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Articles tagged with: Qwest and Alltel
Four out of Seven Small US Networks Lost Customers in Q3
The Verizon-Alltel merger, which was recently approved by the FCC, will leave an even greater gap between the large and small US mobile operators; there will be no networks of between 7m and 30m customers. There are currently seven networks with fewer than 7m but more than 0.25m customers, although if AT&TÃ's plan to buy Centennial is successful, there will only be six remaining. At the end of Q3 08, these seven had 17.33m customers in total. Aggregated annual growth stood at 13.1%, compared to 15.9% for T-Mobile ,14.0% for AT&T, 11.2% for Verizon and -6.3% for Sprint. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, metropcs, verizon, seven, bell, ntelos, USA
USA - Slowing Growth Suggests a Need for Further Consolidation
The US mobile market in Q1 2007 continued its slow trudge towards 100% penetration, with the best part of two percentage points added in the quarter, to take the total to 79.6%. In absolute terms, there are now an (estimated) 239m mobile customers in the USA, up from 233m at the end of 2006 and 214m one year earlier. more
Related Tags: fcc, us-cellular, cingular
Telecom Workers Show Preference For US Sen Clinton's Campaign
WASHINGTON (AP)--Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's, fundraising machine is working its magic among employees of the nation's biggest telecommunications companies, despite her support for an industry-unfriendly legislative initiative. more
Related Tags: at&t, yahoo, arkansas, comcast, massachusetts, edward-whitacre, qwest-communications
50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006
The Eastern Management Group has released the names of the World's 50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006. Compilation of the list is an annual joint effort between the firm's two largest and oldest practices. The Service Provider Consulting Practice assists businesses to establish and manage distribution channels and channel partners that sell to service providers throughout the world; while the Service Provider Market Research Practice performs ongoing tracking of all of the world's telecommunications service providers, in more than 200 countries and territories. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, teliasonera, china-telecom, telenor, docomo, kpn, portugal-telecom, mtn, china-mobile, wind, sprint-nextel, softbank, telstra, telus, china-netcom, bt, telkom, rogers, netcom, embarq, kt, rogers-communications
US Phone Cos 3Q Driven By DSL Pickup, Wireless Strength"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- U.S. telephone companies should post strong third-quarter results on an anticipated jump in high-speed Internet customers and continued wireless growth. more
Related Tags: at&t, t-mobile-usa, t-mobile-usa, leap-wireless, verizon-communications, cingular
Data Services Driving Up American ARPU
Overall spending for wireless service has increased significantly from 2004 as customers continue to try new non-voice service offerings such as text messaging and games/music file downloads, according to a new J.D. Power and Associates Study. During the past three-year period, the average monthly wireless bill has increased a full US$11 -- from US$55 in 2004 to US$66 in 2006. The increase in monthly spending comes mainly from a rise in overall wireless usage, new reported product/service uptake in data and text messaging, added FCC regulation for 911 calls and WNP (Wireless Number Portability) fees, and new state/local service taxes. more
Related Tags: text-messaging, customer-care, j.d.-power-and-associates, u.s.-cellular, fcc, 911, j.d.-power
Sprint Spins Off Embarq As It Focuses On Wireless
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Sprint Nextel late Wednesday completed the spinoff of its local telephone business, Embarq, as the company streamlines its business for growth. more
Related Tags: citigroup, embarq, qwest-communications
Verizon Stuck With Vodafone In Wireless Arm, For Now"
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- It appears as if Verizon Communications hit a road block with Vodafone Group over joint venture Verizon Wireless. more
Related Tags: ovum, at&t, softbank, at&t-wireless, verizon-communications, arun-sarin
Analysis: After BellSouth, Is Anyone Left?"
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- After a decade of dealmaking, the phone industry is running out of buyers and sellers. The latest deal, AT&T Inc.'s agreement on Sunday to buy BellSouth Corp. for $67 billion, would remove one of the few major targets left in the phone business. BellSouth, the dominant local carrier in the South, was arguably the best-managed phone company in the United States. more
Related Tags: thomson, at&t, qwest-communications
Decline In US Telecoms Online Experience - report
The Customer Respect Group has released findings from its Fourth Quarter 2005 Online Customer Respect Study of Telecommunications firms. By interviewing a representative sample of the adult Internet population, and by analyzing and categorizing more than 2,000 corporate websites across a spectrum of industries, The Customer Respect Group has identified the attributes that together measure the online customer experience. more
Related Tags: skype, privacy, virgin-mobile, bell-canada