Sprint Nextel Corp. has extended its unlimited voice and data trials to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Tampa, Fla., and Philadelphia, branching out from its initial market in San Francisco.The carrier has two unlimited plans available: a $120 per month plan with unlimited voice, text and data...
New York City was overflowing with network executives, ad buyers and entertainment elite last week, all looking to grab a piece of the $65 billion pie that is television. The "upfronts" are a pivotal moment for the industry-an annual shopping spree for advertisers looking...
Carriers measure upA former Yahoo employee has created a new Web site, www.MeasuredUp.com, that is designed to provide a forum for cellular phone subscribers to rate their experience with their carrier. Users can log on to the Web site and share their experience in...
Say goodbye to the lily-pad carpet. Leap Wireless International Inc. is redesigning its new retail stores, hoping to appeal to an audience beyond its budget-conscious core demographic. The existing stores will stay as is, according to Leap officials, but going forward new stores will...
Editor's Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what's hot in wireless.By Kelly HillLeap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket store in Greenwood Village, Colo., is the first of the carrier's outlets...
The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a spectrum block for mobile satellite services provider TerreStar Networks Inc., one of a handful of firms trying to avoid past mistakes that nearly wiped out the MSS sector in the previous decade.How does TerreStar expect to...
In Hollywood, sequels sometimes do well at the box office. But the record is mixed, leading one to conclude that sequels are typically perceived as safer bets than utterly new, original material-whether or not that's true.This observation can be applied to the realm of...
Third Screen Media Inc. finally found a well-heeled suitor, agreeing to be acquired by Time Warner's AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. The question now is, who's next?Third Screen was snapped up for a rumored $80 million and will operate as a subsidiary...
NextWave Wireless Inc., which has been on an acquisition bent this year as it aims to be a force in the wireless broadband industry, announced a 98% increase in revenues from the year-ago period in financial results for the first quarter.The company raked in...
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,...
The U.S. wireless data market generated more than $5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, and data may make up as much as 20% of carriers' service revenues by the end of the year. Sharma, founder...
Getting the blessing of regulators is just one of many hurdles carriers must clear when they acquire another carrier. Sometimes it's the little things that add up to a complex, pressing matter. When Alltel Corp. purchased Midwest Wireless last year, it also snatched up...
Research In Motion Ltd. has moved a step closer to satisfying Canadian regulators' requirements for restated earnings in light of past stock-option practices at the company.Maynard Um, analyst at UBS, said in a note to investors that the restatement of after-tax, net income through...
Napster announced a deal to bring on-demand subscription music services to Motorola Inc.'s entire line of cellphones.The digital music company said it will work with Motorola to promote the mobile music offerings in North America, the United Kingdom and Germany. The companies will offer...
ActsPower Technologies, an RF wireless development company, said it has developed technology that improves on-frequency repeater performance on cellular and PCS networks."When utilizing repeaters, wireless carriers are experiencing unacceptable levels of signal interference at each repeater site," said Jai Bhagat, chairman of the company....
Nortel Networks and Toshiba Corp. have teamed up to jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations for the Japanese and global markets.The base stations will build on Nortel's broadband wireless technology and Toshiba's amplifier and miniaturization technology. The agreement calls for Toshiba to build the...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Alcatel-Lucent said it signed a $340 million deal with...
The rise of venture capitalists' power in the wireless industry and beyond continues to grow with the just announced purchase of National Grid Wireless U.S. by M/C Venture Partners and Wachovia Capital Partners. Terms of the sale by National Grid plc, the fourth-largest publicly...
The mobile banking space continued to heat up as three financial institutions rolled out services for on-the-go customers.Wells Fargo & Company is targeting business customers with CEO Mobile, which delivers key treasury reports through a secure wireless Internet connection. The company plans to add...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --RW Baird raised its estimates on U.S. Cellular Corp. after the carrier reported strong first quarter results. The firm raised its forecast on the...
Speedus Corp., a holding company that owns a variety of patents, said it will drop two patent complaints it filed against Verizon Wireless last year.Speedus said neither company made any payment as part of the mutual agreement.The patents at issue deal with the transmission...
Verizon Wireless will combine its advertising and marketing efforts with that of parent company Verizon Communications Inc. in a move that will help the carrier blend its diverse telecom offerings under the "Verizon" brand. The move also comes as AT&T Inc. works to unify...
The Chinese market for mobile network equipment continued to creep forward as Alcatel-Lucent announced several major infrastructure contracts with Chinese wireless operators, and the Chinese government made steps toward issuing 3G licenses.The Chinese market continues to stand as a gold-mine for the world's network...
Sprint Nextel Corp. has extended its unlimited voice and data trials to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Tampa, Fla. and Philadelphia, branching out from its initial market in San Francisco.The carrier has two unlimited plans available: a $120 per month plan with unlimited voice, text and data...
