Monthly Archives: April, 2001
E911 Phase II deadline nightmare materializes: Powell remains optimistic deadline can be met
WASHINGTON-Fears about the timely deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II service appear to be coming true even as the chairman of the Federal Communications...
Metrocall, WebLink plan unprecedented merger
The plan is ambitious, to say the least.Metrocall Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. announced last week a plan to merge by concurrently filing for...
Bush to nominate Martin, Abernathy, Kopps to FCC
WASHINGTON-The White House on Friday said President George W. Bush intends to nominate Kevin J. Martin, Kathleen Q. Abernathy and Michael J. Kopps to...
Alcatel not fully behind mobile handsets
PARIS-An Alcatel executive said the company is not fully committed to the mobile handset business, because of the strong advantage of competitors Nokia and...
Lucent’s latest labor: squelching speculation
Even rumors did not forgive Lucent Technologies Inc. last week as the telecom equipment maker scrambled to reassure its nervous investors that it was...
Inhofe weighs in on 3G spectrum battle
WASHINGTON-Last December, two months after President Clinton ordered government studies on spectrum availability for third-generation wireless systems and at a time when mobile-phone and...
Motorola denies $ problem
On the heels of a similar situation involving Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc. late Friday denied published reports that it faces a serious liquidity...
Kada platform enhances capabilities of Palm devices
A new company out of Andover, Mass., hopes to make the Palm personal digital assistant feel even more like a personal computer than ever...
GAO report finds increasing cyber security weaknesses
WASHINGTON-With fresh indications last week that government and industry information systems remain highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, the Bush administration faces added pressure as...
Blue Ribbon panel calls for using telecom excise tax for universal service
WASHINGTON-A Blue Ribbon panel released a report last week that called for the telecommunications excise tax to be used to fund universal service."A current...
Nokia faces handset troubles: Some series won’t work on high-speed networks
Nokia Corp.'s splash into the CDMA handset market was tempered last week after the world's largest cell phone manufacturer admitted some of its phones...
Despite widespread use, WAP future remains in question
WAP has found itself in a similar situation to mighty Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. A lot of people complain about it, but nearly...
Vodafone adds 4.4 million subscribers, expects slower growth in future
LONDON-Vodafone Group announced it added more than 4.4 million customers during the quarter ended March 2001, showing growth in its worldwide registered proportionate customer...
Dingell says FCC should shift from appropriations to fee-based system
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should be funded solely through fees rather than congressional appropriations, said Rep. John D. Dingell, ranking member of the House...
Ricoh, Metricom partner for wireless imaging solution
WEST CALDWELL, N.J.-Ricoh PC Peripherals Business Unit, a division of Ricoh Corp. that focuses on digital imaging and multimedia products, and Metricom, a wireless...
DT, VoiceStream stock manipulated by letter
Deutsche Telekom's pending deal to purchase VoiceStream Wireless Corp., took a strange turn last week as apparent false correspondence concerning the merger from the...
World Briefs
JAPANJapanese electronics giant Sony Corp. has decided to upgrade its cellular phone handset operations into a full division with emphasis on mobile computing products....
Certicom announces support for Cisco unified VPN
HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom, a provider of e-business security, announced support for Cisco's unified VPN client strategy and framework to enable virtual private networks to extend...
Brightpoint to provide logistics services to B Digital USA
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its subsidiary Brightpoint North America L.P. will provide B Digital USA Inc. with integrated logistics services including packaging fulfillment and other...
Economic downturn does not affect value proposition of wireless Internet
No one is quite sure where the wireless Internet is going.There is such a profusion of technology developed and offered on a daily basis-from...
ICO requests MSS spectrum be used for terrestrial-based services
New ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. has hand-delivered a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell, asking the commission to allow mobile...
HP endorses Lutris server
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Lutris Technologies Inc., an open source software and services company, said Hewlett-Packard Co. will endorse and recommend Lutris' Enhydra 3.5 wireless application...
Beyond any expectations…: Nextel shakes up cellular and SMR
Editor's Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless communications industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look...
Device quality key to wireless Internet experience
The wireless Internet is only as good as the device it's on.Granted, there are plenty of other issues surrounding the look and feel of...
Manufacturers try to balance cost cutting with growth plans
What safety nets do wireless manufacturers have in place in case we stumble into a true recession?The question has come up often lately because...
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