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Crown Castle International Corp. said it purchased Verizon Wireless' 37.3-percent interest in their Crown Atlantic Joint Venture for $295 million, inclusive of approximately $15 million of net working capital. The venture included 2,019 towers and has $180 million outstanding under its senior credit facility.Following...

Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 13.2-percent drop in wireless segment revenues during the third quarter from $152 million in 2003 to $132 million this year. The company, which recently began offering nationwide wireless services using Sprint PCS' network through a mobile virtual network...

It didn't take long for Qualcomm Inc.'s planned mobile television network to attract attention. Sprint PCS Chief Operating Officer and President Len Lauer said Tuesday his firm is negotiating with the wireless chip and technology vendor to deliver live broadcasts to Sprint users. Verizon...

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. have buried the hatchet. The companies have agreed to drop their lawsuits against each other. The agreement includes a pledge by Verizon Wireless to stop protesting the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800...

Wireless and wired neutral host broadband service provider Wayport Inc. said it has reached a preliminary agreement with Hertz Corp. to provide high-speed Internet access to Hertz customers at more than 50 airport locations across the country beginning early next year. Hertz and Wayport...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA's and Verizon Wireless' customer service departments scored closely in Vocal Laboratories' quarterly SectorPulse report measuring customer care quality. T-Mobile rated an A in caller satisfaction and B in call completion for the second time, while Verizon improved its caller satisfaction...

SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile music, games and enterprise applications are beginning to flood the market, creating a buzz the industry hasn't seen in years. But while insiders salivate over "hockey-stick" projections for wireless data revenues, developers that haven't cultivated relationships with established carriers, publishers or well-known...

The union of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gives new meaning to The Great Experiment.Indeed, nothing approaching it-in scale, complexity and consequence-has ever been attempted in the spectacular 21-year-young history of the cellular industry. Cingular, 60-percent owned by SBC Communications Inc....

The top spot in the contest for the nation's largest carrier soon could be a tug-of-war. In the shadow of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. completing its $41 billion buy of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to become the nation's largest carrier with more than 47.6 million...

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding last week's government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody's Investors Service reacting immediately by downgrading long-term debt ratings of the new No. 1 U.S. mobile-phone carrier and its...

Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the technology is the focus of major operators in the search to differentiate themselves in new Internet Protocol-backed applications and services.It's...

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit. The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included...

Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit.The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included in the...

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has requested another extension before filing its reorganization plan, but told the court Tuesday that it would like to emerge from bankruptcy by late January.The latest extension request would have NextWave filing its reorganization plan by Nov. 12 and then soliciting...

Surpassing even the most optimistic forecasts, Verizon Wireless said it added a record 1.7 million subscribers during the third quarter of this year, ending the first nine months of the year with 42.1 million total subscribers. The customer growth topped estimates of between 1.4...

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Yahoo! have teamed up to offer a solution suite featuring e-mail, mapping, news and weather-information applications to Verizon subscribers through the Verizon Wireless Mobile Web 2.0 service."Verizon Wireless' new offering of Yahoo!'s leading services deliver innovative features and cutting-edge technology...

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding final government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody's Investors Service downgrading long-term debt ratings of the new No. 1 mobile-phone carrier and its two Bell telephone parent companies....

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today conditionally approved the $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., requiring the new No. 1 mobile-phone operator to scale back or forgo combined wireless operations in 22 markets. The decision received criticism from two...

T-Mobile USA's and Verizon Wireless' customer service departments scored closely in Vocal Laboratories' quarterly SectorPulse report measuring customer care quality.T-Mobile rated an A in caller satisfaction and B in call completion for the second time, while Verizon improved its caller satisfaction grade to A...

SAN FRANCISCO-Verizon Wireless, in partnership with General Motors' OnStar, announced its America's Choice with OnStar service plan is now available nationwide.With the plan, Verizon customers with OnStar-equipped vehicles can share their Verizon minutes to make and receive calls on both their Verizon phones and...

WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the Bush administration-sponsored project can secure support from top CDMA wireless operators and the leading industry trade association. The six-month pilot...

In what is likely shaping up to be the last quarter with six nationwide operators, four of the country's largest carriers posted relatively healthy third-quarter earnings that showed there is still penetration growth potential in the U.S. market. Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which is set...

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. has been given 10 days by the bankruptcy court to figure out its plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection, which will allow it to continue to consider offers from several sources, according to court filings.Several news outlets have said these offers...

WASHINGTON-A new World Health Organization-backed study says long-term mobile-phone use increases the risk of cancer, but scientists said follow-up research is needed before it can be determined whether wireless handsets pose a health danger to consumers. The Institute of Environmental Medicine at Karolinska Institute...