Monthly Archives: June, 2003
Crown Castle to raise $200M through public offering
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. will attempt to raise $200 million through a public offering of convertible senior notes. The company will use the proceeds...
Orative collects $6M venture funding
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Startup Orative Corp. announced it scored $6 million in venture funding. The company said it would use the funds to develop software...
RIM earnings beat expectations but shares drop
Research In Motion Ltd.'s earnings report beat expectations for its revenues and sales, causing several research firms to upgrade the companies stock, but investors...
Jupiter: Small firms less concerned about WLAN security
BOSTON-Only 28 percent of enterprises are using point-to-point user virtual private networks, 29 percent are using 802.1X, and 48 percent are using technical solutions...
Vodafone to cut 480 U.K. jobs
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc will cut 480 jobs in the United Kingdom, according to international press reports.The cuts will be made at Cellular Operations, a...
WRC-03 agreement reached for 5 GHz Wi-Fi spectrum
WASHINGTON-The U.S. delegation at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva said Wednesday a tentative agreement was reached to earmark nearly 500 megahertz of additional...
Last-minute amendment may hurt spectrum relocation bill
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee may have killed the wireless industry's hopes of gaining much-desired frequencies in the 1700 MHz band when it amended a...
Datacomm releases 1x EV-DO report
CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-A new research report says cdma2000 1x EV-DO enables operators to launch profitable multimedia services as well avoiding the "false dilemma" of charging...
Verizon Wireless sponsors Lollapalooza
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will sponsor the Lollapalooza 2003 Concert Tour, which is scheduled to begin a nationwide 30-show tour July 5 in...
Hutchison seeks independent evaluation of U.K. business
LONDON-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. wants an independent evaluation of its U.K. third-generation business as part of its legal battle with Dutch company KPN Telecom. KPN...
OSHA expands tower safety program to East
WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has expanded its tower safety program to several Eastern states, another move by federal officials to curb the...
Senate committee passes anti-bankruptcy bidding bill
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee Thursday passed by voice vote a bill meant to keep the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy saga from happening again. NextWave...
RF Micro Devices to offer $200M in notes
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. said it will offer $200 million of convertible subordinated notes due 2010, plus up to $30 million at the...
Summer movies and wireless tie-ins continue
The summer movie season continues to tie into wireless, with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. scoring an exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures for its upcoming...
Pickering could be new Wheeler
WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News Wednesday that he is under consideration for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications &...
Lucent snags contract with E-Plus
BONN, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a multimillion dollar UMTS contract to supply German operator E-Plus with data networking equipment and services...
Motorola to build Orange-branded handsets
LONDON-Orange has formed a new alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in...
XO pushes up offer for Global Crossing
RESTON, Va.-XO Communications Inc. has launched an "any and all" tender offer for Global Crossing Ltd.'s $2.25 billion debt in its third move to...
AT&T Wireless launches voice-activated GSM dialing
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its VoiceDial voice-activated dialing service onto its GSM network allowing customers to store up to four numbers for up...
Qwest, Touch America agree on service continuity
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. and Touch America Holdings Inc. reported an agreement in principle to continue to provide services between the companies that maintain...
FAA studying airline use of wireless devices
WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration is working with a technical advisory group to study interference issues and commercial implications associated with the use of new...
Comarco releases UMTS drive-test system
IRVINE, Calif.-Comarco Wireless said it has unveiled what it describes as the first comprehensive third-generation UMTS drive-test system known as Seven.Five."With our powerful post-processing...
FCC approves MSS frequency changes
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved frequency changes for four mobile satellite service operators and said MSS licensees are making progress toward meeting milestones, a...
Opera upgrades Nokia browser
OSLO, Norway-Internet browser company Opera Software released a new version of its browser for Nokia Corp. phones, an upgrade the company said includes fixes...
17 companies form group for home networking
The quest for wireless open standards will advance to the home networking arena as 17 major companies, both wired and wireless, have formed an...