Microcell shares hit new high as Rogers seeks federal OK for ...
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TORONTO (CP) - Microcell Telecommunications&#39; buoyant shares hit a new high Thursday amid heightened expectations of a bidding war between Telus Corp.
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TORONTO (CP) - Rogers Communications Inc. and its mobile phone division Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. said Friday they are raising a total of $2.
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When Verizon Wireless filed an almost perfunctorily brief lawsuit against the FCC in a federal appeals court on Monday, analysts and wireless industry observers were baffled. With the FCC having written up the 700 MHz spectrum auction order in late July, didn't the company have enough time to complain then? Surprisingly, a clue to its motives comes not from itself or its lawsuit but from the FCC.
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Shares of Qwest Communications rose more than 5 percent in Friday action amid news that the company has agreed to pay $250 million to end a federal probe of fraudulent accounting practices employed by former management.
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The U.S. sale of airwaves for  advanced wireless services grossed a record $13.9 billion when  it ended on Monday, and spectrum-hungry wireless carrier  T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and a group of cable companies  were the highest bidders.
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SEOUL/NEW YORK  - Shares in Sprint Nextel Corp.  surged in Monday U.S. after-hours trade following a report that South Korea's top telecoms operator, SK Telecom Co., was preparing to bid for the No. 3 U.S. wireless firm. South Korea's top mobile operator  delivered an official denial of the report on Tuesday afternoon during market hours, but its shares closed 4.22 percent higher as investors bet that the reported deal could be feasible.
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The price of a cellphone might soon get higher because of a strange-but-true lobbying battle that took place over the past few months.
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In what will certainly come as relief to advocates of open access rules for wireless services, someone this morning placed a bid for the jewel-in-the-crown "C-block" of spectrum just above the minimum reserve trigger price.
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One day and two rounds into the long-awaited spectrum auction by the Federal Communications Commission, the highest bids total $2.78 billion, according to news reports. The auctioned frequencies could result in a new era for broadband wireless, unlocked handsets, and nationwide emergency communications.
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NEW YORK - Verizon Wireless, the hulking champ of the cellular world, is about to meet a new contender. Any day now, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to recommend the approval of Cingular
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s new wave of interest-rate increases is spilling into consumers&#39; and investors&#39; lives in good and bad ways.
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Shares of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. jumped to a new 52-week high Thursday, a day after the company said it would begin broadcasting its commercial-free radio stations to subscribers over the Internet.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug 19  - Shares of Mylan Laboratories Inc. (MYL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) surged more than 10 percent on Thursday after billionaire investor Carl Icahn got federal regulatory approval to buy up 11.9 percent of ...
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Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. is offering $1.4 billion for cellphone rival Microcell Telecommunications, (TSX: MT.B) known for its Fido brand, topping a $1.
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and face the challenges -- of its new status as the nation&#39;s biggest cellular provider. Cingular&#39;s $41 billion merger with AT&amp;T Wireless Services Inc.
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Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp  rose over 3.5 percent on Friday as investors reacted to market speculation the No. 3 U.S. mobile service could be sold to Britain's BT Group , but analysts were skeptical.
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Rogers Communications Inc. (RCInvb.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) expects to refinance C$2 billion to C$3 billion ($1.7 billion to $2.