However, the Cricket Wireless operator would only provide a short-term solution to Ma Bell's very long-term woes.
Vodafone recently joined Verizon Communications as a major investor in Iusacell, Mexico's number two wireless operator.
Mr Clarke volunteered for Bomber Command in 1940, and was accepted as a wireless operator and air gunner.
Reuters reported Wednesday that Huawei offered to sell surveillance equipment to an Iranian wireless operator for its broadband network.
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T-Mobile, a wireless operator, in over 2, 000 Starbucks coffee shops in America.
In mid-2011, Google also engaged in advanced discussions to buy rights to the airwaves, or spectrum, owned by wireless operator Clearwire Corp.
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It also marks the first time a U.S. wireless operator is actively promoting a Voice Over Internet protocol (VoIP) application to its subscribers.
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Scaglia in five years transformed the Olivetti subsidiary, Omnitel Pronto Italia, into Europe's second-largest national wireless operator, stepping down when Olivetti bought Telecom Italia in 1999.
Besides its big presence in Europe, Vodafone also has a strong foothold in the U.S. where it has a 44% stake in wireless operator Verizon Wireless.
The parent of America's fourth-largest wireless operator, T-Mobile USA, cited "the extremely competitive environment in Germany and the recent foreign exchange rates development" as reasons for altering its outlook.
His biggest holding, wireless operator America Movil, is up 4% since it announced earlier this month that it was in talks to buy a third of Olimpia, the holding company that controls Telecom Italia.
Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, but under terms of their arrangement with Verizon, which owns the other 55%, the wireless operator has been using its prodigious free cash flow to pay down borrowings from Verizon.
His biggest holding, wireless operator America Movil (nyse: AMX - news - people ), is up 4% since it announced earlier this month that it was in talks to buy a third of Olimpia, the holding company that controls Telecom Italia (nyse: TI - news - people ).
The broadband wireless network operator made the comments in response to a Bloomberg story yesterday which said the company had talked to Blackstone Group about possible financial restructuring alternatives.
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The wireless broadband network operator posted a loss from continuing operations of 81 cents a share, worse than the Street consensus forecast for a loss of 35 cents.
At Cingular Wireless, a national mobile operator, network call traffic surged to 400 percent of its normal level from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Verizon Wireless is the biggest mobile phone operator in the US with about 27 millon subscribers.
Cox Communications Inc. will have the tough job of trying to differentiate itself from competitors as the cable operator prepares to start a wireless service this year in an already crowded U.S. market.
But part of the drag on margins was due to InPhonic's struggling Liberty Wireless business, a mobile virtual-network operator that InPhonic has now sold.
It is the largest telecommunications operator in Europe with wireline and wireless interests in numerous countries and total annual revenues in 2010 of 62.4 billion euros.
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After starting out ten years ago, Bharti has faced down fearsome rivals, including the Reliance and Tata groups and Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa, to become the largest mobile-phone operator in India's hypercompetitive wireless market.
The news comes 4.5 months after the Dallas-based carrier turned on its LTE network, becoming the first U.S. operator to offer the high-speed wireless service.
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Cox, the third-biggest cable operator, appears to be pursuing a separate wireless push.
Private equity's biggest foray into the wireless telecommunications business sees it picking up a healthy American operator that could do with a little financial help in competing against heftier rivals.
Mobilicity, Canada's UNLIMITED 3.5G mobile operator, provides nationwide coverage with unlimited coverage areas to make wireless communications more affordable and easier to use.
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Boingo Wireless shares are trading sharply lower in late trading Thursday after the WiFi hotspot operator posted disappointing Q4 financial results.
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On April 1st Vodacom, a large South African telecoms firm, proudly announced a five-year deal to manage Econet Wireless Nigeria, the west African country's second-largest mobile-network operator.
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And the rail operator says it will provide better on-board services, new ticket machines and wireless internet access at stations and on trains.
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