Monthly Archives: August, 1999
PCIA, ITA OPPOSE CHANGES TO 450 MHZ BAND
WASHINGTON-Associations representing private wireless users do not see a need for the petition, filed late Friday by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, urging the...
PRODUCTS
CoherentThe Coherent original equipment manufacturer division of Tellabs launched a complete design verification kit for its CEC-128 Integrated Echo Canceller multichip module. The kit...
RCC REVENUES DOUBLE
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $38.2 million, more than double the $17.7 million in revenues...
CRAZY PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IMPACTS REGULATION
WASHINGTON-The pace of technological change-rapid and frenzied-will have an impact on regulation, and in turn, how regulation impacts the wireless industry in the next...
ROGERS ADDS RECORD SUBSCRIBERS
TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. posted overall results for the second quarter, ended June 30, showing a 6.2-percent increase in total revenues to $215...
SMART-CARD INDUSTRY A THREAT TO CELLULAR CARRIERS
BOSTON-Smart cards are poised to move beyond their role in identifying Global System for Mobile communications subscribers, due to momentum outside wireless and beyond...
MCCAW FAMILY BUYS 15 MILLION NEXTEL SHARES
RESTON, Va.-Craig McCaw and his family exercised their options to purchase 15 million shares of Nextel Communications Inc. common stock, according to the company.Nextel...
WATCHMARK BUY FILLS HOLE IN LUCENT’S OSS LINE
Lucent Technologies Inc. last week launched a new venture to deliver operations support system products designed to help carriers better manage their networks and...
INTELLICELL BECOMES FOCUS WIRELESS
CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Intellicell Corp. said it is requesting its shareholders approve a corporate name change, to Focus Affiliates Inc., at the company's annual meeting in...
SMART PHONES, HANDHELDS MARKET GROWING IN JAPAN
TOKYO-Japan's smart handheld device market finished 1998 with 1.42 million shipments, an annual increase of 24.3 percent, and the market is expected to reach...
VIEWPOINT: HAIL THE PAGER-PHONE
I had an interesting conversation about wireless communications with the maintenance manager of the downtown Denver hotel where RCR had its recent editorial staff...
SNAPTRACK OPENS JAPAN SUBSIDIARY
TOKYO-SnapTrack Inc. formed a Tokyo-based subsidiary called SnapTrack Japan Ltd. that will be responsible for expanding SnapTrack's presence in the Japanese telecommunications market and...
COMPROMISE IS KEY AS SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGY RAPIDLY ADVANCE
Drive, fly, go to a movie, sit in the park, eat at a restaurant. Listen for the unmistakable high-pitched ring of a mobile phone...
SONY’S CELLULAR PHONE SALES FALL
TOKYO-Sony Corp. reported its net income for the first quarter of fiscal year 1999, ended June 30, dropped sharply to $152 million, a 55-percent...
SPYGLASS GETS MOBILE ENTERPRISE CONNECTION
Riverbed Technologies Inc. and Spyglass Inc. said they have entered a worldwide licensing agreement under which Riverbed will incorporate Spyglass' Prism technology with its...
STC PURCHASES RETAIL CELLULAR
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it has acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Retail Cellular Inc. from Retail Distributors...
TEGIC TARGETS CARRIERS WITH INSTANT MESSAGING
Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of...
BLUETOOTH RELEASES NEW SPECIFICATION
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The five founding companies of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group-Ericsson Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Toshiba Corp.-announced the release...
FIRMS GIVE MOBILE TWIST TO CORPO RATE APPS
Computer Associates International Inc. introduced a new wireless application infrastructure designed to give companies the ability to introduce corporate applications to mobile workers.The system...
COURT RULES ON CASE CONCERNING UNIVERSAL SERVICE
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans ruled largely in favor of the Federal Communications Commission late Friday in...
MOTOROLA INTRODUCES FIRST WAP HANDSET
Phone.com Inc.'s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners.The conference was designed to act...
VODAFONE AIRTOUCH, GTE ENTER CDMA DATA SERVICES MARKET
Two Code Division Multiple Access carriers launched limited data services last week that involve linking wireless phones to laptop computers via a cable, allowing...