: Data ARPU grows, customer churn drops

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 total revenues during the second quarter, reaching $12.1 billion, which was $85 million more...

Critics assail Sprint Nextel-Clearwire WiMAX alliance: Competitors cite spectrum holdings, roaming issues

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. AND CLEARWIRE CORP.'S CAMPAIGN to win government approval of a their national WiMAX plan is drawing static from AT&T Inc. and rural cellular operators on key unsettled wireless policy issues, but the deal has picked up backing from many educational and...

Sprint Nextel drags on RadioShack

RadioShack Corp. reported a 6.9% increase in sales, driven by revenues from digital-to-analog TV converter boxes, GPS device sales, video gaming sales, prepaid wireless phones and improvement in AT&T Mobility's postpaid offerings. However, Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to drag on the company; RadioShack said...

Public safety eases stance on E-911: Changes in PSAP community cited

Public-safety groups, which last year successively persuaded federal regulators to adopt a strict enhanced 911 location accuracy standard over the objections of wireless providers, now say the rule is unworkable and should be replaced with a more lenient one. They also told the Federal...

Competitive playground

Verizon Wireless is smart to quickly agree to sell off wireless properties in 85 markets where it overlaps with Alltel Communications L.L.C. assets in order to try to speed approval of its plan to buy the nation's No. 5 carrier for $28 billion. Verizon...

Sprint Nextel sells 3,300 towers for $670M

Sprint Nextel Corp. sold its 3,300 towers to TowerCo L.L.C. for $670 million, a move that provides the carrier with some cash and relieves it of the business of owning and managing the towers.The companies expect the deal to close in 90 days.The agreement...

Worst of the Week: Open up to openness

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....

VZW could give up 15% of Alltel customers through proposed merger: Divestitures could include 85 markets in 18 states

Verizon Wireless, positioning itself to regain the top spot in the mobile-phone industry, agreed to initial divestiture requirements by the Department of Justice and offered roaming concessions in hopes of winning government approval of its proposed $28 billion purchase of Alltel Communications L.L.C. But...

AT&T Mobility shows gains in revenue from wireless, 1.3M net adds

AT&T Mobility's second-quarter numbers were buoyed by a 52% jump in wireless data sales over the same quarter last year, and the carrier's overall revenues from wireless popped by 15.8% over the same period. The carrier reported a gain of 1.3 million new customers...

MetroPCS taps Verizon for directory assistance

MetroPCS Communications Inc. has found an assistant to help them assist customers. The carrier selected Verizon LiveSource to provide directory assistance services to its subscribers.LiveSource, a directory assistance channel of Verizon Communications Inc., signed a multi-year and multi-million dollar contract with the regional wireless...

Message boards question AT&T Mobility’s network: Carrier stands behind network performance post-iPhone launch

Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone is making its way across the world, with reportedly more than 1 million sold in the first weekend, and AT&T Mobility spokesman Mark Siegel said the carrier couldn't be more thrilled. However, it doesn't look as though all AT&T Mobility...

LNP lined up for speed boost

House and Senate members are nudging the Federal Communications Commission to approve by month's end a rule to speed up local number portability processing, a move that wireless providers say is necessary because of delays encountered by landline customers who want to keep their...

SK Telecom says no interest in control of Sprint Nextel

Countering media speculation and a sagging stock price, South Korea's SK Telecom said it was not interested in purchasing ailing U.S. carriers Sprint Nextel Corp. anytime soon. According to media reports, the Korean telecom giant said it has no plans to buy a controlling...

Bringing the cap back?: Rural providers petition to reinstate spectrum cap

An association of rural wireless providers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to re-impose a spectrum cap in light of the growing market presence of AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless in the mobile phone industry."In the absence of a spectrum cap, Verizon and AT&T will...