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Articles tagged with: Nextel
Mexico Raises Spectrum Cap on Forthcoming Auction
The Mexican anti-trust commission, CFC has reviewed the details of the forthcoming radio spectrum auction and raised the spectrum cap to 90MHz per individual mobile network operator. The previous plans had imposed a limit of 80Mhz. more
Related Tags: radio-spectrum, iusacell, telefonica, telcel, america-movil, three, radio, Mexico
Mexico Radio Spectrum Auction Could Raise $1.5 Billion
Mexico's government could look forward to charging US$1.5 billion for wireless radio spectrum which is due to be auctioned off later this year. Basing its estimate on recent auctions in other country's, banking group, Banamex said that the government should expect between US$1-$1.5 billion from the licenses. more
Related Tags: telcel, telefonica, iusacell, cofetel, competition-commission, Mexico
T-Mobile Agrees to Settle Early Termination Fees Lawsuit
T-Mobile USA has proposed a settlement of a lawsuit against the company for charging early termination fees (ETF) to customers who close their account before their contract has expired. Under the terms of the agreement, which is still waiting for court approval, the company would make a payment of US$11.5 million to customers affected between July 1999 and Feb 2009. more
Related Tags: t-mobile-usa, early-termination-fees, sprint, etf, termination-fees, USA
Sprint Nextel Names New Boss for its CDMA Business
Sprint nextel has named Robert H. (Bob) Johnson president of its CDMA business unit. Johnson, a senior marketing, sales and customer service executive formerly with AT&T Wireless, will join the company later this month. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, cdma, at&t-wireless, sprint, USA
Sprint Nextel Q1 Loss Widens to $594 Million
Sprint nextel has reported its first-quarter financials - and recorded a deepening loss of US$594 million, down by 18% on the US$505 million a year ago. Net operating revenues were $8.2 billion, down 12% on the US$9.3 billion a year ago. more
Related Tags: sprint-nextel, cdma, iden, clearwire, sprint, USA
Sprint Nextel Closer to $2 Billion Network Outsourcing Deal
The persistent rumours that Sprint nextel is nearing a deal to outsource its network infrastructure management to Ericsson got another boost as the Wall Street Journal said the negotiations are nearing their completion. more
Related Tags: ericsson, sprint-nextel, sven-christer--nilsson, outsourcing, sprint, USA
Chilean Operator Plans $500 Million CAPEX in 2009
Chilean telco, Entel has outlined plans to spend up to US$500 million on network upgrades during 2009 - with 80% of that being set aside for the company's 3G network. more
Related Tags: capex, entel, claro, Chile
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless
Mexico's Iusacell Loses 600,000 Customers Due to Clean-Up
The Mexican mobile market finished the year on 77.93m customers with a below-par performance for customer growth in Q4 2008. In fact, the quarterly increase of 2.24m was the smallest gain since Q2 06 and the smallest fourth-quarter gain in five years. The main cause of this was Iusacell's loss of 0.56m customers as the result of a customer clean-up programme. more
Related Tags: tim, ovi, telefonica, telcel, iusacell, Mexico
Chile Publishes Details of 3G License Tender
The Chilean telecoms regulator, Subtel has published the tender details for a round of 3G licenses, which it anticipates will bring a new entrant into the market. The auction for the licenses is due to be held in July, a notice on the regulators website announced. more
Related Tags: 3g, 3g-license, ovi, telefonica, entel, compete, movistar, antitrust, subtel, nextel-international, telefonica-moviles, claro, Chile