Wireless Services

WASHINGTON—Some of the players who were squeezed out of regional spectrum licenses early in the auction seem to be making up the loss with dozens of smaller geographic licenses. Click …

WASHINGTON—The total amount raised by the advanced wireless services auction is creeping toward $13 billion, although each round is raising less money that the previous. However, bidding is still active …

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. topped a new prepaid wireless customer satisfaction survey from J.D. Power & Associates. The rankings covered mobile virtual network operators and traditional wireless operators. …

WASHINGTON—Just as at any yard sale after a long weekend, the big, expensive items are long gone and the persistent shoppers have continued to rummage about for the unappreciated gems …

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Motient Corp. increased its ownership of TerreStar Networks Inc. from 54.3 percent to 55.1 percent, according to an 8-K filing the company made. The transaction involved Motient Ventures Holding …

WASHINGTON—Bidding remained active on the ninth day of the Federal Communication Commission’s advanced wireless services spectrum auction, as bidders continued to focus their attention on smaller licenses now that bidding …

“It’s on like Donkey Kong” —Steve Stiffler, American Wedding Quoting from the foul-mouthed poet Steve Stiffler might seem inappropriate in a wireless magazine, but that was what came to my …

Despite initial anticipation that cable and satellite companies would use the advanced wireless services spectrum auction to catapult into the mobile marketplace, the hype doesn’t seem to be panning out. …

Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.,; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, …

Why is everybody in wireless chasing the youth demographic? To steal a line from bank robber Eddie Sutton, that’s where the money is. Today’s average 10-year-old will spend nearly $30,000 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The battle for the large regional licenses in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction appears to be largely settled at this point, with Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. …

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless appears to be in a bidding war with T-Mobile USA Inc. over the valuable F-block licenses up for grabs in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction. Meanwhile, Sprint …

WASHINGTON—Verizon Wireless staked a claim to all six of the largest licenses for sale in the advanced wireless services auction, bidding $3.5 billion in round 14 of the auction for …

PLANO, Texas—Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s decision to deploy mobile WiMAX technology for its next-generation network answers one set of questions, but begs another. For a couple of years now, Sprint Nextel has …

In the first few days of jockeying for position in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of advanced wireless services spectrum, T-Mobile USA Inc. has been battling to expand its footprint, …

In addition to the potential impact from Sprint Nextel Corp.’s WiMAX deployment, analyst firms expect tower companies to see an impact from the ongoing advanced wireless services spectrum auction. In …

In a quarter where the carrier transitioned from one-year to two-year service contracts, T-Mobile USA Inc.’s net customer additions were down sharply and its churn was up. Service revenues increased …

When Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled its choice of next-generation network technology last week, there appeared to be two types of reactions: “Finally!” and “Quit trying to distract us.” After months …

WASHINGTON—Bidding is picking up speed in the FCC’s advanced wireless services spectrum auction, with the total value of provisionally winning bids jumping from more than $2.4 billion late Friday to …

WASHINGTON—NextWave Telecom Inc.-backed AWS Wireless Inc. made three of the highest bids in the sixth round of the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, capturing—at least temporarily—the highly coveted Great Lakes …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—In a quarter where the carrier transitioned from one-year to two-year service contracts, T-Mobile USA Inc.’s second quarter net customer additions were down and its churn was up. Service …

WASHINGTON—T-Mobile USA Inc. led the first round of bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of advanced wireless services spectrum, placing bids for spectrum that would substantially expand its national …

As is often the case, confidence comes with success. Enter Cingular Wireless L.L.C. After a couple of quarters of robust customer growth befitting the nation’s largest wireless operator, Cingular has …

Bidding in the government’s auction of advanced wireless services spectrum is set to start Wednesday, but the jockeying and speculation has already begun as satellite and cable consortiums set themselves …