Monthly Archives: December, 1999

RCR’s Top 20 wireless news events of 1999

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were...

Marconi’s vision births wireless communications

"I now felt for the first time absolutely certain that the day would come when mankind would be able to send messages `round the...

Cellular chip market to double by 2004

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-According to a report just released by Strategies Unlimited, a Silicon Valley market research firm, the worldwide market for Radio Frequency semiconductor...

Yankee Group counts 875 wireless operators

BOSTON - At the end of the year there will be 875 active wireless operators worldwide, growing to 937 by the end of next...

Court says communications law is supreme in NextWave case

WASHINGTON-The long awaited decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was released on Wednesday saying that communications-not bankruptcy-law is supreme...

Carriers should double-check Y2K compliance

WASHINGTON-Wireless telecommunications carriers that long ago declared they were year-2000 compliant should check again with manufacturers and vendors since some supposed-compliant items have since...

IP needs to drive network services

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Driven primarily by Internet Protocol related wholesale volume, U.S. wholesale network services revenue will grow at an average annual growth rate...

Brightpoint, Nextel enter agreement

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said its North American subsidiary, Brightpoint North America Inc., entered into an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. and certain of its affiliates...

Wireless market grows 17 percent in 1999

ARLINGTON, Va. - the Telecommunications Industry Association and its subsidiary, the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association, announced the findings of its jointly produced report, "2000 MultiMedia...

Bell Mobility offers Thin Phone in Canada

SAN DIEGO-Bell Mobility launched Qualcomm Inc.'s new QCP-2760 Thin Phone in the Canadian market, Qualcomm announced.The QCP-2760 Thin Phone is a dual-band, dual-mode handset...

PhonePrint system logs milestone

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.'s PhonePrint technology has prevented more than 300 million fraudulent cell phone calls worldwide, the company said."Our PhonePrint fraud prevention...

2000 OUTLOOK: Applications will rule future wireless world

WASHINGTON-For the wireless industry in 2000, the outlook is LOOK OUT! Wireless and the Internet have found each other. The high-tech Big Bang is...

Stet Hellas launches wireless banking app.

ATHENS, Greece-The National Bank of Greece and Stet Hellas, a Greek mobile phone operator, launched a Global System for Mobile communications banking application that...

Xypoint offers location security

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. introduced a feature that will allow consumers to control whether their location is tracked when they access Internet services from their wireless...

ITU works on specs for IMT-2000 networks

The International Telecommunication Union announced network experts who met in Geneva earlier this month agreed on six sets of specifications for IMT-2000 networks.The ITU...

WAP MILESTONES

1994December Alain Rossman forms Libris Inc., hires two engineers to develop what eventually becomes the backbone for WAP.1995March Libris completes software prototype.1996June Libris changed...

Ztango.com delivers Internet to wireless devices

RESTON, Va.-Ztango.com Inc. introduced software solutions that enable the delivery of Internet-based services to digital wireless phones and Wireless Application Protocol-based smart phones.Ztango.com's software...

Wheeler goes on the road to preach the virtues of wireless data

BALTIMORE-In what he hopes will be the first of many such appearances, Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week told...

Lucent enters Brazilian venture

CURITIBA, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Inepar S/A Industria e Construcoes, a Brazilian energy and systems manufacturer, announced they formed a joint venture to supply...

Winstar gets $900M for stake in firm

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc., New York, will receive $900 million from its sale of a 13-percent stake to a group of investors, including Microsoft...

Eagle River due diligence extended in ICO

LONDON-ICO Global Communications said the due diligence process of Eagle River Investments L.L.C.'s investment in the company has been extended, to be completed no...

New FleetTrack switches systems

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-Integrated Systems Research said its new FleetTrack automatic vehicle location system is the first to offer users automatic switching from Cellular Digital...

Esat recommends shareholders reject takeover bid from Newtel

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Telecom's board of directors said the offer made by Newtel AB in a hostile takeover bid is "derisory and fundamentally undervalues the...

Ericsson aims to integrate strategies for international players

NEW YORK-Sweden's L.M. Ericsson has majored on the infrastructure side of provisioning to wireless carriers within the United States while playing a comparatively minor...

WebLink attracts developers

WebLink Wireless Inc., formerly PageMart Wireless, announced several companies have joined its Enterprise Solutions Provider Program in the last week.The most recent addition is...
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