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DALLAS, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting April 1, Verizon Wireless began accepting entries for its 2013 Wireless Technology Innovation Awards for small and mid-sized businesses located in the Central Texas region. The company invites businesses, non-profit groups and other organizations to showcase ways Verizon Wireless mobile technology solutions improve efficiency, save money and elevate customer satisfaction. Corporate sponsors for the awards program include Alcatel Lucent,...

Honor earned by just one percent of company's sales executive team WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- John Bauer, Major Account Manager, and Liz Brownson, Business Sales Director, in Walnut Creek earned the Verizon Wireless President's Cabinet award, the company's highest honor for sales and customer service. The honorees and their guests were recognized in a ceremony hosted by Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Mead, Executive Vice...

Honor earned by just one percent of company's sales executive team WALNUT CREEK, Calif., March 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carlos Gonzales, Retail Sales Representative in Turlock, earned the Verizon Wireless President's Cabinet award, the company's highest honor for sales and customer service. The honorees and their guests were recognized in a ceremony hosted by Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Mead, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Marni...

ANNAPOLIS, Md., and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSYS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, today announced its expansion into the Middle East region. TeleCommunication Systems is utilizing Connecting Worlds, a Dubai-based company that offers sales extension and virtual branch selling to mobile operators in the Middle East/North Africa region to enhance the global offering...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online AT&T is continuing their spectrum grab, buying up as much spectrum as their stockpiles of cash can afford them. Today, AT&T has agreed to spend another $1.9 billion to buy spectrum licenses from their main rival, Verizon Wireless. This spectrum covers some 42 million people in 18 states. In addition to the $1.9 billion, AT&T has also agreed to trade some of their own spectrum to sweeten the deal. This deal now awaits...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online As domestic mobile phone carriers look to expand their respective services one stumbling block comes up time and time again: spectrum. With so many consumers utilizing data-hogging smartphones, tablets and other devices, the digital spectrum is getting rather crowded. This is why some of the largest players in the mobile arena have been looking to acquire spectrum from their smaller counterparts. On Tuesday AT&T, which is...

Cellular One, the oldest and longest-running wireless brand in U.S. history, has reinvented itself after 25 years, into an online telecom hub, marketing all wireless brands and becoming a place to shop for the latest choices in wireless, ask questions, and current on telecom news. Cellular One, a brand still used by a few independent wireless companies in the U.S. today, is also still the wireless brand remembered by many as the number one choice of wireless in the U.S. Bellevue, WA...

DUBOIS, Pa., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice and high-speed Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in DuBois, Pennsylvania by activating a new cell site. The new site provides more customers in the area with access to its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The new cell site in Clearfield County improves coverage and expands the 4G LTE network in the following areas: North into DuBois; South...

Wireless industry's commitment to being "green" is also the focus of November's Wonders of Wireless (WOW) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of the wireless industry's continued commitment to being "green," CTIA-The Wireless Association® announced today its Green Working Group (GWG) and its sustainability benchmarks. Included in the GWG's...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has completed its purchase of wireless assets in New Mexico RSA #6, owned by E.N.M.R. Telephone Cooperative and its subsidiary Plateau Telecommunications and operated under the brand name Plateau Wireless. The purchase will expand Verizon Wireless' brand and network footprint in southeastern New Mexico to the counties of Eddy, Chaves, Lea, Otero and a portion of Lincoln that it doesn't currently...