Moody’s

NEW YORK-Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s is turning a sharp eye on wireline companies and their wireless offspring, citing concerns about wireline businesses’ ability to compete with Voice over …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Following is a list of wireless companies that had ratings or financial news this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week. Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF …

Following are ratings changes and financial information on wireless companies from financial services and investment banking firms announced this week. Nortel, AAT, UTStarcom, Alvarion, Intrado and others mentioned. Standard & …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Partners Operating Corp., said it expects to save $14 million in annual interest expenses due to a new $550 million …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc., via its wholly owned subsidiary Nextel Partners Operating Corp., said it expects to save $14 million in annualized interest expenses due to a new $550 million …

Following is a roundup of wireless companies that received ratings changes from financial services companies this week. JP Morgan lowered its rating on SpectraLink from neutral to underweight. The firm …

WASHINGTON-John Bohn has been sworn in as the newest member of the California Public Utilities Commission, likely giving GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the majority he needs to revamp or repeal …

Following is a roundup of ratings changes for companies in the wireless market during the week of Feb. 28. JP Morgan upgraded its rating on Texas Instruments from Underweight to …

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding last week’s government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody’s Investors Service reacting immediately by …

The union of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gives new meaning to The Great Experiment. Indeed, nothing approaching it-in scale, complexity and consequence-has ever been attempted in …

WASHINGTON-The fanfare surrounding final government approval of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. proved to be short-lived, with Moody’s Investors Service downgrading long-term debt ratings …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services assigned a Caa1 rating to AirGate PCS Inc.’s recently issued 9.375 percent senior subordinated secured notes due 2009 and a B2 rating for the carrier’s $141 …

Second-quarter results from public tower companies reflect improved financial stability and greater optimism that cell-site additions will ramp up in the coming months. Crown Castle International Corp. released its second-quarter …

NEW YORK–Citing “recent corporate governance problems and alleged accounting fraud within the SK Group,” Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded to stable from positive its outlook on the speculative-grade Baa1 rating …

NEW YORK-To reflect “the remarkably stable operating and financial performance” of Nextel Communications Inc., Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded its outlook to stable from negative on the carrier’s $15 billion …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor Services downgraded its senior unsecured long-term debt ratings of Verizon Communications Inc. from A1 to A2 and the long-term debt ratings of Verizon Wireless Inc. from A2 …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded French vendor Alcatel’s senior debt ratings to B1 from Ba1, reflecting the company’s dwindling revenue flow, the need to downsize and lack of financial …

NEW YORK—Moody’s Investors Service Inc. said Monday it has downgraded about $5.2 billion in L.M. Ericsson debt to Baa3, one tier above junk bond status, from Baa2. “The rating downgrade …

WAYNESBORO, Va.—Ntelos Inc., Waynesboro, Va., a regional wireline and wireless telecommunications provider, has received a downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service Inc. on the speculative-grade rating of approximately $605 million in …

NEW YORK—Moody’s Investor Services cut its long-term credit rating for Qwest Communications International Inc. citing concerns about the telecommunications company’s liquidity position, cash drain at its long-distance operating subsidiary, slowing …

FRANKFURT, Germany—Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Marconi plc to Ca from B2 in its unsecured bond, while the company’s senior implied rating dropped to Caa3 from B1. “The …

NEW YORK—Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has downgraded the debt of Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, citing the “recent decline in profitability” of the company and the “uncertainty associated with growth in the …