At that time, Bell focused on media company acquisitions rather than on network upgrades.
They're promoting their coming cell network upgrades, which will give your cellphone faster Internet connections.
SoftBank could influence how Sprint deploys network upgrades or adds services for customers, he said.
Transport for London confirmed today that a million fewer passengers travelled on the London Underground in January, causing it to shelve plans for network upgrades.
Shares of Nextel, which is controlled by Craig O. McCaw, had fallen amid concern about the high cost of network upgrades using the Qualcomm standard.
Furthermore, every call you make via Wi-Fi is one less call clogging T-Mobile's cellular network, further reducing the company's need to spend on network upgrades.
Ms. Warner and other analysts also said network upgrades were largely complete in the industry, which should further improve returns on capital.
With most of the costly network upgrades complete at Cox Communications, Mrs. Anthony and Mrs. Chambers can just sit back and collect cash.
"The spectrum released from digital switchover means opportunity, look at the proliferation of mobile devices and handsets and the need for network upgrades.
This is why we have allowed major increases in investment and encouraged network companies to take creative approaches to connecting generators without costly network upgrades.
Think of it as the cell companies' way of trying to recoup all the money they put into those network upgrades.
