Yearly Archives: 2000

Correction

In the July 3 issue of RCR noting GroupServe Inc.'s pilot agreement with o2wireless Solutions for its Internet-based group communications applications, the service price...

Nextel Partners exercises territory expansion option

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. exercised its option with Nextel Communications Inc. to expand its licensed territory by an additional 10.6 million people, increasing its...

World Briefs

FranceBrightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets...

KPN plans public share offering

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-KPN, the former telecommunications monopoly in the Netherlands, plans to offer a new issue of shares to the public this year. The...

SmarTone has high hopes for GPRS service

NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong.The city-state...

Bids top $1B in Dutch UMTS auction

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands-Bids in the Dutch Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction topped $1 billion at the end of bidding Thursday, 10 days and...

Products

TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the...

People

BellSouth Wireless DataMichael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry's team will be responsible for selling Interactive...

D.C. Briefs

Legislation by Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) to prevent the Federal Communications Commission from approving the transfer of licenses from an American telecommunications company, such...

Touch America, Qwest launch PCS joint venture

BUTTE, Mont.-Touch America, the telecommunications subsidiary of The Montana Power Co., began its personal communications services joint venture with Qwest Wireless in Spokane, Wash.,...

Silicon Motion invents new DSP for wireless devices

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Low-power graphics chip maker Silicon Motion Inc. reported it has invented an embedded digital signal processor technology that will enable the company...

Airspan IPO raises $82M

NEW YORK-Airspan Networks Inc., a British designer of fixed wireless communications systems, went public on Nasdaq July 19, raising $82.5 million in an offering...

CreSenda launches business applications on AT&T CDPD network

LOS ANGELES-CreSenda Wireless Inc. formed a strategic alliance with AT&T Wireless Services to launch its Wireless Professional Series business applications over AT&T's CDPD network.The...

Flarion created to develop data rooted technology

The road to higher data speeds for wireless networks is rooted in voice technology, but Flarion Technologies, a new venture company formed by Lucent...

Telecom vendors outsource more product

NEW YORK-Manufacturers increasingly are planning to outsource production as more companies transition to the virtual manufacturing model, according to a recent Bear, Stearns &...

Motorola, MasterCard start m-commerce work

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and MasterCard International said they will commit resources in a joint effort to speed mobile commerce deployments.The companies will collaborate on...

SBC reports increased domestic subscriber revenues

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. added 537,000 wireless customers, an increase of 70 percent compared with the previous year, and a 30.6-percent increase in domestic...

Earnings Briefs

Vyyo Inc. reported net revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 increased to $3 million, compared with $1 million reported for second-quarter 1999....

Aether venture targets education community

Aether Systems Inc. is involved in yet another joint venture launch, this time with Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., to introduce MindSurf, a company aiming...

Qualcomm expands license agreement with Sanyo

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an addition to Sanyo's existing Code Division Multiple Access subscriber unit license agreement granting Sanyo a license under Qualcomm's essential...

Sprint encouraged by wireless data growth

Sprint PCS gave analysts some guidance on how much wireless data contributed to its overall second-quarter financial results, which improved significantly from the first...

Wireless contributes to Alltel’s 2Q growth

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported second-quarter results from current businesses, excluding one-time adjustments, reflecting the impact of the first phase of a wireless property...

Vendors form agreements to advance wireless location services

While still slow to be adopted by wireless operators, wireless location service providers have accelerated their efforts to deliver effective technologies that can determine...

Nextel open to future partnerships

Nextel Communications Inc. added more than 677,000 new proportionate subscribers during the second quarter, giving the company approximately 6.2 million global subscribers, the company...

SiteSafe supplies software to BellSouth

ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe L.L.C. signed a two-year agreement to provide its PeopleSafeT software and classroom radio-frequency compliance training to BellSouth Mobility.The PeopleSafeT course on RF...
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