Yearly Archives: 2001

SK Telecom to focus on mobile services

SEOUL, Korea-SK Telecom, South Korea's largest wireless operator, said it will pull out of the fixed-line business to focus on its mobile services, according...

Sierra releases wireless adapter

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Battling reaction to the profit warning it issued late last week, Sierra Wireless stood out with several announcements at this week's PC...

Philips to quit handset business

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics NV said it will quit making mobile-phone handsets and cede it to a venture with China Electronics Corp. to make...

Aether expects flat growth, cuts expenses

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Just a month after it reassured Wall Street of its revenue expectations, Aether Systems Inc. today announced it now expects "flat to...

Correction

Ameritech Paging, owned by SBC Communications, was left out of RCR Wireless News' 2001 Top 20 Paging Carrier list in the June 18, 2001...

Metricom plans layoffs

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Embattled high-speed wireless data service company Metricom Inc. said it plans to lay off approximately 23 percent of its work force in...

Mobileum platform supports simultaneous voice and data functions

NEW YORK-Mobileum Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has released the 2.0 version of Mobileum, which the company is touting as the "world's first tools-independent wireless application...

AT&T to distribute wireless shares

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp., New York, will distribute AT&T Wireless shares to AT&T common stockholders at a ratio of 0.3281 of a share of AT&T...

Sony, GoAmerica introduce MYLO wireless service

NEW YORK-Sony Electronics and GoAmerica Inc. introduced a new MYLO wireless service at the PC Expo here June 25 that will provide Internet access...

ActiveSky signs interactive streaming video test partners

TOKYO-ActiveSky, a company focused on wireless interactive rich media, has signed microbrowser developer Access, consumer electronics producer Casio, advertiser Dentsu, and several content providers...

Brightpoint announces distribution deals

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. today announced two distribution deals, one with a major personal digital assistant company and another with a wireless data carrier.Brightpoint's agreement with...

Nokia to eliminate 1,000 jobs

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks said it will prune about 1,000 jobs as part of its efforts to improve efficiency and optimize its structures to meet...

U.S. Cellular, Telecorp acquire PCS licenses

DENVER-Daniels & Associates announced U.S. Cellular Corp. acquired the E-Block personal communications services licenses serving the St. Joseph, Mo., basic trading area from Triad...

Sun, ARM alignment simplifies Java handset development

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets.ARM, which has...

Opinion: Wireless aid

I am moved. Not by car or subway, or even through time and space by sophisticated cell-phone technology. I am moved by news reports...

20 Years: Differing digital decisions set stage for standards snarl

The digital technology wars that marked the launch of second-generation services in the United States is one of the most storied and significant...

Business Briefs

Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed a hardware and software chipset solution for GPRS class 12 wireless handsets.HiddenMind Technology Inc. announced it merged...

Talaris offers busy professionals virtual secretary services

So you can check your e-mail wirelessly. Talaris Corp. says "so what?"How about reserving a table at a nearby restaurant for that important work...

Institutional memory loss will result in changes in corporate culture

A search for a new corporate identity may be a major result of the storm of layoffs rocking the telecom world as the majority...

Korea Telecom raises funds in ADR sale

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Corp., South Korea's largest fixed-line telecommunications operator and second-largest mobile wireless carrier, raised $2.24 billion in American depository receipts sold June...

CDMA looks to next generation

In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now...

Microsoft breakup reversed on appeal: Federal driving and dialing legislation pending

SEATTLE-Finally, the breakup talk may fizzle out for Microsoft Corp.Thanks to a unanimous decision by the federal appeals court, the software giant may not...

Broadband players meet in Boston: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

BOSTON-It may be a little battered and bruised, and missing a few former compatriots, but the wireless broadband industry made a strong showing in...

News Briefs: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

CellStar Corp. said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has informed it that the investigation into its compliance with federal securities laws has been...

DoD may deal on 3G issue: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

WASHINGTON-As policy-makers last week voiced support for a plan to move the Pentagon off spectrum sought by the mobile phone industry for third-generation wireless...
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