Bluegrass Cellular

Verizon is buying rural wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular, which provides service to about 210,000 customers in 34  counties across central Kentucky. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; it’s expected …

Customer service is differentiator for rural carriers For Tier 2 and Tier 3 operators that serve rural areas largely beyond the reach of the four major Tier 1s, knowing their …

Nokia was very busy 1 year ago this week, with the vendor closing on the sale of its Here mapping unit, while shareholders approved its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. Nokia closes …

Bluegrass LTE-A plans with Verizon push the rural carrier deeper into 4G market with 5G plans for segment on the horizon. Networks advances may be common across the domestic market’s …

Verizon XLTE program includes spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz bands designed to increase capacity of its LTE service, with coverage now in 466 markets Verizon Wireless said it added spectrum …

Bluegrass claims completion of 5-year build tied to Verizon rural LTE program Regional wireless operator Bluegrass Cellular said it completed the build out of its LTE network, which now covers …

Verizon LTE in Rural America service launched by all 21 partners Verizon Wireless announced a deployment milestone in its LTE in Rural America program, noting all 21 rural telecom operators …

Roughly one of every five Americans lives in a rural community, according to the latest census data. Many of those 59 million people are served by regional mobile operators, but …

ATLANTA – Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure added a bit of “big carrier” luster to the CEO panel at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association Global Expo event, as well as taking …

Apple’s unveiling of its latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices last week drew strong launch support from the nation’s regional and rural operators, all intent on offering the iconic …