2009

Global Tower Partners closed on 141 towers it bought from DukeNet Communications L.L.C., giving GTP an increased presence in eight states, including assets in key markets in Ohio and the Carolinas. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.This is …

Verizon Communications Inc. is closing four call service centers, including one in Shreveport.Associated Press

Is the wireless industry set to receive a gift-wrapped present from consumers this year, or will the lingering economic malaise result in a lump of coal for carriers? With the first “official” week of the holiday shopping season 2009 in …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Unlike the first official day of this week’s WiMAX Forum Congress America’s ’09, Day 2 was a virtual LTE-free zone, except for the occasional remarks that LTE would not be all it’s cracked up to be. …

Microsoft joined hands with Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom on Friday to unveil a new deal to sell netbooks at up to 90 percent off their retail price with a 3G mobile broadband contract.The deal is one of many Microsoft is co-authoring …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

While e-readers and personal navigation devices may be popular “embedded device” gift items this year, their success also will drive the emerging sector to bring even more innovative products to market in the next 12 to 18 months. The potential …

The inaugural meeting of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), a new stakeholder forum to provide technical support to the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as it coordinates standards for a modernized electric power system, concluded …

For more than 40 years, Teton Communications, Inc. has been providing voice and data services along with radio systems consulting, system integration, installation and service to business customers in Eastern Idaho. The company’s wireless backbone network stretches across five counties …

Fixed WiMAX service provider Towerstream rolled out service in Philadelphia today, its 10th deployment since the company was founded in 2000.Towerstream targets businesses with its fixed wireless services, offering speeds of T1, T3, 100 and 1,000 megabit per second connections. …

AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless agreed Wednesday to end lawsuits accusing each other of lying in TV ads, taking their rivalry out of the court system for now.AP

Advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions provider Stratos Global Corp., was selected as the winning bidder for two of the three geographic zones for 2.5 GHz broadband radio service (BRS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) following the Federal …

The ritual of pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia dates back thousands of years. Currently the largest annual pilgrimage in the world and the fifth pillar of Islam, the Hajj is a moral obligation that must …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The WiMAX community showed its expected solid and confident front during the opening day of this week’s WiMAX Forum Congress Americas ’09 event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Held in the shadow of immense cruise ships harbored in …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Next-generation chip solutions provider Beceem Communications Inc. said it was on track to ship 3 million WiMAX chips in 2009, and that it was bolstering its lineup with its new “4G Turbo” offering. The company, which …

The last week of trading, which included Thanksgiving, saw gainers lead losers in the RCR Stock Index by a 4 to 3 margin. Significant gainers for the week included carriers Clearwire and Deutsche Telekom. Notable losers for the period were …

Australia: Alvarion won a contract with Adam Internet to deploy a WiMAX network across the city of Adelaide. Adam Internet is building the network as part of the national government’s Broadband Guarantee Program, intended to grant services to all Australian …

Tarpon Towers completes tower acquisitions – Now owns 75 towersFrom: Tarpon TowersBRADENTON, FL- December 1, 2009 – Tarpon Towers, an acquirer and developer of wireless communications sites, today announced it had completed a 37 tower acquisition and now owns over …

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. said it will buy Network In Motions Inc. for an aggregate $170 million of cash, stock and promissory notes. The acquisition, set to close in December, will position TCS as a leader in location-based services.TCS has made …

Consumer Reports is out with its latest annual report on cell phones and cell phone service. Surprise: you love your cell phone but your cell phone service? Not so much. According to the survey of 50,000 readers of Consumer Reports, …

While Mexico’s long-awaited auction for 3G licenses may be good for consumers, a new entrant in the marketplace likely will have a difficult time gaining marketshare or realizing a profit soon, according to IE Market Research Corp., which recently issued …

Telespree Communications said it won a contract to provide self-service activation to i-wireless customers, an MVNO that uses the Sprint Nextel Corp. network. The self-provisioning tool guides people who buy wireless handsets and services at Kroger stores with details on …

Nokia [Corp.], the world’s largest cellphone maker, forecast handset market volumes would grow around 10% next year, more than analysts’ 8.6% consensus.Reuters

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Over the past few years, mobile payment solutions have experienced strong …

Consumers are getting more options for buying mobile broadband, with Clearwire Corp. launching in another 10 markets, and AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless launching prepaid mobile broadband plans last month. But a closer look at the actual plans left me …