Yearly Archives: 2000

Crown revenue increases 91 percent, adds 4,500 tenants

Crown Castle International Corp. finished a strong second quarter, reporting revenues for the quarter ended June 30 increased 91 percent to $148.4 million from...

Surviving in wireless can be wonderful

Dear Editor,I thoroughly enjoyed your Viewpoint perspective on employee loyalty published in the July 24 issue of RCR. Needless to say I am inspired...

RCA to host APCO event

WASHINGTON-The Radio Club of America will host a breakfast in conjunction with the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials' annual conference and exhibition Aug. 16...

Chip sales reach $16.6 billion

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide semiconductor sales reached a record high of $16.6 billion in June, a 48-percent increase from the $11.2 billion in sales for...

TeleCorp turns on 3 cities

ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Alexandria, La.; Blytheville, Ark.; and Dyersburg, Tenn., bringing...

ETSI prepares to meet standardization challenge

Work is under way at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to ensure that all International Telecommunication Union-accepted third-generation standards can receive type approval in...

Wireless-only funds track industry

NEW YORK-Amid the clutter of conflicting and shifting capital market indicators, the outlook for companies in any sector related to wireless telecommunications nevertheless appears...

Flextronics, Chatham to merge operations

SINGAPORE-Electronics manufacturing and design services provider Flextronics International Ltd. and Chatham Technologies Inc., an integrated electronic packaging systems supplier to the communications industry, signed...

D.C. Briefs

The Federal Communications Commission has extended by 45 days the deadline by which carriers must report their telephone number utilization. A coalition of telecommunications...

FCC to auction 172 licenses for 24 GHz

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will auction 172 10-year licenses to offer fixed-wireless service using spectrum located in the 24 GHz band."The auction...

Floware joins other Israeli broadband companies with IPO

NEW YORK-Israeli wireless broadband equipment companies have been strutting their stuff on Wall Street lately.Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. sold its 4.5 million-share initial public...

News Briefs

Crown Castle International Corp. closed concurrent public offerings of common stock and convertible preferred stock and received gross proceeds of approximately $758.9 million, the...

Initial CRADA meeting calls for extensive research

ROCKVILLE, Md.-The inaugural meeting of a government-industry task force formed to examine the health effects of radio-frequency exposure listed a variety of studies to...

Employees may strike on Verizon Wireless union issue

WASHINGTON-Whether Verizon Wireless employees can join a union was a key topic that may have led to a strike by Verizon Communications employees as...

Consumers likely to buy hands-free kits within 6 months of phone buy

WHEATON, Md.-Between 12 and 17 percent of end users buy hands-free kits at the time they purchase their wireless phone, according to a nationwide...

Sprint PCS offers Voice Command dialing service

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-In a move to strengthen its telematics strategy, Sprint PCS introduced Sprint PCS Voice Command, a network-based voice-activated dialing and information service.Sprint...

Stock closes up in SignalSoft IPO

BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a wireless location services application developer, began its initial public offering of 4.4 million shares of common stock at $17 per...

Broadband wireless to reach $17B

BOSTON-Multichannel multipoint distribution service and unlicensed band broadband wireless revenue will exceed $5.5 billion by 2005, up from $246 million this year, according to...

Wireless instant messaging faces challenges

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today's barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from...

Pinnacle acquires Dallas facility

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. entered an agreement to acquire a collocation facility in Dallas for $136 million, the company said.The Univision Center Building houses...

Telsim launches GPRS network

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish GSM operator Telsim launched a commercial General Packet Radio Service network, four months after successfully completing technology trials.Motorola Inc.'s Network Solution Sector,...

Castle Harlan withdraws offer to salvage Iridium

Just two months ago, Castle Harlan Inc. stepped in and granted Iridium L.L.C. a stay of execution, offering to purchase the fledgling company for...

Tektronix, Siemens partner for core network test solution

BEAVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc., developer of test and monitoring equipment, and Siemens' Information and Communication Mobile plan to develop a custom core network test and...

NeoPoint withdraws IPO

LA JOLLA, Calif.-NeoPoint Inc. filed a request to withdraw its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the current market is...

Nextel International completes $650M private placement

RESTON, Va.-Nextel International Inc. completed a private placement of $650 million of its 12.75-percent senior serial notes due Aug.1, 2010, which were sold at...
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