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#TBT: Amdocs buys Qpass; MetroPC launches in Detroit; TV broadcasters make way for MediaFlo … this week in 2006

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Amdocs to buy...

#TBT: Google plans a push in mobile; Handset locking and portability, oh my; Alltel acquired by PE … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on those sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! FCC wants faster...

#TBT: Day passes for wireless web; AT&T’s Whitacre retires; unlimited SMS catches on … this week in 2007

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Alltel offers up...

#TBT: “WiMAX is real”; iPhone boosts mobile gaming … this week in 2009

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Intel: "WiMAX is...

#TBT: Verizon buys Alltel, Leap launches in St. Louis, Motorola exec talks enterprise play … This week in 2008

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories! Verizon buys Alltel Verizon...

#TBT: Verizon new No. 1; China issues 3G licenses … this week in 2008

Verizon was set to overtake AT&T as the nation’s largest wireless carrier, while China issued 3G licenses covering three technologies … 8 years ago this week. Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate...

AT&T completes Alltel purchase, admits potential tower sale

The Federal Communications Commission has given AT&T the green light on its $780 million acquisition of Atlantic Tele-Network's Alltel assets. The two companies closed the deal late Friday. The FCC had delayed the transaction a few weeks ago, but AT&T won approval after agreeing...

Carrier Wrap: SK Telecom expand LTE roaming to Japan; ATN throws off more cash

Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy! --SK Telecom unveiled recipricol LTE data...

Atlantic Tele-Network (Alltel) surges 17% on positive Q1 results

Atlantic Tele-Network (ATNI), which operates Alltel Wireless, saw its stock price surge early Thursday as analysts upgraded the company’s stock following positive trends in its first quarter financial release. The carrier reported that its domestic wireless operations lost 1,131 customers during the first three...

Prepaid push: Verizon Wireless unveils new offering; U.S. Cellular, Alltel Wireless partner

Emphasizing the importance of the prepaid market, or at least the intense competition that segment is currently experiencing, nationwide powerhouse Verizon Wireless rolled out new offerings emphasizing the evolving nature of wireless usage while regional wireless operators U.S. Cellular (USM) and Atlantic Tele-Network (Alltel...

Partnerships: Orange and Google partner to reach Africa; Motorola & Telit; and more

Orange and Google announced a strategic partnership that will leverage Orange's SMS platform to bring Google's services to African customers. This agreement will facilitate access to the growing mobile internet market in Africa. Through the development of SMS-based services that operate on all mobile...

Reader Forum: It's all about video

Just a few months ago, AT&T announced that it was purchasing T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. The No. 2 wireless operator will again become the No. 1 operator by buying the No. 4. Dish recently completed its purchase of Blockbuster. It has been a...

TIA 2011: Windstream CEO talks transformation to broadband, enterprise

DALLAS – “Telecom is buzzing again,” said Windstream Communications President and CEO Jeff Gardner and Genband President and CEO Charlie Vogt during a keynote address today at the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual show, TIA2011: Inside the Network.Windstream, which was spun off from Alltel Communications...

American Tower CEO: 4G initiatives by operators benefit tower firms: Past consolidation led to advanced network builds

American Tower Corp. (ATM) CEO Jim Taiclet took the company's first-quarter conference call to comment how various 4G initiatives either under way or being pursued by wireless operators would impact the tower business. Basically, Taiclet said the underlying drivers of increased smartphone adoption and...

Connected devices drive AT&T's Q1 growth

AT&T Inc. (T) counted on connected devices to drive first-quarter growth, with 1.3 million connected devices added in the period, compared to only 62,000 postpaid retail net additions. The nationwide operator now counts 97.5 million wireless subscribers on its network.In a quarter where...

AT&T Mobility continues Alltel transition in Utah, N.D., S.D., Iowa and Minnesota

AT&T Mobility (T) has flipped the switch on more former Alltel Communications L.L.C. customers in parts of Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota that are now being serviced through the nation’s second largest operator. The move follows AT&T Mobility’s acquisition of Alltel...

AT&T Mobility continues Alltel transition in Utah, N.D., S.D., Iowa and Minnesota

AT&T Mobility (T) has flipped the switch on more former Alltel Communications L.L.C. customers in parts of Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota that are now being serviced through the nation’s second largest operator. The move follows AT&T Mobility’s acquisition of Alltel...

Reality Check: Anchoring among consolidating network operators

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.My last three columns explored the wave of consolidation that is washing over the wireless industry and...

Reality Check (2-fer): It's trade show week – The question that should be on everyone's mind (and) Boy, was I wrong!

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.With the new year comes the parade of trade shows, including the Consumer Electronics Show (Las Vegas...

AT&T Mobility's plans for T-Mobile USA set to cause uproar across industry

Wondering what the topic of conversation will be at this week's CTIA event in Orlando, Fla.? Wonder no more.AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans over the weekend to acquire the domestic industry's No. 4 player T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if...

AT&T to buy T-Mobile USA, become nation's largest operator again:

AT&T Inc. (T) announced plans to acquire T-Mobile USA Inc. in a $39 billion deal that if approved will create the domestic industry's largest player – by a sizeable margin – with more than 120 million wireless customers. AT&T Mobility is currently...

Movers & Shakers: Vodafone names new chairman; Alcatel-Lucents's UK/Ireland shakeup; and more

Vodafone Group Plc announced that Sir John Bond, the chairman of Vodafone, will be retiring from the board in July 2011. He will be succeeded as chairman by Gerard Kleisterlee, currently president/CEO and chairman of the board of management and the group management committee...

Stanton named chairman of Clearwire's board

Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) replaced one wireless industry legend with another today as it announced that John Stanton would replace Craig McCaw as chairman of its board of directors. McCaw left that position at the end of last year, with Clearwire noting that the move...

Reality Check: The decade of ‘C’

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.The “twenty-teens” will begin my third decade in the telecom industry. In the past 17 years, there...