Yearly Archives: 2001

Re-auction winners urge settlement

WASHINGTON-The five largest bidders in the Federal Communications Commission's recent re-auction of PCS licenses sent a letter last week urging the agency to make...

Adaptive Broadband files Chapter 11

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The troubles of Adaptive Broadband Corp. came to an expected conclusion when the company announced it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in...

Four Indiana families file tower complaint

In another twist in the cellular phone legal health battle, a complaint has been filed jointly by four families in the St. Joseph Circuit...

Pure Matrix aims to simplify customization of mobile data

NEW YORK-The mission of Pure Matrix Inc., a Boulder, Colo., start-up, is to make mass customization of mobile data nice and easy so customers...

Sprint tests youth waters with prepaid

CLEVELAND-Sprint PCS is joining the movement to market wireless technologies to young adults with its new Cube, an easy-to-manage prepaid wireless phone.The phone, marketed...

Arch teeters on bankruptcy: Outdated billing system blamed for revenue miscalculation

A billing discrepancy is to blame for a disastrous subscriber and revenue miscalculation that could potentially force Arch Wireless Inc., the nation's largest paging...

Nortel, Ericsson, Siemens take hold of European market

Nortel Networks Corp., L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG may be the major vendors to improve their harvests from the new balance of power that...

Jaber, Antepo enter partnership

DENVER-Instant messaging company Jabber Inc. and Antepo Inc., a mobile messaging provider, announced a partnership to bundle Antepo's short message service and WAP gateway...

Alcatel plans more job cuts

LONDON-Alcatel said it plans to cut 20,000 more jobs as it announced a second-quarter loss of $2.8 billion."In uncertain markets, Alcatel's success will hinge...

Fla.’s simplified tax law forerunner to federal effort

NEW YORK-Florida has codified into its own law a sweeping overhaul and simplification of telecommunications taxation that responds, in part, to a new federal...

Qwest raises $12 billion in debt offering

NEW YORK-Qwest Capital Funding Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc., was pleasantly surprised last week to find it had...

Opinion: Bush/Gore, Act 2

The offer last week by a handful of wireless carriers to pay off NextWave Telecom Inc.'s debts in exchange for the company's disputed wireless...

Motorola move to source handsets, semiconductors risky business

Analysts wonder whether Motorola Inc. can reconcile its handset and semiconductor businesses in light of its announcement to sell its semiconductor technology to other...

World Briefs

Republic of GeorgiaMagticom said it has completed its first GPRS call within its wireless network in the Republic of Georgia with Motorola's end-to-end solution....

Network design laborious as Leap readies Denver launch

Editor's Note: As Leap Wireless International Inc. prepares to launch its Cricket wireless service in RCR Wireless News' home market in Denver, we thought we...

3G front and center on Hill as House telecom panel holds hearing: Draft GAO report released

WASHINGTON-Congress' interest in third-generation wireless and its potential impact on the military became more evident last week as congressional auditors warned a key senator...

Handspring in line with expectations but under economic pressure

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-No. 2 personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. reported fourth quarter earnings in line with company expectations but severely impacted by the...

`Two-way me’

"Yo, Dog, two-way me."It's quickly becoming the hip new thing in hip-hop, and it's also quickly becoming a major market segment in two-way messaging...

News Briefs

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced ten new companies plan to join its Global Initiative program for help in assessing and managing m-convergence opportunities....

Lawyers consider class-action, public-interest lawsuits on RF

WASHINGTON-Lawyers representing scores of brain-cancer patients are considering filing a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the mobile-phone industry and a public-interest lawsuit against several federal...

AvantGo partners with Handango

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wireless software companies AvantGo Inc. and Handango announced a partnership to sell a range of applications over the wired Internet. Thousands of...

CTIA names keynote speakers

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced the keynote speakers for the opening day of its Wireless I.T. & Internet 2001 show, to...

Study shows high network quality across U.S.

Even with more than 100 million customers across numerous carriers and a handful of technology choices, wireless subscribers in the United States hold and...

Rumsfeld spectrum decision on hold, congressional 3G hearings scheduled

WASHINGTON-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week told lawmakers no decision has been reached on future military spectrum requirements, a response starkly at odds with...
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