Yearly Archives: 2000

Trio allies for European 3G licenses

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced it entered arrangements with Hutchison Whampoa and KPN Mobile to cooperate on European third-generation mobile networks. The agreements cover four European...

PCIA to intervene in lawsuit that could impact sitings

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association plans to file documents this week asking a federal court to allow it to join in a lawsuit that...

Lineo, Hitachi collaborate on embedded software

TORONTO-Embedded Linux system software developer Lineo Inc. said it will combine its Embedix Linux software with Hitachi Semiconductor Inc.'s SuperH RISC processor, enabling manufacturers...

Lucent completes 3G packet data trials

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. successfully completed third-generation wireless packet data calls using a commercial Lucent-supplied 3G 1X Radio Transmission Technology network with both...

Lycos goes mobile

Internet portal Lycos Inc. launched its mobile initiative today branded as Lycos Mobile, extending the My Lycos personalization platform to Internet-enabled wireless devices.Wireless application...

MIT alumni form wireless Internet company

BOSTON-Five Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni launched a custom wireless application strategy and solutions firm called Lobby7, focusing specifically on the wireless Internet.The firm...

Wireless bureau examines prickly 911 issues

WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines...

TIW reorganizes corporate structure

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. created a new corporate structure under which it will carry on a national Universal Mobile Telecommunications System business in the...

Nextel Partners hits 100,000 customers

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported signing its 100,000th Nextel digital services customers during the company's second quarter ended June 30."The Nextel brand has proven...

ADC, Austar to deploy MMDS

MINNEAPOLIS-Broadband network equipment supplier ADC Telecommunications Inc. and Australian pay television operator Austar United Communications announced a strategic program to develop and deploy a...

Siemens offers Quickstream

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Carrier Networks L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Information and Communications Networks Inc., introduced Quickstream, an end-to-end broadband access network solution...

Breckenridge Agreement intended to foster broadband cooperation

NEW ORLEANS-Sprint Corp.'s Broadband Wireless Group and WorldCom Inc. revealed the first details of the Breckenridge Agreement, a document established to ensure the cooperation...

Callahan forms wireless broadband operation

DENVER-Global communications development and operating company Callahan Associates International L.L.C. launched Callahan Broadband Wireless Inc. to run Callahan's existing wireless broadband operations in Switzerland...

Judge overrules town on cell-phone driving ban

Cities trying to ban the use of cell phones while driving were dealt a setback when a Bucks County, Pa., judge ruled Hilltown Township's...

Cell-Loc spins off network and services division

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced the spinoff of its TimesThree network and services division, allowing the division to sell wireless location services to business partners...

Clarification

An article in RCR's April 28 issue about community alert systems should have stated that the term "reverse 911" is a registered trademark of...

i3 Mobile to transmit college-related content

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions supplier i3 Mobile selected Student Advantage's U-Wire to provide college-related news to wireless phones, pagers and other mobile devices.According to...

Concourse aims to improve airport networks

NEW YORK-Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., Mineola, N.Y., is on a mission to turn the problem of poor reception inside public facilities into a business...

Metrocall, Aether to deliver alerts to nat’l conventions

WASHINGTON-Metrocall Inc. and Aether Systems Inc. have teamed to provide interactive news alerts and other information services from Congressional Quarterly to journalists and party...

CellPoint lists on Nasdaq

LONDON-Digital cellular location technology provider CellPoint Inc. reported its application to list its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market was approved and is...

Datalink.net launches data appliªcation

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net introduced its Global Market Pro wireless data application which was developed with Chase Manhattan Bank.It is designed to provide real-time, custom...

Motorola’s second quarter earnings increase

Motorola Inc. posted net income of $515 million on sales of $9.25 billion in the second quarter, up from $269 million on $7.59 billion...

CenturyTel selects Ericsson BWA solution

RICHARDSON, Texas-Integrated communications services provider CenturyTel selected Ericsson Inc. to supply a wireless broadband point-to-multipoint access system solution based on next-generation Time Division Multiple...

FCC reduces regulatory fee amount by one penny

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced by one penny the amount of regulatory fees commercial mobile radio services carriers must pay to 30 cents...

Wireless ASP industry erupts onto Internet scene

The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it...
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