SureWest Assets will be Sold to Verizon

Verizon Wireless has made an another announcement this week.

The major wireless network has announced that it has agreed to purchased wireless assets from SureWest Communications for sixty nine million big bucks. SureWest Communications is a telecommunication company based in northern California. This deal is subject to federal regulatory approvals upon completion.

Verizon is considered by many as the most reliable wireless voice and data network in the US today. It is serving more than 60 million wireless customers. Based on revenues, it is the largest U.S. wireless company and largest wireless data provider. This powerful mobile phone carrier employs nearly seventy thousand workers and is steadily growing bigger as this post is being made.

With this deal, the will acquire SureWest's spectrum licenses, and network and operations assets in Sacramento. SureWest Wireless' license and spectrum covers nearly four million people. Estimates indicate that Verizon will take on about 50,000 more customers on this major deal will be finalized.

Sure Wests' licenses coverage overlaps with areas currently served by Verizon Wireless so the deal makes sense. This will expand the company’s capacity in that area and bring enhance service for mobile phone service customers.

As soon as the deal is complete, the top wireless network will begin serving SureWest Wireless’ thousands of customers. Experts estimates that the transaction will be completed in the second quarter of 2008.

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Wireless Network News

Lucrative Wireless Network Deal Scrapped

Gary Forsee, the Chief Executive Officer of Sprint was recently evicted resulting in the scrapping of Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. plans to build a high-speed wireless network together. Cleawire is a network company founded by mobile-phone pioneer Craig McCaw. The ouster also resulted in a decline of as much as 28 percent to the value of Clearwire shares .

Sprint announced the deal and the plan was supposed to be completed in two months. However, the talks slowed while Forsee faced pressure from investors to curb spending after losing customers. Ultimately, the decrease in customers caused Forsse's dismissal.

It is clear that the deal's collapse will be damaging for Clearwire Corp. For the last three years, the corporation's losses have swelled amid efforts to build a national network. In fact, it sold shares to the public in March to help fund construction. However, it seems to be futile as it's third-quarter sales totaled $41.3 million, less than 100th of Sprint's. Visit this site to learn more about this wireless deals collapse.

Read the rest of Bloomberg's article on this update.

Verizon Expansion to Help Beverly, Massachusetts Residents

Verizon Wireless, considered by many as the nation's most reliable wireless network is in the process of expending its network with the construction of a new cell site. This initiative is designed to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Essex County. Those residing along along Route 127 in eastern Beverly and the surrounding area will enjoy the new coverage and capacity offered by the new site.

For half a year, Verizon Wireless has invested $145 million to enhance wireless capacity and coverage throughout the six states of New England. This brings the cumulative network investment in the region to more than $2 billion. The growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services has urged the company to invest more than $1 billion every 90 days. The company offers picture messaging, text messaging, BroadbandAccess high-speed Internet and the exclusive V CAST service to the public. Over the past seven years, the company's ongoing national network investment now totals more than $40 billion.

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Huge Wireless Network on Silicon Valley Stalling

A recent column in the San Jose Mercury News revealed that the ambitious plan to blanket 1,500 square miles of California’s Silicon Valley with a wireless network may be on the edge of stalling. Experts observed that for even two one-square-mile test sites the project has still unable to raise funds.

The region which covers most of the peninsula south of San Francisco and is one of the wealthiest regions in the United States. However, The two test sites, has been unwilling to cough up the $500,000 needed to complete the project.

More of this story on Networkworld.com

The Most Reliable US Wireless Network

The profitable wireless phone business has given rise to highly successful wireless carriers and networks. The lucrative business has produced intense competition among this companies and has resulted in a vast collection of quality cell phones, plans and other merchandise. Among these wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless claims to offer the most reliable service on the best wireless voice and data network of the United States.

I have to say that it is a bold claim since there are other excellent wireless companies who are also offering excellent service. Verison Wireless claim of being the most reliable network is actually based on network studies. These studies were performed by real-life test men and test women who inspired the company's national advertising campaign.

Every year, these engineers conduct more than 3 million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' and other national wireless carriers' networks. These specialists travel in specially equipped, company-owned quality test vehicles on nearly 1 million miles of the most frequently traveled roadways nationwide in order to collect data for the test.

The tests are done primarily to ensure that the network meets high call quality standards. To do this, each voice call is tabulated on computers inside the test vehicle as either a successful call, an ineffective attempt or a lost call. The same method applies for file downloads, uploads and web browsing. The tests conducted are classified based upon the ability to establish data session and the ability to complete the task. The engineers download the test results onto computers at Verizon's network test centers for compilation and analysis once all the test vehicles complete their routes.


The results of the tests were favorable for Verizon Wireless. It consistently showed that in major metropolitan centers and some remote areas the rate of ineffective attempts for the Verizon Wireless national network is lower than any other national carrier. Voice calls that connect on the Verizon's network are more likely to stay connected for the duration of the call according to the test results.

The data network reliability test results also establish that Verizon Wireless has the nation's most reliable wireless broadband network. Verizon Wireless' ability to set up data sessions and complete large file downloads and uploads at a greater rate of success than its national competitors is one of the strongest proof to this claim.