Articles tagged with: Nextel and Seven
The Gap in Call Quality Performance among US Mobile Networks Narrows
As the wireless services industry becomes more competitive, the gap in call quality performance between the highest- and lowest-ranked carriers is smaller compared with previous years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
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Sprint: Ill. Supreme Court Denies Request to Review IPCS Suit
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint nextel suffered another legal setback in its dispute with iPCS, after the Illinois Supreme Court denied its request to review a prior ruling that favored iPCS. more
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T-Mobile and AT&T Fail to Top any Regional Call Quality Reports
Alltel, Sprint nextel, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless each rank highest in wireless call quality in their respective regions, according to the latest issue of the J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Wireless Call Quality Performance Study. more
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Alltel Tried to Buy Sprint Nextel Prior to Verizon Sale
It has been revealed that Alltel Corp tried to buy Sprint nextel prior to being swallowed up in turn by Verizon Wireless a couple of weeks ago. Speaking to the local Arkansas News Bureau, Alltel's CEO Scott Ford said that the company made three approaches towards Sprint nextel, and even tried to buy T-Mobile or AT&T Wireless. more
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IN DEPTH: The Top Operators by Subscriber Base in North America
The North American mobile market has not changed significantly since our last quarterly review. The ten largest companies, which account for the vast majority of subscribers in the region, have maintained their relative positioning over the quarter, as AT&T heads the table with 71.4m customers, ahead of Verizon (67.2m), Sprint nextel (52.8m), T-Mobile (30.8m), Alltel (13.2m), Rogers and Bell Mobility from Canada (7.4m and 6.3m), US Cellular (6.2m), Telus, the third Canadian company (5.7m) and MetroPCS (4.4m). In fact, the only change over the year is that Bell Mobility has edged ahead of USC by about 50k subscribers to take the seventh place on the list. more
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