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BERWYN, Pa.-Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. lost 45,556 customers during the third quarter and ended the first nine months of the year with 919,550 subscribers on its network. The carrier attributed the loss to the final integration of …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. inched ahead with its planned launch of third-generation services, upgrading its UMTS networks in Seattle, Phoenix and Dallas to higher-speed HSDPA capabilities. Cingular noted it is the first carrier in the world to commercially launch a HSDPA …

Enhanced directory-assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said Sprint Nextel Corp. is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One and Nextel Operations Inc. effective Jan. 9. Nextel Operations is a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel following Sprint Corp.’s acquisition of …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has received notification from Sprint Nextel Corp. that the carrier is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One and Nextel Operations Inc. effective Jan. 9. Nextel Operations is …

SAN FRANCISCO-Following years of delays, Nokia Corp. finally is set to launch its 9300 device running Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry software in the United States. The device will be available exclusively through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. beginning in November. Cingular, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided another round of updates on the progress it is making in integrating the former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. operations. An executive Wednesday said the integration is still on track to be completed in 2007. “We …

Following several quarters of year-over-year customer growth, the wireless industry’s nationwide operators could be set for a softer third quarter. Customer additions are expected to fall just short of the nearly 5 million customers added last year and below the …

Alltel Corp. is taking a slow and steady approach to integrating its recently acquired Western Wireless Corp. assets. The company is expected only to make minor changes through the end of this year and wait on major initiatives until next …

As Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. begin to merge their separate identities into one company, there will be obvious comparisons to how Cingular Wireless L.L.C. integrated AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to form the nation’s largest wireless carrier. Sprint Nextel …

Consumer appetite for wireless services continued unabated during the second quarter as the nation’s seven largest operators posted a 39-percent jump in net customer additions to more than 6 million new subscribers compared with the 4.4 million they added during …

Regional telecommunications provider and former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. wireless affiliate Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it lost 10,000 wireless customers during the second quarter, ending the first half of the year with 469,000 subscribers. The company noted the customer loss …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday changed the band plan for advanced wireless services in the 2 GHz band, making additional licenses available in rural areas. “The minor modifications we make might actually turn out to be important. We want to …

Independent regional operators posted mixed second-quarter results that in most cases included sagging customer growth, but increased revenue per subscriber bolstered by growing wireless data usage. Recently strengthened Alltel Corp., which closed its acquisition of Western Wireless Corp., was a …

Regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc., which was formerly known as Triton PCS, posted 3,979 net customers during the second quarter compared with a loss of 833 customers during the second quarter of last year. SunCom said it ended …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday changed the band plan for advanced wireless services in the 2 GHz band, making additional spectrum available to rural carriers. “The minor modifications we make might actually turn out to be important. We want to …

Sprint Corp.’s months-long high-speed wireless data tease came to an end last week as the company finally announced the launch of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The company said the service would be available in business districts and airport locations …

Verizon Wireless continued to turn the screws on its competitors with further expansion of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network, which the carrier claims now covers 119 million potential customers in more than 50 major metropolitan areas and is available in …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the continued strong growth of family plans to drive the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 14.8-percent year-over-year improvement in net subscriber additions in the second quarter. The firm said …

One pioneering wireless data technologies is getting closer to its expiration date, as AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s low-speed CDPD wireless data network is set to be shut down June 30 by new owner Cingular Wireless L.L.C. AWS had previously said …

Investment banking firm Merrill Lynch said it expects the wireless industry’s five nationwide operators to post a 4.5-percent year-over-year improvement in gross subscriber additions during the second quarter driven by continued strong growth of family plans. Individually, Merrill Lynch said …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory-assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said Alltel Corp. plans to stop using Metro One’s EDA service by the end of August, which would be approximately six weeks prior to the expiration of the current contract. Metro One …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has been informed by Alltel Corp. that it plans to stop using Metro One’s EDA service by the end of August, which would be approximately six weeks prior to …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. reported a roaming agreement with Advanced Wireless Group L.L.C. that adds Boston’s Logan International Airport to Boingo’s Wi-Fi Roaming System. The network, which AWS and the Massachusetts Port Authority launched last June, covers all of …

Despite increasing competition and spectrum concerns, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it expects to continue posting around 1 million net customer additions per quarter through the rest of 2005, and with the help of upcoming spectrum auctions to begin rolling out …

Dobson Communications Corp. denied a Standard & Poor’s report that the regional wireless operator was considering a sale of its financially troubled American Cellular Corp. subsidiary. The S&P online newsletter cited unnamed sources and speculated that strong trading of Dobson’s …