Yearly Archives: 2001

Growing pains prevalent in setting up cyber-security warning center

WASHINGTON-A recently released report from congressional auditors shows that an FBI unit created in 1998 to warn of cyber-security threats and infrastructure protection risks...

Key facts

What: Automotive News/RCR Wireless News Wireless Automotive Executive Briefing When: Wednesday, Oct. 17Where: Cobo Center, Detroit, as part of the SAE Digital Car Conference.Costs: $595 for one day...

3GPP releases first specifications

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Standards Committee T1, one of six Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs) developing specifications for third-generation mobile communications, announced it completed its review process for...

Network Services ready to take on challenges of today’s paging industry

Brad Scott does not think one-way paging is dead."We do believe there is still opportunity in paging, in one-way paging," he said. "It is...

DoD has `grave concerns’ about 1700 MHz

WASHINGTON-While the Pentagon last week downplayed a news report on a letter that sources said is being drafted for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that...

Coding the future

As it stands today, developers of wireless applications have to write those applications in a unique code-whether that be cHTML, VoXML, WML or XML-to...

Mixed message: Speakers spar over paging’s future at SCA show

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Executives of Motorola Inc. and the Personal Communications Industry Association sparred over the future of paging and device-makers' support for it at...

BT Cellnet, RIM partner to bring Blackberry to the U.K.

OTTAWA-BT Cellnet, the mobile business branch of the U.K.'s British Telecommunications plc's wireless unit, has partnered with Research In Motion Ltd. to offer the...

Vodafone completes acquisitions

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc has completed its acquisition of the interests of British Telecommunications Plc (BT) in Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. (JT) and J-Phone Communications...

Group to work on SMS standards

Some of the world's largest wireless vendors are working to bypass carrier interoperability issues by supporting a standard they say will let users send...

Former Lucent scientists indicted

NEW YORK-A New Jersey grand jury indicted three men, including two former Scientists at Lucent Technologies Inc., for conspiracy to steal trade secrets from...

Nextel reaffirms guidance

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reaffirmed its domestic guidance for subscriber growth, revenues and operating cash flow during its annual shareholder meeting."We expect to report...

HP, MobileStar enter access agreement

RICHARDSON, Texas-Hewlett-Packard and MobileStar Network Corp. announced an agreement allowing HP mobile computer users to access MobileStar Wi-Fi public access locations throughout the United...

Sagem takes Celestica stake

TORONTO, Canada-France's Sagem SA has contracted 40 percent of its mobile phone manufacturing unit to Canada's Celestica Inc.Under the deal, Celestica will acquire Sagem's...

Nextel, Qwest to use Etrieve e-mail solution

Wireless e-mail company Etrieve Inc. scored two major deals with two major carriers in separate announcements today, moves that will make its services much...

Nokia still dominates handset market

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. remains the leader in handset sales, with Siemens AG nudging Ericsson from its No. 3 position in the first quarter of...

.NET may dominate wired, wireless Web

Microsoft Corp.'s competitors are calling the attention of anti-trust authorities to the company's new initiative .NET as the software player's latest strategy to extend...

Brazil auction cancelled after no bids received

Anatel, Brazil's telecom regulator, late last week canceled its planned auction of band E wireless licenses after receiving no bids.In March, Anatel managed to...

Manufacturers own patents to cut radiation

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry steadfastly maintains the safety of cell phones, top mobile-phone manufacturers during the past decade have quietly sought-and received-patents to reduce...

People clamor to take part in DoCoMo trial

Worldwide rollout of next-generation wireless services went 2 for 1 last week as both Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo and U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc introduced...

Lucent, Alcatel end talks

Citing pride and financial stress for the collapse of the Lucent-Alcatel merger talks last week, analysts do not expect any suitors to walk up...

Telematics’ bread and butter still safety

Despite predictions that Web access would be a highly sought-after feature of telematics services, today's market is demanding more and better safety and security...

Environmental group launches campaign against towers

WASHINGTON-An environmental group told the Federal Communications Commission it must conduct a nationwide environmental impact statement before approving any more towers or risk being...

WTR settles cancer suit: Accord earmarks $250,000 for Carlo-headed registry

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.LC., the organization headed by Dr. George Carlo that clashed with the cellular industry after researchers found genetic damage from mobile-phone...

Commission crib notes

Greetings new Federal Communications Commissioners! As you begin this new journey in your life, charged with making decisions that will affect millions of U.S....
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