Qwest May Relocate Headquarters
Phone+ News, USA
Qwest Communications International Inc. will not renew the lease on its Denver, Colorado headquarters in a move that should help the struggling carrier save about $12 million per year.
Topics: telecom, Qwest, carrier, USA, telecommunications
Google Will Build Network in Challenge to AT&T, Verizon
BusinessWeek
Google Inc. is planning to build high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks in the U.S. to offer Internet speeds that are more than 100 times faster than what Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. sell today.
Topics: broadband, Verizon, carrier, Google, AT&T, telecom, Comcast
Sprint Charging It’s Agents for Support
Phone+ News, USA
Beginning Feb. 1, Sprint Nextel has imposed charges on its Business Indirect Partners and Business Solutions Partners for access to business indirect channel support managers, channel support managers and the programs they support. While optional, the charge has gotten mixed reviews from some of the carrier’s agents as well as elicited concerns that [...]
Zagat Releases Survey of Major Wireless Carriers
TMCnet News
Zagat has released the results of its first Wireless Carriers survey. The survey incorporates feedback from 2,319 wireless consumers who rated AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless on the key aspects of their performance: Reliability, Coverage, Products, Value and Customer Service.
Topics: AT&T, T-Mobile, wireless, United States, Verizon, telecom, carrier
FBI: ISP Tried to Scam $15M Out of AT&T, XO, Others
Phone+ News, USA
The FBI has arrested and charged the owner of Core IP Networks, a Dallas-based ISP, with conspiracy to commit fraud.The feds say Matthew Simpson, 25, of Red Oak, Texas, was part of a 19-person ring that planned to scam ATT Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., XO Communications and other carriers out …
Topics: IP [...]
AT&T Wireless Threatened With Network Attack
ChannelWeb
Journalist Dan Lyons, a.k.a. Fake Steve Jobs, wants AT&T’s iPhone subscribers to show their displeasure with the carrier’s attitude toward customer service by intentionally flooding AT&T’s network with data traffic.
Topics: telecommunications, telecom, AT&T, carrier, ISP, iPhone
AT&T Set To Gouge Wireless Bandwidth Hogs
Los Angeles Times
In a presentation to investors today, AT&T’s head of consumer services, Ralph de la Vega, acknowledged that just 3% of iPhone users accounted for a massive 40% of the data traffic on AT&T’s mobile network.
Topics: USA, Los Angeles, carrier, wireless, San Francisco, telecom, AT&T, telecommunications, smartphone, Cisco
Sprint Erases Debt, Gets Ratings Upgrade
Phone+ News, USA
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) stock surged Monday on positive financial news – the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier has paid off a chunk of debt, and received a subsequent ratings upgrade from an investment bank. Sprint said it has repaid $1 billion under its $4.5 billion revolving credit facility, leaving …
Topics: wireless, [...]
Nicaragua’s Enitel Connects to Arbinet’s Wholesale Carrier Services
TMCnet News
Leading mobile provider and Nicaraguan PTT, Enitel (Empresa Nicaragüense de Telecomunicaciones), will use Arbinet’s new wholesale Carrier Service interface for termination and origination of international calls.
Topics: Enitel, United States, Nicaragua, broadband, carrier, Arbinet, telecom, fiber optic
Wirefly Offers Electronics Trade-In Program
TMCnet News
Wirefly, the internet’s leading authorized retailer of cell phones and home services in the U.S., today announces the launch of its new and improved online trade-in program that allows consumers to trade in their unwanted electronics for cash or a charitable donation.
Topics: cellular, telecom, carrier, Wirefly, United States, wireless
First iPhone Social Networking App to Have Free Phone Calls
TMCnet News
myRete is announcing WhosHere 2.0. The WhosHere 2.0 marquee new feature is WhosHere Voice. As long as both parties have a Wi-Fi connection, WhosHere Voice allows their 750,000 users to call any other user for free. The recipient does not even have to be in the app to take a WhosHere call.
Topics: telecom, [...]
Mobile VoIP – Are Traditional Carriers in Danger?
TMCnet
Mobile VoIP is growing rapidly today as a way to reduce calling rates, and as a result, the technology poses a threat to operator revenues, an analyst with Stratecast, a division of IT market research firmFrost & Sullivan, told TMCnet in an interview.
Topics: carrier, telecommunications, voip, mobile VoIP, telecom
Sprint: Palm Pre, Unlimited Plans Fail to Help Earnings
Phone+ News, USA
Carrying the Palm Pre and offering unlimited voice and data plans hasn’t helped Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) at all. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier on Thursday reported yet another quarter of losses – wider than the losses of the year-ago and second-quarter 2009 periods. Sprint reported $478 million in losses, compared …
Topics: telecommunications, [...]
Level 3 Launches Wireless Tower Access Service
Phone+ News, USA
Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) has announced the launch of Level 3 Tower Access, a new service that offers direct wireless tower connectivity to the Level 3 network. Tower Access provides wireless carriers with more efficient and cost-effective options for wireless backhaul in metropolitan and rural locations.
Topics: telecommunications, carrier, wireless, Level3, USA, telecom
Carriers Target Multiple Cellular Niches In Q4
Twice
New cellphones livening up fourth-quarter competition include a restyled BlackBerry Bold for T-Mobile and AT&T, a new Pantech quick-messaging phone for AT&T and phones for senior citizens from MVNO Consumer Cellular.
Topics: carrier, Pantech, MVNO, BlackBerry, voip, telecom, telecommunications, cellular
