Study Names Verizon Wireless as Top Call Quality Carrier

Does you always experience static or voice distortions when you make a call? perhaps you've experience many dropped calls or the lack immediate text message notifications? Well, if you have experienced these before then perhaps this story will be useful to you.

According to Phonescoop, J.D. Power and Associates has released the findings of their latest study concerning the quality of cell phone calls. The research company relied heavily on customer experiences to discover the best call quality offered by US carriers.

J.D. Power and Associates names this analysis as the "Wireless Call Quality Performance Study." This is conducted about every 12 months. The performance of wireless carriers vary in every year so it has to be conducted yearly to provide accurate rankings.

Here are the factors being considered in the Wireless Call Quality Performance Study:

• dropped calls
• static/interference
• failed connection on the first try
• voice distortion
• echoes
• no immediate voice mail notification
• and no immediate text message notification

The study was conducted on several geographic areas in the US. This means that some carriers may not do very well in some areas that they do not have full coverage. This will also inform mobile phone customers on the carriers that have the best call quality in their area.

Here are the US geographic regions and the networks that have been ranked first in call quality.

West Region: Verizon Wireless was ranked first in this area.

North Central Region: Alltel and US Cellular claims the top spot in this region.

Northeast Region: Customers bestow the top spot to Verizon Wireless in this area.

Southwest Region: Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless share the top rank in this region

Mid-Atlantic Region: Once again, Verizon Wireless is the top dog in this area

Southeast Region: Alltel grabs the tops spot in this region.


There you have it. those are the rankings for the carriers with the best call quality. Interestingly, AT&T and T-Mobile were not able to grab the top spot in any of the regions. However, these figures may change in the year as networks are constantly trying to improve their service.

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More Job Cuts for Motorola

If you have been tuning in to news in the mobile phone industry, then you are probably aware that Motorola has been struggling. The major mobile phone manufacturer has been suffering from slumping handset sales and have decided to split into two entities. The company has now decided to cut some jobs to cope with declining revenue by trimming down on its annual costs.

In 2007, the manufacturer's revenue was pegged at$36.7 billion, which indicated a loss of about 15%. The sharp drop-off in sales in wireless phones is probably responsible in this significant drop in profit. The mobile phone business it the company's largest division. When sales of cellphones plummeted by an alarming 33%, the job cuts became inevitable.

According to reports, Motorola is planning to layoff more than two and a half thousand employees . The company has publicly announced some of the job cuts in Asia, Europe and the US. However, it did not reveal the exact figures of the job cut in Chicago, where the company hires about fifteen thousand workers.

Motorola is not a stranger to job cuts. The company has used it before in an effort to improve its businesses. In 2007, more than seven and a half jobs were cut. The struggling company will have about 63,500 workers all over the globe when the lay off will be implemented. This is a significant decrease when compared to the nearly one hundred fifty thousand strong workforce the company employed in the year 2000.

Experts say that the company might be able to recover from its current slump by increasing the speed of its development process. This way, the company will be able to boost mobile phone profits by being able to launch unique and attractive handsets in a shorter period of time. Motorola's decision to separate its handset division from other business might also be able to lure innovative executives. New leadership might be the key to improving sales and helping the company to regain its former status as a world leader in mobile phone devices and technology.

Alltel Offers Wireless Broadband in Montana

Continuing to expand its wireless data network for mobile professionals and consumers, Alltel Wireless has launched broadband Wireless Internet service throughout Montana, providing coverage to Helena, Missoula, Billings and communities along Interstates 94 and 90. Wireless Internet uses next generation EVDO (evolution data optimized) technology that provides customers with unlimited wireless access to the Internet at speeds comparable to wired broadband connections such as cable modem or DSL. With this technology users can easily watch online videos, surf and do other exciting activities on while connected to the World-Wide-Web.

Continue reading Alltel Wireless promotion to improve its operation.