WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission as early as today is expected to issue a new ruling addressing controversial changes to small business bidding rules ahead of the scheduled Aug. 9 start of the advanced wireless services auction, according to sources. Sources said a move by...
The Federal Communications Commission likely was wise to postpone the auction of advanced wireless services spectrum in a calculated move that could deflect potential lawsuits from disgruntled designated entities. The DEs charge that changes to rules aimed at closing DE loopholes hurt them too...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's delay of the advanced wireless services auction from late June to early August has neither stemmed the controversy over small-business bidding changes nor removed the possibility of litigation for the agency. If anything, the FCC's problems are worse today than...
LOMABARD, Ill.-Startup tower company Central States Tower Holdings L.L.C. said it picked up $30 million during its first round of equity financing through Sweetwater Capital and Merchants Capital Partners L.P. The company says it plans to use the funds to develop 150 towers in...
SAN FRANCISCO-The average U.S. mobile TV subscriber spends $40 a month more on wireless services than non-mobile TV users, according to new figures from Telephia. The research firm, which announced its first wireless TV user panel, said more than 2 million U.S. wireless users-1.4...
SAN FRANCISCO—The average U.S. mobile TV subscriber spends $40 a month more on wireless services than non-mobile TV users, according to new figures from Telephia. The research firm, which announced its first wireless TV user panel, said more than 2 million U.S. wireless users—1.4...
LOMABARD, Ill.—Startup tower company Central States Tower Holdings L.L.C. said it picked up $30 million during its first round of equity financing through Sweetwater Capital and Merchants Capital Partners L.P. The company says it plans to use the funds to develop 150 towers in...
WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps questioned separate proposals to bypass the spectrum-auction process in an effort to aid public-safety interoperability and bring broadband access to more Americans. Speaking at a morning press conference , Copps told reporters: "The auction thing is even more clear...
WASHINGTON—XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and WCS Wireless L.L.C. said they terminated an agreement that called for XM to buy WCS after the companies failed to secure government approval for the transaction. The companies announced the agreement in July of last year. The deal...
BOSTON—American Tower Corp. said it received a subpoena in the rapidly widening probe of stock-option grants that is ensnaring several major wireless players. The company, which owns and operates more than 22,000 broadcast and wireless communications sites, confirmed it received the subpoena from the...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. signed a three-year agreement to provide advanced wireless services to state employees in New Jersey. Cingular will serve as the primary provider of messaging services and devices such as Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerrys, plus wireless priority services that will allow...
WASHINGTON-In the dog-eat-dog world that is life inside the Beltway, it is rare to find someone who is liked, respected and considered effective from people on both sides of the aisle. Meet Brian Fontes, this year's inductee to RCR Wireless News' Wireless Hall of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late Friday abruptly delayed the advanced wireless services auction until Aug. 9, saying applicants needed more time to prepare for the government's sale of 1,122 wireless licenses. The FCC made no mention of a petition for expedited reconsideration of DE...
In the past few quarters it seems as if nearly every carrier has had a new customer record to crow about: best-ever net new subscribers, lowest-ever churn. According to CTIA, the wireless industry added nearly 26 million net new customers in 2005, its highest...
During the past several years, the four national U.S. carriers have whittled away the number of price plans they offer to consumers, dropped low-end plans and largely come into lock-step with each other on service plan price points. On the other hand, the cost...
WASHINGTON-A former wireless policy-maker has teamed with financial backers to seek spectrum for an advertising-supported national broadband wireless network that would provide service for free. M2Z Networks Inc., co-founded by former Federal Communications Commission wireless bureau chief John Muleta, has applied to operate a...
Verizon Wireless beat out the rest of the industry in serving business customers, landing at the top of J.D. Power and Associates' second annual survey of business wireless satisfaction. Verizon Wireless had an index ranking of 711 on a 1,000-point scale and had "particularly...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.—Advertising agency PinPoint Interactive Media has launched a suite of mobile marketing solutions, including SMS marketing and mobile Web site development, appropriately dubbed PinPoint Mobile. The company said its new division will offer a single outlet for a range of mobile marketing...
The once-noble joint venture between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. that allowed each carrier to fill in a significant coverage hole-California and Nevada for T-Mobile USA, New York for Cingular-is nearing an end as both carriers are expected to exchange a series...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission abruptly delayed the advanced wireless services auction until Aug. 9, saying applicants needed more time to prepare for the government’s sale of 1,122 wireless licenses. The FCC was to have begun the AWS auction June 29, but intense controversy over...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Verizon Wireless beat out the rest of the industry in serving business customers, landing at the top of J.D. Power and Associates’ second annual survey of business wireless satisfaction. Verizon Wireless had an index ranking of 711 on a 1,000-point scale and...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Leap Wireless International Inc. has begun touting the launches of several new markets on its Web site: Houston and College Station, Texas, and Cincinnati. The Texas markets are set to launch June 7, according to the site, and Cincinnati is listed as...
WASHINGTON—A former wireless policymaker has teamed with financial backers to seek spectrum for an advertising-supported national broadband wireless network that would provide service for free. M2Z Networks Inc., co-founded by former Federal Communications Commission wireless chief John Muleta, has applied to operate a national...
WASHINGTON-With the advanced wireless services auction quickly approaching and companies largely silent about their bidding intentions, controversy and uncertainty are slowly beginning to dominate an event billed as one of the biggest and most import sales of public airwaves in years. Already a health-related...
