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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 …

Supported by the Telecom Act of 1996, wireless carriers are taking towns across the country that have denied them permits for tower builds to court-and winning. Reports from local newspapers …

SINGAPORE-Following a similar launch from U.S. carrier AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last month, Singapore’s MobileOne announced plans to begin tomorrow a music recognition service called Point. Customers dial 188*, point …

WASHINGTON-Lawyers for a North Carolina firm are in talks to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of a young girl killed earlier this year when a commercial truck-allegedly operated …

WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and cellular agents petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to block the proposed merger of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C., while organized labor reiterated its support …

TORONTO-Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications …

New research shows the wireless data and entertainment industry is neglecting its most willing market segments: women and young adults. “Females and young consumers have a significantly higher propensity to …

MINNEAPOLIS-Fans of the TV show “American Idol” can purchase branded “American Idol” mobile phones, replete with messages, pictures and ring tones featuring the show’s contestants and acid-tongued judge Simon Cowell. …

When a small state retains a multimillion-dollar tax break for the nation’s largest telephone company out of sympathy and concern about attacks on the landline carrier’s subscriber base by mobile-phone …

Fans of the TV show “American Idol” now can purchase branded “American Idol” mobile phones, replete with messages, pictures and ring tones featuring the show’s contestants and acid-tongued judge Simon …

WASHINGTON-A safety group asked the Federal Communications Commission to block Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s proposed $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. if the parties do not agree to set …

NEW YORK-Following its announcement that stakeholder AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it planned to explore options for its interest in Rogers Wireless Inc., Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed a …

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in a report that it expects the wireless industry to post moderate growth in the high single- to low double-digit range as carriers increase …

Canadian telecommunications provider Rogers Communications Inc. said it received a notice from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. on its intent to “explore options to monitize its stake” in Rogers Wireless Communications …

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. released full first-quarter results confirming its previously reported 196,000 net customer additions not including 76,000 subscribers transferred to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as part of a market …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits per second and average …

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 …

The wireless industry’s first full quarter of operating under local number portability provided few surprises as Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and Alltel Corp. all posted strong …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. posted disappointing first-quarter results, highlighted by the loss of 367,000 customers during the quarter and a 3.7-percent customer churn rate, which the carrier said were the …

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 …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits per second and average throughput of …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported 554,000 net customer additions during the first quarter of this year, which was a nearly 200-percent improvement compared with the 189,000 subscribers the carrier added during …

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, …

Developers: Wireless wants you. At least, that’s the message coming from many of the largest players in the wireless industry. Companies from Microsoft Corp. to Nokia Corp. to Verizon Wireless …

Call automation can make or break perceptions of the quality of customer service offered by wireless service providers, depending on how well that automation works, according to a series of …