Wireless customers are more satisfied with their cellular service this year than last, according to the latest subscriber survey by J.D. Power and Associates. T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to rank best in customer satisfaction across the country due to strong performance in service plan...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off 2006 with a strong first quarter that exceeded analysts' expectations, including driving its churn rate down to a company-record low of 1.9 percent overall, with 1.6 percent postpaid churn. But while Cingular's postpaid average revenue per user showed growth,...
What do Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa, Fla., and Washington, D.C., have in common? They are the initial market launches for XO Holdings Inc.'s new wireless broadband service, dubbed Nextlink. XO Holdings said its new subsidiary will serve both mobile and wireline...
WASHINGTON-The auction fraud lawsuit against Wall Street investor Mario Gabelli enters a critical juncture this week, as U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty is expected to hear oral argument on the Justice Department's motion to join litigation accusing Gabelli's Lynch Interactive Corp. of defrauding...
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department asked the Federal Communications Commission for sensitive numbering information-including local number portability data-from Alltel Corp. and Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. in connection with Alltel's proposed $1 billion acquisition of Midwest that is being opposed by U.S. Cellular Corp. While the FCC...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. launched wireless service last week in Detroit, offering flat rate plans with unlimited local and domestic long distance without a contract. MetroPCS is offering four calling plans, with unlimited local calling for $30 or $35 per month and unlimited local and...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Wireless customers are more satisfied with their cellular service this year than last, according to the latest subscriber survey by J.D. Power and Associates. T-Mobile USA Inc. continues to rank best in customer satisfaction across the country due to strong performance in...
DETROIT—MetroPCS Communications Inc. launched wireless service today in Detroit, offering flat rate plans with unlimited local and domestic long distance without a contract. MetroPCS is offering four calling plans, with unlimited local calling for $30 or $35 per month and unlimited local and long...
WASHINGTON—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s soon-to-be-spun-off local wireline business, Embarq Corp., has filed to issue as much as $4.49 billion in senior notes, according to information from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Embarq said in the filing that it would issue Sprint Nextel three sets of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission voted to restrict bidder information during the advanced wireless services auction set to begin June 29, but agreed to revert to full disclosure if the agency determines before the auction that bidding is likely to be competitive. Many mobile-phone carriers-large...
The lack of a service integrator to help businesses purchase, deploy and manage mobile offerings has long been an albatross for the wireless industry. But it looks as if help might finally be on the way. Brad Boston, chief information officer of Cisco Systems...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission voted today to limit bidder information at the advanced wireless services auction that begins June 29, but regulators agreed to revert to full disclosure rules if they determine the auction is likely to be competitive. Many mobile-phone carriers—large and small—opposed...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Wednesday on new rules likely to dramatically curtail bidder information at the advanced wireless services auction scheduled to begin June 29. The FCC, backed by the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and some academics, support anonymous...
LAS VEGAS-The wireless industry has seen some major changes in the past few months, from Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s launch of the world's first HSDPA high-speed mobile data network to Sprint Nextel Corp.'s announcement to form a joint venture with several cable companies to the...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless is still mulling over which spectrum auction to participate in, company officials said at CTIA, and has not yet made a final decision over whether to go after Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the auction this summer or bide its time...
WASHINGTON-Warring wireless broadband and educational groups last week struck a deal on 2.5 GHz spectrum-lease terms, settling one of the many unresolved regulatory issues associated with the deployment of wireless Internet and third-generation wireless services in the United States.The Federal Communication Commission this week...
LAS VEGAS—Both ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. are launching infrastructure equipment during the CTIA show that may not have an immediate market, but provide insights into the innovative and gutsy nature of the Chinese vendors, eager to increase their share of the...
LAS VEGAS—Verizon Wireless is still mulling over which spectrum auction to participate in, company officials said at CTIA on Wednesday, and has not yet made a final decision over whether to go after Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the auction this summer or bide...
LAS VEGAS—Recently launched sports-oriented mobile virtual network operator Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with network partner Sprint Nextel Corp. to expand the distribution of Mobile ESPN phones and services to at least 500 Sprint Nextel retail locations in the United States and Puerto...
By Lorene YueLAS VEGAS—Motorola Inc. is expanding its retail base by partnering with a top seller of mobile phones.The Schaumburg-based mobile phone manufacturer has partnered with InPhonic of Washington, D.C., which sells wireless services and products through thousands of Web sites including its own...
LAS VEGAS—Wireless vendors are prepping products and services to take advantage of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the 1700 MHz/2100 MHz and 700 MHz bands scheduled to begin in two months. Click here to see all of RCR...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered by TV broadcasters and instead use 30 megahertz for a fourth-generation nationwide public-safety network...
LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week's United States Telecom Association's first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas, though a handful of executives touched on expanding wireless services during keynote addresses. Despite lacking the name cache of more...
WASHINGTON-Despite concern about the potential for collusion at the upcoming advanced wireless services auction and the need to head off any problems by limiting bidder information, federal officials admit they have pursued only a handful of cases where suspected abuse led to enforcement action....
