Yearly Archives: 2001

No clear answer on analog set-aside rule

WASHINGTON-With apologies to Shakespeare, "To eliminate the analog set-aside rule or not to eliminate the analog rule, that is the question?"The answer, however, is...

FCC puts off 700 MHz auction-again: House Committee passes FCC budget

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission indefinitely postponed the scheduled Sept. 12 auction of licenses in the 700 MHz band, amidst a move in the House...

Cingular to test emergency alert service

WASHINGTON-In a major development that could leverage political pressure to force mobile-phone carriers to make greater public-safety use of their networks, the first-ever demonstration...

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...

Systemonic unveils LAN baseband processor

The European and North American wireless local area network worlds got a little closer last week thanks to Germany-based Systemonic AG, which introduced a...

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...

Broadband2Wireless files for bankruptcy

To witness the merciless effects of today's bear market, one should look no further than Broadband2Wireless Inc., an unlicensed wireless broadband provider in the...

NEC may take cost-cutting measures

TOKYO-NEC Corp. said it could cut jobs at a semiconductor plant in Scotland and put off an increase in chip output at a Chinese...

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...

Timnet.com to use Wysdom platform

BOSTON-Timnet.com, the wireless services provider for Telecom Italia Mobile in South America, will license Wysdom Inc.'s Mobyle Application Platform, which serves as a bridge...

Dobson’s subscriber base surpasses 1 million

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. added nearly 90,000 postpaid customers during the second quarter, bringing the wireless operator's customer base to just more than 1...

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...

Better Internet content presentation coming to wireless world

NEW YORK-Even without next-generation wireless networks, Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley are at work on myriad ways to improve delivery and presentation of Internet...

Volantis brings Mariner software to U.S.

NEW YORK-Volantis Systems Ltd., Guildford, England, has crossed the pond and established U.S. offices on both coasts to market its new Mariner software, which...

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...

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...

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...

Sendo clinches deal with Telfort

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Sendo, the two-year-old U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer, has supplied its phones to wireless carrier Telfort in the Netherlands. Telfort, which will brand the...

724 Solutions expects positive 2Q, cautious on rest of year

TORONTO-Mobile commerce company 724 Solutions Inc. recently hinted at results for a strong second quarter, but also warned that the slow economy is forcing...

OmniSky expands service to multiple devices

NEW YORK-OmniSky Corp., a San Francisco-based wireless Internet service provider, has taken a series of steps recently to expand the number and kinds of...

Siemens plans to cut 2,000 jobs

FRANKFURT, Germany-Siemens AG says it will shed 2,000 jobs worldwide from its business services unit because of a dropping demand for computer services.This round...
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