MetroPCS is forging ahead with its LTE plans after a third quarter that saw fewer customers signing up for the operator’s prepaid service. The number of net new customers declined nearly 70 percent over last year, to 69,384. Churn worsened as customers left for other wireless providers, rising seven basis points to 4.5 percent. MetroPCS […]
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Bright House’s iPad app hits iTunes store
On Friday, Bright House Networks’ iPad app hit the iTunes store, although a spokeswoman for the company said it won’t officially launch until tomorrow. Bright House Networks’ iPad app lets digital basic service or higher subscribers watch up to 100 live channels on their iPads via Wi-Fi connections. Customers also need to have a Bright […]
Ben Wolff quits Clearwire board
Clearwire co-founder and former CEO Ben Wolff has quit his post on the company’s board of directors, ending his seven-year stint at the WiMAX operator. The resignation “is not due to any disagreements with the company on any matters relating to the company’s operations, policies or practices,” the company said in documents filed Friday with […]
Convergys consolidates Virgin Media inventory control
Virgin Media has consolidated 20 different equipment inventories onto a single inventory control system provided by Convergys, the vendor said. Virgin Media had been managing its customer premises equipment (CPE) for more than 13 million landline, mobile, broadband and cable product subscriptions in more than 20 different configurations. By consolidating on Convergys’ ICOMS, Virgin Media […]
AT&T announces first 2 LTE phones
The first two phones to run on AT&T’s new high-speed data network went on sale Sunday. The phones are the HTC Vivid and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Both are big touchscreen smartphones that run Google’s Android software. They’ll cost $200 and $250, respectively, with a two-year service contract requirement. Dallas-based AT&T is building […]
Cablevision’s profits sink 65 percent in Q3
Cablevision’s shares were smarting this morning after the cable operator reported that its profit dipped 65 percent in the third quarter, but the company’s revenues did get a boost from the inclusion of the former Bresnan Communications customers. After its earnings report was issued earlier today, Cablevisions’ shares were down 13 percent. On the plus […]
Motorola Mobility slides to loss; revenues up
Motorola Mobility yesterday reported a GAAP net loss in the third quarter of $32 million, or 11 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $34 million, or 12 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2010. Total revenues were up 11 percent to $3.3 billion. The company did not host a conference […]
Swiss MSO will wholesale iControl in Europe
Swisscom will begin offering iControl’s broadband-based home monitoring and control systems to its customers in Switzerland and will also act as a wholesaler of the service to other service providers throughout Europe. The maneuver might be an indicator of how the technology might be proliferated in North America, as Comcast and Rogers Communications are among […]
LightSquared defends network plans
LightSquared is on the defensive following a conference call yesterday hosted by the Coalition to Save Our GPS that outlined the group’s objections to LightSquared’s proposed dual terrestrial and satellite broadband network. LightSquared said, “The FCC is requiring [it] to build a massive terrestrial network that reaches 260 million Americans by the end of 2015.” […]
Samsung’s Q3 profit slides 23%
Samsung Electronics said quarterly profit slid 23 percent as weaker demand for flat panels and computer chips offset booming smartphone shipments that were estimated to have surpassed those of industry pioneer Apple. Samsung, the world’s biggest manufacturer of memory chips and liquid-crystal displays, said Friday it earned 3.44 trillion won ($3.1 billion) in the three […]
