WASHINGTON-The rapid growth of the wireless industry increases the importance of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum management responsibilities and may someday lead to service-quality regulation, the agency’s members said in …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel International Inc. completed a private placement of $650 million of its 12.75-percent senior serial notes due Aug.1, 2010, which were sold at a discount of 98.6 percent of …
LA JOLLA, Calif.-NeoPoint Inc. filed a request to withdraw its initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying the current market is unfavorable. NeoPoint first filed for the …
BEAVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc., developer of test and monitoring equipment, and Siemens’ Information and Communication Mobile plan to develop a custom core network test and simulation solution for Universal Mobile Telecommunications …
Just two months ago, Castle Harlan Inc. stepped in and granted Iridium L.L.C. a stay of execution, offering to purchase the fledgling company for $50 million. Iridium’s bubble burst, however, …
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkish GSM operator Telsim launched a commercial General Packet Radio Service network, four months after successfully completing technology trials. Motorola Inc.’s Network Solution Sector, along with Cisco Systems Inc., …
SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. entered an agreement to acquire a collocation facility in Dallas for $136 million, the company said. The Univision Center Building houses numerous large anchor telecom tenants …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today’s barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from industry analyst firm IDC. “Carriers still …
BOSTON-Multichannel multipoint distribution service and unlicensed band broadband wireless revenue will exceed $5.5 billion by 2005, up from $246 million this year, according to IGI Consulting’s new report, “Wireless Access …
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a wireless location services application developer, began its initial public offering of 4.4 million shares of common stock at $17 per share last Thursday. The stock closed …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-In a move to strengthen its telematics strategy, Sprint PCS introduced Sprint PCS Voice Command, a network-based voice-activated dialing and information service. Sprint PCS said it is the …
WHEATON, Md.-Between 12 and 17 percent of end users buy hands-free kits at the time they purchase their wireless phone, according to a nationwide survey of respondents at 400 retail …
WASHINGTON-Whether Verizon Wireless employees can join a union was a key topic that may have led to a strike by Verizon Communications employees as of midnight Aug. 6. The Communications …
ROCKVILLE, Md.-The inaugural meeting of a government-industry task force formed to examine the health effects of radio-frequency exposure listed a variety of studies to be conducted that could cost as …
Crown Castle International Corp. closed concurrent public offerings of common stock and convertible preferred stock and received gross proceeds of approximately $758.9 million, the company said. Crown Castle received $356.4 …
The RCR editorial staff has realigned its beat coverage for Denver-based reporters in order to capitalize on the rapid changes taking place in the wireless industry. In addition, RCR reporter …
NEW YORK-Israeli wireless broadband equipment companies have been strutting their stuff on Wall Street lately. Floware Wireless Systems Ltd. sold its 4.5 million-share initial public offering Aug. 1. Credit Suisse …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will auction 172 10-year licenses to offer fixed-wireless service using spectrum located in the 24 GHz band. “The auction for the first time will …
The Federal Communications Commission has extended by 45 days the deadline by which carriers must report their telephone number utilization. A coalition of telecommunications trade associations had urged the FCC …
SINGAPORE-Electronics manufacturing and design services provider Flextronics International Ltd. and Chatham Technologies Inc., an integrated electronic packaging systems supplier to the communications industry, signed a definitive merger agreement for a …
