Q1 news from FierceWireless
NewsAlltel releases some Q1 stats: 385K net new subs
While Alltel recently became a private company, the carrier still decided to release a number of key metrics for its past quarter. The company's revenues totaled $2.3 billion, which is an 11 percent Read more...
Clearwire clears 400K subscriber markClearwire posted a first quarter loss that was nearly double its year-ago loss because of increasing network buildout costs. The $176.4 million loss is close to twice last year's $92.6 million Read more... Sprint loses 1.09 million subscribers
During its first quarter earnings call this morning, Sprint Nextel did not disclose any more details on its Clearwire pact or discuss recent rumors that claimed Deutche Telekom may buy it. However, Read more...
Leap adds 230,000 net subs
After a one day delay for the results, Leap Wireless reported a net loss of $18.1 million for its first quarter, which is less than the $24.2 million loss it posted in the year ago period. Leap's Read more...
RadioShack's Q1 hampered by Sprint
RadioShack weathered a 4 percent drop in same-store sales because of lower sales in Sprint postpaid wireless. The electronics store company managed to recoup some of the net income thanks to Read more...
North America and India boost Ericsson's Q1
Ericsson's first quarter results included a 55 percent drop in net income to $446 million, but still managed to beat analysts' expectations thanks to the networks division and increased sales in Read more...
Motorola's earnings hampered by weak phone sales
Motorola posted a $194 million first quarter loss, which is greater than the $181 million loss posted this time last year. Net sales at the company came in at $7.45 billion, down from $9.43 billion Read more...
iPhone: T-Mobile Germany confirmed; 3G version '08
Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that T-Mobile is the exclusive iPhone carrier in Germany. The phone and details are in line with yesterday's UK O2 announcement. Orange is expected to announce its Read more...
Apple announces O2 as UK iPhone carrier
Apple has quelled the iPhone rumors in the U.K. today by announcing O2 as its exclusive carrier partner in the U.K. Beginning November 9, O2's 18 million subscribers can purchase an iPhone for about Read more...
Sprint formally launches femtocell, Airave
Last month we reported on a rumor that claimed Sprint would launch its femtocell service in Q1 of next year, but it turns out the carrier has launched the service for subscribers in Denver and Read more...
| Press ReleasesVeriSign's Messaging and Mobile Media Numbers Continue to Shatter RecordsVeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), the leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, announced that its Mobile Messaging Index for Q1 2008 indicates single-day and quarterly mobile Read more... Deutsche Telekom stays on track, posting good results in the first quarter of 2008Deutsche Telekom has got off to a sound start in the 2008 financial year with its first-quarter results. Adjusted EBITDA of the Group remained stable at EUR 4.7 billion compared with the prior-year Read more... |