Yearly Archives: 2001

FCC seeks comment on balloon base-station concept

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is accepting comments on a request from Space Data Research L.L.C. for a declaratory ruling or waiver to allow it...

CDG touts Korea as cdma2000 model

Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses.With the battle for market share...

Experts at export

Along with exporting a trillion Happy Meal toys, China proved once again last week it is king in the export business.It seems Denver's recent...

Digital-to-analog transition

I've noticed a curious pattern emerging. At agency after agency with telecom and high-tech oversight, key positions have yet to be filled. Some are...

Emblaze boasts strong position in streaming media market

NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian's EPOC operating system, under an...

FCC to examine wireless/wireline interconnection relationship

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will begin examining the relationship between wireline and wireless carriers and which regulators-federal or state-have jurisdiction over interconnection.It is a...

Non-line-of-sight technology broadens broadband’s reach

It used to be that the obstacles that prevented a fixed-wireless signal from reaching its destination were ultimately the obstacles that kept the industry's...

Kabira introduces enhancements to ObjectSwitch server

NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical...

Dobson adds 90K users in 1Q

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. added approximately 90,600 gross subscribers during the first quarter of 2001, compared with 62,600 for the first quarter last year....

PMC-Sierra results in line with expectations

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Chipmaker PMC-Sierra Inc.'s first-quarter 2001 results are drastically lower than its fourth-quarter 2000 results, but in line with its recently revised revenue...

Tower firms expect solid year

American Tower Corp. and SpectraSite Holdings Inc. reported positive operational results last week for the first quarter ended March 31.American Tower said it constructed...

Nextel Partners launches in Wis.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.-Nextel Partners launched wireless service in the greater Eau Claire, La Crosse, Superior, Duluth, Rochester and Winona, Wis., regions.

Las Vegas crash renews driver distraction discussion

WASHINGTON-The nation's growing driver-distraction problem has taken on new urgency as a result of a deadly traffic accident in Las Vegas allegedly caused by...

Clearwire, ITFS Alliance gain funding

Clearwire Technologies Inc. and the Instructional Television Fixed Service Spectrum Development Alliance are teaming to deliver wireless broadband services to educational, nonprofit and commercial...

PCIA reinvents show to focus on `m-user’

WASHINGTON-For the second time in 13 months, the Personal Communications Industry Association is reinventing its trade show."This redefined strategy is designed to fully incorporate...

Rural carriers excited about 3G

LAS VEGAS-With company names based more on family names or regions of the country instead of original creations brewed up by marketing experts, members...

Lucent’s fiber-optics unit gets interest

Several companies have formally expressed interest in Lucent Technologies Inc.'s fiber-optic unit, but according to Friday's Wall Street Journal, the rumored sale is probably...

Jeb Bush weighs in against wireless in 3G spectrum fight

WASHINGTON-Jeb Bush, the Florida governor who figured big in the controversial electoral victory that proved decisive in getting his brother elected president, has entered...

Fixed wireless future may lie in unlicensed spectrum

It may seem unbelievable now, but there was a time, not too long ago, when having spectrum that cost millions of dollars was looked...

Ericsson, Nortel slash more jobs

Three major wireless vendors gave mixed signals last week as Nokia Corp. posted a profit, while Nortel Networks Inc. and L.M. Ericsson reported losses...

BellSouth income drops

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a first-quarter drop of 11 percent in net income but was redeemed by the success of its joint venture, Cingular Wireless.The...

Mbrane to acquire Veriprise Corp.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Mbrane, which provides solutions that wirelessly extend enterprise information systems, announced it will acquire Veriprise Corp. in a purchase of assets acquisition...

Adaptive misses 10-K deadline

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. said it received a letter from The Nasdaq Stock Market informing it that its securities are subject to delisting because...

Ericsson, Sony may dial up partnership

Sony of Japan is holding talks with Sweden's L.M. Ericsson on merging their handset divisions, hinting at what some analysts perceive as a possible...

GAO: mobile-phone health issue up in air

WASHINGTON-RCR Wireless News has learned that a General Accounting Office report scheduled for release next month will sharply criticize the Federal Communications Commission and...
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