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Regional carriers Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Dobson Communications Corp. and Rural Cellular Corp. showed their continued uneasy reliance on roaming traffic in first-quarter financials released last week. The regional players are trying to increase internally generated revenues to make up for decreasing roaming yields,...

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. said it intends to make a $780 million all-cash takeover bid for rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc., which is best known for its Fido-branded Canadian wireless service. The deal would cut the number of wireless providers in Canada to three...

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its strong customer growth trend, adding a record1.174 million net subscribers during the first quarter of this year, which topped both the 921,000 subscribers the carrier added during the first quarter of 2003 as well as the 1.015 million subscribers...

Despite increased revenues, tower companies Crown Castle International Corp. and SBA Communications Corp. reported first-quarter financials in the red, although Crown managed to shave its losses.Crown reported site rental and broadcast transmission revenue of $219.4 million, up 18.6 percent, or $34.4 million, from last...

While there may be a lack of visual similarities, John Stanton's career in the wireless industry has nearly mirrored John Travolta's stardom in Hollywood. Both came out of nowhere at an early age to make an enormous impact-Travolta with "Saturday Night Fever" in the...

WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile USA Inc.'s use of numbers there."The CPUC has requested that a `for cause' audit...

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter and just below the 31 percent spent on wired telecommunications services, according to a report from TNS Telecom....

In their spare time after work and on the weekends, three tech-savvy guys in Petaluma, Calif., in about six months have managed to surmount a technical hurdle that the multibillion-dollar U.S. wireless industry has not yet resolved after more than a year of effort.Paul...

WASHINGTON-At least one member of the California Public Utilities Commission is still resisting efforts to split the Beverly Hills area code even as the Federal Communications Commission is auditing T-Mobile USA Inc.'s use of numbers there."The CPUC has requested that a `for cause' audit...

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched consumer-focused third-generation services in two European countries, with other countries to follow in coming months, the global mobile operator said.Vodafone customers in Germany and Portugal can initially use Samsung Z105 and Sony Ericsson Z1010 handsets to view expanded Vodafone live!...

Having found success in the device management space for businesses, start-up mFormation Technologies Inc. is now looking to use its experience and resources to break into the potentially lucrative wireless carrier market. And though many have failed in such an attempt, mFormation said it...

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 400 complaints this month from consumers regarding wireless local number portability, which was the lowest number of complaints in a month since WLNP was implemented Nov. 24 and brings the total number of complaints filed with the...

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-More than 5 million Western Europeans will use third-generation mobile devices by the end of this year, but subscriber numbers will remain low until at least 2005, according to Analysys Research.By the end of 2004, Analysys predicts there will be 5.3 million...

NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement last week that it would give back 60 of its PCS licenses to the Federal Communications Commission could finally give the government a clear path to auction the licenses to a spectrum-starved industry. But unlike the FCC's previous attempt to...

AKRON, Ohio-T-Mobile USA Inc. has chosen Virtual Hold Technology's Virtual Queuing technology for use in 11 contact centers to help the centers handle more calls at a higher level of customer service, even with a smaller staff, VHT said.The technology informs callers of estimated...

JENKINTOWN, Pa.-Wireless services garnered 30 percent of total consumer spending during the fourth quarter of last year, which was a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter and just below the 31 percent spent on wired telecommunications services, according to a report from TNS Telecom....

It was with great fanfare that the District of Columbia last week unveiled a new, underground first-responder wireless system stretching through subway tunnels that's fully interoperable with an advanced public-safety radio network competed last fall.The D.C. government, struggling to educate city kids otherwise occupied...

Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python's Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, "I'm not dead yet," AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to continue to compete in the wireless industry despite its impending acquisition by rival Cingular...

Wireless customers are often viewed as the most valuable asset a carrier has, though they are often the hardest to quantify. While having more customers usually translates into higher revenues, analysts note the cost of acquiring and servicing those subscribers has to be weighed...

WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a long struggle, important progress is being made."It is an incredibly successful and positive story particularly in contrast to the wireline...

WASHINGTON-T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it has added American University to its Wi-Fi hot-spot network, offering students, faculty and alumni wireless Internet access on the school's campus. T-Mobile Wi-Fi service will be available in 10 buildings on campus, and T-Mobile will offer special discounts on...

Showing there is still fight left in the dog, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its new GSM America rate plans, which provide consumers with no roaming charges anywhere in the United States for both voice and data services. The carrier also said that through...

WASHINGTON-The group seeking improvements to California emergency services with funds from a new 3-percent tax on cell-phone bills said it collected enough signatures to place the initiative on this November's ballot. The Coalition to Preserve Emergency Care will submit the nearly 1 million...

Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal Communications Commission it could...