Yearly Archives: 2001

Leap acquires data providers to support myAladdin

LAS VEGAS-Advancing its wireless data initiative, Leap Wireless International Inc. acquired a pair of wireless data applications providers to support the location-based myAladdin wireless...

Cingular to launch first GPRS markets

LAS VEGAS-Cingular Wireless said it will launch its first operational standards-based General Packet Radio Service in the United States, dubbed Cingular Wireless Internet Express,...

Plan tinkering raises average wireless costs

LOS ANGELES-The cost of wireless service edged up a little in February, with 18 of 25 major cities showing increases, according to the latest...

Vegas dirt

Every year after the show, I wonder if I should write a column with profound insight into the state of the wireless telecommunications industry...

Telephia offers churn report

LAS VEGAS-Telephia Inc. introduced the Telephia Churn Report, which examines a variety of topics related to churn in the top 10 markets nationwide.Offered quarterly,...

AT&T announces GSM/GPRS network-related partnerships

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced partnerships that it said will lead to new applications and services for a variety of devices for the...

SkyGo launches MAP

LAS VEGAS-SkyGo Inc. launched the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Platform (SkyGo MAP), a family of products that will allow carriers, publishers and advertisers to create,...

Congress works on export controls, spam, wireline reporting relief

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry's attention was focused last week on new products and gizmos in Las Vegas, Capitol Hill was working on legislation that...

Certicom provides Sendo with security technology

LAS VEGAS-Certicom, which provides mobile e-business security, will provide mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo with WTLS Plus, a technology that will secure Sendo's new lightweight, Internet-enabled...

SkyBridge adds geo capacity

NEW YORK-SkyBridge L.P., a Bethesda, Md., company that plans to offer fixed wireless broadband access in 2003 via its own low-earth-orbit satellite constellation, will...

BitFlash aims to deliver consistent end-user experience

The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out...

OracleMobile, Sonera partner for mobile transactions

PLANO, Texas-OracleMobile, the mobile products and services division of Oracle Corp., and Sonera SmartTrust Ltd. will together offer a secure solution for mobile transactions...

WCITIES launches network solution

SAN FRANCISCO-WCITIES, which provides location-based information services, launched its Geo-Coded Location Information Service for wireless network operators.The new service integrates longitude and latitude coordinates...

Mobile location revving in neutral gear

LAS VEGAS-Perhaps the most eagerly awaited applications in the wireless industry are mobile-location services, which promise to be a mobile-phone user's guide and information...

RCR began as TwoWay RadioDealer

Dear Editor,I wonder how many subscribers remember that RCR actually started out as a monthly magazine called TwoWay Radio Dealer?I occasionally look at RCR...

HP introduces printers with wireless capabilities

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of printers that feature a range of Internet-enabling technologies. Among their capabilities, the new printers enable...

Sharp, PacketVideo to integrate products

HANNOVER, Germany-Sharp Corp., which develops mobile electronics, and PacketVideo Corp., a provider of wireless multimedia solutions, announced they will integrate PacketVideo's technology into Sharp's...

Texas tower bill gets makeover

A far-reaching bill introduced Feb. 7 in the Texas state House of Representatives received a major makeover after the amateur radio community and wireless...

Nokia partners with Lotus

Nokia Networks will partner with IBM's Lotus Development Corp. to deliver business-critical Lotus messaging and collaboration solution to users of the Nokia 9210 Communicator.With...

Toshiba Europe launches mobile office solution

HANNOVER, Germany-Toshiba Europe GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Corp., launched its Toshiba Mobile Office solution, a wireless network Internet solution for...

E911 and the human factor

Sadly lost in the debate over wireless E911 is life itself. The mobile-phone industry and we in the press are engrossed in an E911...

Powell to outline FCC reform in House testimony

WASHINGTON-Sweeping reforms at the Federal Communications Commission promised by new Chairman Michael Powell and trumpeted by GOP lawmakers, owing to likely Democratic resistance and...

Economy claims two more

The slowing economy took out two more companies last week.NetMorf Inc., an established wireless Web site developer, and Paradigm4 Inc., which provides data network...

Giddy about gadgets

LAS VEGAS-The world's leading mobile-phone makers launched an extensive array of new devices supporting a range of new technology last week, including GPRS, Bluetooth...

CTIA announces President’s Award winners

LAS VEGAS-Executives from Brightpoint, RadioShack, Sierra Wireless and TeleCorp PCS were presented with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's President's Awards this week at...
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