WASHINGTON-The wireless industry was as close to getting its hands on 700 MHz spectrum as it ever has been. A hard date had been set for auctioning broadcast spectrum as part of the transition to digital TV services. The House and the Senate had...
SPOKANE, Wash.-Wi-Fi antenna supplier Vivato Inc. decided to close its doors, leaving several municipal Wi-Fi networks up in the air, or at least not sure how to maintain, replace and troubleshoot the company's equipment. Municipalities using Vivato's Wi-Fi equipment include Frankfurt, Ky.; Grand Rapids,...
Global Signal Inc. announced that David Grain is stepping down from his position as president of the nation's third-largest tower company. The company said its chairman and chief executive, Wesley Edens, will take on the president's title also. "We appreciate David's efforts on behalf...
WASHINGTON-The Senate late Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Deborah Taylor Tate and Michael Copps to the Federal Communications Commission. The confirmations had been in doubt due to unrelated procedural issues up until the time they were pushed through.The White House in November nominated Tate,...
Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. jumped Thursday morning after the company reported strong third-quarter sales of its BlackBerry devices. RIM reported $560 million in revenue during the period, up 53 percent from last year's third-quarter revenue of $366 million. Third-quarter diluted per-share earnings...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. have sought Federal Communications Commission approval of a deal involving the swap of hundreds of broadband radio service channels in the 2.5 GHz band. In documents filed with the FCC and made public last week, the two companies...
WASHINGTON-A government-industry meeting last week on protecting military radar from new 5 GHz Wi-Fi operations appears to have confirmed progress-but not completion-of testing analyses of dynamic frequency selection technology to be embedded in new unlicensed wireless Internet products as early as 2006. "With the...
After receiving clearance from Marconi Corp.'s shareholders and from the European Commission, L.M. Ericsson says it's ready to complete its $2.24 billion acquisition of Marconi's key telecom assets, setting up the convergence of Ericsson's wireless and wireline offerings. In October, when Ericsson announced plans...
MUNICH-Siemens AG said it has sold Siemens Accelerations to an undisclosed investor for an undisclosed amount. The company explained that Siemens Acceleration was an early-stage investment boutique for startup companies and was a subsidiary of Siemens Communications. The subsidiary was comprised of about 25...
After just 18 months on the job, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that its chief marketing officer, Clent Richardson, plans to leave the company March 1. Nortel has not named a replacement and said only that Richardson's decision was based on personal reasons and that...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a three-year extension to an OEM deal with Tekelec that will allow the infrastructure provider to continue deploying its 8000 Media Gateway as part of its Mobile Next Generation Network solution. The pair explained that the Tekelec 8000 is a converged...
CHICAGO-The American Stock Exchange accepted plans by U.S. Cellular Corp. and its parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., to regain compliance with AMEX listing standards. The companies received an extension until Jan. 17 to file their third-quarter 2005 financial reports. Both companies received...
WASHINGTON-The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to scrap Minnesota's wireless consumer protection law could come into play as truth-in-billing litigation moves into a serious phase in January at a U.S. appeals court in Atlanta. Mobile-phone carriers, federal and state telecom regulators and...
The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other industries even as cellular carriers of old reinvent themselves. Indeed, the mobility given voice...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Michael Gallagher is expected to leave the agency early next year, an agency spokesman said. Gallagher was confirmed to the post in November 2004 after serving as NTIA deputy administration since August 2003. NTIA, a Commerce Department unit,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Swiss operator Sunrise announced they've signed a partnership agreement to launch mobile TV services in Switzerland and plan to offer sports, entertainment and news video clips on demand, along with 24 live local and international channels. In addition, Ericsson said...
GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise in low power system-on-chip technologies with the EWC to ensure that high throughput features...
Nokia Corp. announced that its softswitch solution has been chosen by Hutchison 3G Austria to optimize the operator's mobile network."We are confident that Nokia's cost-efficient MSC Server System keeps us ahead in the competition," said Jan Trionow, chief technology officer at Hutchison Austria 3G....
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Ltd. announced that its BreezeACCESS VL is the wireless broadband base station muscle behind Rioplex Wireless' 5,000-square-mile deployment in Texas targeting high-capacity consumers and businesses using unlicensed spectrum. Rioplex is an end-to-end wireless operator that owns its backbone and last-mile networks...
SEATTLE-Nearly half of U.S. consumers said they expect wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Internet-capable personal digital assistants, to have the greatest impact on their lifestyle in the coming year, according to the December poll by Global Market Insite. In addition, 37 percent of...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-In the spirit of the holidays, Alltel Corp. said it is offering eight credits to download content from the Sony Music Box when customers buy a $10 Alltel Axcess Gift Card. The credits are good toward MusicTones, ringtones and wallpaper via Sony...
Editor's Note: Following are the 10 most viewed stories on RCRNews.com for 2005. The most-viewed story is first on the list. In some cases, the story was too long to reprint the entire article in this space. Verizon Wireless halts telemarketing calls with lawsuitsBEDMINSTER,...
It's time for New Year's resolutions: stop smoking, lose weight, get to the gym more often, and all sort of other well-meaning pledges that fade by February. As the shutters close on the Christmas selling season and carriers look to the projects, projections and...
