Yearly Archives: 2001

Stick Networks to deliver device for media-rich content

With less than two years in the game, software platform provider Stick Networks has already made a name for itself with its flagship Personal...

Carriers eat up all-you-can-talk local buffets

Many people have claimed the success of the Internet really took off once service providers implemented one-rate plans for unlimited usage. The plans allowed...

GAO questions Pentagon report

WASHINGTON-A congressional report due out later this summer is expected to determine that a Pentagon study-which cast doubt on making military spectrum available for...

Lawmakers push bill to fund wireless health research

WASHINGTON-House and Senate lawmakers plan to introduce legislation after the August recess that would provide federal funding for mobile-phone health research and repeal a...

Lucent divides wireless, wireline businesses

Like two pods in a peanut shell, Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to realign its business operations into two main divisions-wireless and wireline.It is part...

Opinion: Subplot

Close below the surface of the third-generation mobile-phone spectrum debate is a technology war, the kind of feud industry thought was behind it and...

Oracle flies into telematics with Wingcast partnership

Oracle Corp. and Wingcast said they have formed a strategic alliance to develop new wireless telematics applications and services.As part of the alliance, Oracle...

RCR’s Top 20 International Paging Markets

Editor's Note: The RCR Wireless News editorial staff has compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country, ranked by the estimated...

Business Briefs

Following a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California's summary judgement that Research In Motion Ltd.'s products do not infringe on a...

Real problem with m-commerce is consumer apathy, study finds

NEW YORK-"If they build advanced networks and better devices, mobile commerce will fly."That's been the resounding incantation from m-commerce hopefuls in the wireless industry...

AT&T Wireless goes it alone

While the event was not celebrated with fireworks across the country, AT&T Wireless finally was able to celebrate its independence last week as it...

Sony phone recall may hurt image

As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms.The Japanese electronics giant dampened market...

Ford to offer Cellport product in 2002 vehicles

Cellport Systems and Ford Motor Co. have teamed to offer the Cellport 3000 with Voice Command hands-free docking station and adapter in select 2002-model...

EC raids nine carriers in UK and Germany

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission made surprise raids on nine mobile operators in the United Kingdom and Germany last week to investigate alleged price fixing,...

Letters

Give up DoD spectrum fightDear Editor,I am writing you in concern of the battle over the Department of Defense spectrum battle. I myself am...

PacketVideo aims to attract app developers

SAN DIEGO-Now that wireless multimedia company PacketVideo Corp. has set up deals with many of the world's major chipset makers, mobile-phone manufacturers and carriers-and...

Opinion: Gee-Whiz auctions

Congress seems to be catching up with industry regarding how spectrum auctions have been manipulated to solve federal budget shortfalls. The House has signaled...

Cingular inks GAIT contracts

If GSM plus TDMA equals GAIT, some software providers want to ensure that the calculus makes sense.Last week, Schlumberger Sema and Sonera SmartTrust said...

8,500 Lucent workers accept retirement option

PHILADELPHIA-Lucent Technologies Inc. said more than 8,500 administrative and managerial workers accepted a voluntary retirement offer.The equipment vendor, which employs 104,000 workers, had offered...

Cyber-security bill introduced in House: Carriers encouraged to share information

WASHINGTON-Businesses that run networks critical to the nation's economy are being encouraged to share information with competitors and the federal government about what they...

Difficult paging market catches up with PNI

The difficulties of the paging industry caught up with wholesale paging carrier PNI Technologies Inc., forcing the company into filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

World Briefs

GREECEGreece has awarded three Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses, one less than it had planned, when a fourth bidder failed to emerge. The country's...

Motorola, Marconi face financial demons

Two major equipment vendors, one in the United States and the other in Europe, continued to walk on clay feet last week.Motorola Inc. announced...

Psion writes off PDA business

The market for personal digital assistants, once thought to be a gold mine for anyone and everyone looking to make a profit, is now...

Inventor says he can fix phone call-back problem

WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911...
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