T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have agreed to a $150 million multi-year extension of their contract for wireless voice and data services. The contract extension will add capacity to the No. 4 carrier's existing network and address coverage growth in current markets,...
Leap Wireless International Inc. subsidiary Cricket Communications Inc. has selected three infrastructure vendors for equipment, services and software in its planned buildout of third-generation networks in its recently acquired advanced wireless services spectrum. The entire network coverage expansion will include CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO...
Nortel Networks Ltd. has secured a three-year contract with Cricket Communications Inc. valued at $135 million, to supply the carrier with CDMA equipment as it expands its network coverage with CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO Rev. A equipment, the Toronto-based company announced.The flat-rate carrier is...
House Commerce Committee leaders wrote the heads of the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget requesting by the end of next week the first progress report on implementation of a 2004 law that streamlined reimbursement of federal agencies whose communications...
CHICAGO-The NXTcomm 2007 conference offered a glimpse into a bright telecom future in which mobility and convergence are a key component, with new networks and new services evolving designed to change consumers' lives as well as offer new revenue opportunities to the companies that...
The two largest telecom carriers in Canada are in discussions over a possible tie-up, although no official deal has been announced. Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. said they are pursuing "non-exclusive discussions" about a possible "business combination" that Telus' chief executive said would create...
The two largest telecom carriers in Canada are in discussions over a possible tie-up, although no official deal has been announced. Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. said they are pursuing "non-exclusive discussions" about a possible "business combination" that Telus' chief executive said would create...
CHICAGO-Telecom vendors will need to offer unique wireless services to entice new subscribers-rather than simply bundling wireless service with other telecom offerings, according to a panel of speakers at a Digital Hollywood session during the pre-show conferences at NXTcomm. Wireless is a "very unique"...
It's no secret that a stroll through the offerings on carrier decks is enough to give you carpal tunnel syndrome. A recent study of four U.S. wireless services providers by Strategy Analytics found that a simple music download from a carrier portal required anywhere...
PHILADELPHIA-A three-judge appellate panel hinted the Federal Communications Commission's small-business bidding rules could be on shaky legal ground, but seemed hesitant about throwing out results of last year's $13.7 billion advanced wireless services auction.Council Tree Communications Inc., Bethel Native Corp. and the Minority...
A three-judge appellate panel hinted the Federal Communications Commission's small business bidding rules could be on shaky legal ground, but seemed hesitant about throwing out results of last year's $13.7 billion advanced wireless services auction.Council Tree Communications Inc., Bethel Native Corp. and the Minority...
AT&T Mobility ended a roaming agreement with regional wireless operator Cellular One of East Texas that allowed the national carrier's customers to use 26 Cellular One cell sites in eastern Texas near the Louisiana border."This is one of those business decisions that we made...
AT&T Inc. made a major re-branding push by stripping a number of its company-owned stores of Cingular-related trappings overnight and replacing them with AT&T logo and signage.The company said in a statement that the change in about 1,800 wireless retail locations reflects research indicating...
Funambol plans to push ahead with its open source mobile e-mail strategy this week with an upgraded version of its white-label offering for carriers.The Redwood City, Calif.-based startup is set to unveil Funambol v6, a Java-based application that pushes e-mail to wireless devices from...
Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top cellphone carrier if federal regulators approve new 700 MHz rules for a national public-safety broadband network that the private sector would build and share with police,...
Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top mobile phone carrier if federal regulators approve new 700 MHz rules for a national public-safety broadband network that the private sector would build and share with...
Mobile messaging company SinglePoint is teaming with Mobile Interactive Group to expand its interactive television campaigns in the United States.The Seattle-area company said it will use MIG's high-speed SMS voting platform as well as an interactive TV application designed to deliver targeted messages to...
NII Holdings Inc. has announced it added 289,000 wireless subscribers, generated $714 million in revenues and $84 million in income during the first quarter of 2007. The company also announced that Gokul Hemmady will join its ranks as vice president and CFO effective in...
Despite a variety of one-time costs totaling $49 million, Embarq Holdings Co. L.L.C. generated $1.59 billion in revenue and $371 million in income, it announced in results for the first quarter of 2007. Among the costs that negatively affected income for the quarter was...
AT&T Inc.'s wireless division, Cingular Wireless, posted mixed first quarter results with customer growth coming in below expectations but churn and average revenue per user exceeding forecasts.The country's largest wireless carrier said it added just shy of 1.2 million customers during the quarter, which...
Nearly drowned out in broad policy debates over controversial public-safety and broadband wireless proposals are pressing questions about how the Federal Communications Commission will craft the 700 MHz band plan. A coalition of 21 small- and medium-sized wireless and wireline carriers and state regulatory...
Dear Editor, There is a wireless phenomenon taking place. For years the foot soldier in the wireless war against tower siting and site approvals was the site acquisition specialist. These unsung heroes scoured the landscape for suitable locations for wireless carriers to place their...
T-Mobile USA Inc. continued to dominate the J.D. Power and Associates regional survey of wireless customer satisfaction, receiving the highest ranking in all six regions of the U.S. for the fifth consecutive time-although it tied with other carriers in three of those regions. Verizon...
Marc LeFar, who shepherded the $1 billion-plus marketing budget of the former Cingular Wireless L.L.C. for the past four years, has resigned from AT&T Inc., the wireless provider's new parent. An AT&T spokesman said LeFar "wanted to do something else" and declined further comment....
