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Best carriers: should you switch?(cellular telephone services)
Last fall, when it became clear that cell-phone customers would finally be able to keep their phone numbers if they switched carriers, the major cell-phone companies began an advertising blitz to woo new customers and keep old ones. Estimated to cost $1.5 billion, the campaigns stressed trust, reliability, dependability, and quality. For example, AT&T Wireless proclaimed itself "the wireless service America trusts." Verizon says it has "the most reliable wireless network in America."
Such claims mask chronic dissatisfaction with wireless service. "Churn," the industry term for the number of customers who change carriers, remains high. On average, nearly 37 ...
- Cell-Phone Companies Brace for Upheaval As Gates to Number Freedom Open.
- Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) November 24, 2003 700+ words
...is like Y2K for cell phone companies. Similar to the...people can keep their cell phone numbers, there...back from switching phone companies. So will millions...said she switched cell phone companies twice in the past...
- Cell Phone Companies Prepare for Effects of Number Portability.
- Newspaper article from: The Business Press (San Bernardino, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) December 1, 2003 700+ words
...Candace Hunter Wiest switched cell phone companies and cell phone numbers two...The new rule will force cell phone companies to improve their service...consumers may encounter delays as cell phone companies deal with the holiday shopping...
- Govt determined to bring cell phone companies in capital market.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh May 17, 2007 700+ words
...is determined to bring the cell phone companies in the capital market by...this year. To compel the cell phone companies to come in the capital market...are determined to bring the cell phone companies in the capital market. To...
- Consumers Get Fed up with Hidden Costs from Cell-Phone Companies.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) April 16, 2004 700+ words
...consumer beefs about cell-phone companies are: Termination...regulatory powers over cell-phone service. In contrast, local phone companies have long had to...lawsuits against cell-phone companies. A lawsuit filed...
- Action against cell phone companies using VoIP illegally.
- News wire article from: UNB - United News of Bangladesh May 17, 2007 700+ words
...stern action against the cell phone companies, which are using illegally...stern action against the cell phone companies if we get concrete evidence...cases were filed against the cell phone companies for using VoIP illegally...
- Brazil: Cell phone success creates dispute between phone companies.
- Newspaper article from: South American Business Information October 2, 2001 700+ words
...Brazilian fixed and cell phone companies over the payment...another company. Cell phone companies are complaining of...know that calls to cell phones are more expensive...has announced that phone companies which demonstrate...
- General Patent Licenses Cell Phone Patent Owned by DTL to 11 Phone Companies
- Newspaper article from: Wireless News August 20, 2009 700+ words
...Patent Licenses Cell Phone Patent...DTL to 11 Phone Companies Type: News...licensed DTL's cell phone patent...eleven (11) phone companies. DTL said...compatibility of cell phone handsets...eleven regional phone companies that have...
- Cell-Phone Companies Face Boone County, Mo., Deadline for Data.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 28, 2003 700+ words
...of seven cellular-phone companies operating in Boone...uirements for cell-phone companies and emergency centers...rejected a proposed cell-phone tax that would...emergency centers and phone companies for investments in...
