The potential breadth of the mobile virtual network operator model was evident last week as a pair of companies reported plans to enter the wireless space with services spanning the gamut from the loftiest of the high end to entry-level prepaid services. Seeking to...
Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent from second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million, or...
After years of hype and billions of dollars in network upgrades, the time has come for the worldwide W-CDMA market to take off. Perhaps the best indication that W-CDMA technology has reached the tipping point comes from Vodafone Group plc, one of the world's...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has identified more than 12,000 GSM sites that it plans to decommission as it integrates 30 of 63 GSM markets by the end of the year, according to Securities & Exchange Commission filings. In addition, the company said it had completed...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is overhauling its wireless Web service in an effort to woo would-be mobile Internet surfers and boost content sales. The largest U.S. carrier said it is simplifying its MEdia Net offering, delivering local information and allowing users to customize their wireless...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Swiss carrier Swisscom announced it will sell IXI Mobile Inc.'s Ogo messaging device. The carrier plans to sell the GPRS gadget-which features a QWERTY keyboard and no voice functions-for around $37 with a two-year service agreement.The deal is notable for IXI, which...
GEORGETOWN, The Cayman Islands-Caribbean wireless provider Digicel Group said it completed the acquisition of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s operations in the Cayman Islands. Digicel noted that plans were under way to provide former Cingular customers with full access to Digicel's product and service offerings as...
NEW YORK-Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent over second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million,...
BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to languish as the company reported a third-quarter net loss of more than $40 million. BCGI cited its ongoing legal fight with Freedom Wireless for the loss, taking a non-cash charge of $40.3 million in connection with...
BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. continued to languish as the company reported a third-quarter net loss of more than $40 million. BCGI cited its ongoing legal fight with Freedom Wireless for the loss, taking a non-cash charge of $40.3 million in connection with...
CINCINNATI-Regional operator Cincinnati Bell Wireless posted 4,100 net postpaid customer additions during the third quarter, which was a significant improvement on the 10,500 postpaid subscribers it lost during the third quarter of 2004. The carrier attributed the turnaround to new rate plans and improved...
Regional carriers continued to bleed customers during the third quarter as more competition and evolving networks drove up churn for a number of operators Dobson Communications Corp., SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Rural Cellular Corp. all posted significant customer losses during the quarter, echoing...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Diversified telecommunications provider GTC Telecom Corp. said it planned to stop offering local services in select states and focus instead on offering wireless services using a mobile virtual network operator model. GTC's management cited increased costs resulting from recent Federal Communications Commission...
Sprint Nextel Corp. took a significant step in fulfilling chief executive Gary Forsee's plans to expand the carrier's reach into other media distribution channels, and at the same time may have altered the balance of the wireless industry. Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel...
BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com operations-though it also expects to add jobs in other divisions. DT said the layoffs...
What constitutes a wireless carrier?Years ago, I used to have an annual fight with an MCI spokesman because RCR Wireless News listed MCI as the nation's largest reseller in our Top 20 lists. Who wouldn't want to be No. 1, you ask? MCI did...
BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. The carrier attributed the loss to the final integration of markets and networks in...
BERLIN-Citing changing industry dynamics, German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG said it plans to cut 32,000 jobs during the next three years-with most of the reductions coming from its T-Com operations-though it also expects to add jobs in other divisions. DT said the layoffs...
NEW YORK-Following months of speculation, Sprint Nextel Corp. announced agreements with four cable companies to provide wireless services using Sprint Nextel's nationwide network. Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications, which serve a combined 41 million customers, will use the network...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Diversified telecommunications provider GTC Telecom Corp. said it planned to stop offering local services in select states and focus instead on offering wireless services using a mobile virtual network operator model.GTC's management cited increased costs resulting from recent Federal Communications Commission rules...
One factor many investors look at before sinking money into the wireless industry has been the ability of wireless devices to penetrate the general population. During the past several years, penetration rates have ballooned from around 50 percent to nearly 70 percent, coinciding with...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc., which controls 60 percent of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., said it will adopt the AT&T Inc. brand name following the completion of its $16 billion acquisition of AT&T later this year. SBC said it will use the AT&T brand in a...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-According to new research from J.D. Power and Associates, U.S. mobile phone owners are becoming increasingly concerned with their phones' design and ease of use. "As more services are added to the phone, the ability to navigate around the handset in an...
WASHINGTON—Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report from TeleGeography Research.The report found that global wireless average revenue per user fell from...
