ARLINGTON, Va.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Alexandria, La.; Blytheville, Ark.; and Dyersburg, Tenn., bringing the total number of markets with …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide semiconductor sales reached a record high of $16.6 billion in June, a 48-percent increase from the $11.2 billion in sales for June 1999, and a 5.2-percent increase …
LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa PCS Holdings Inc. signed a definitive agreement to merge Sprint PCS affiliates Roberts Wireless Communications L.L.C. and Washington Oregon Wireless L.L.C. into its operations. The transaction will result …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a new service that combines DoCoMo’s i-mode service and SCEI’s Playstation. Under the terms …
WASHINGTON-The Radio Club of America will host a breakfast in conjunction with the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials’ annual conference and exhibition Aug. 16 in Boston. Tom Tolman, director of …
Dear Editor, I thoroughly enjoyed your Viewpoint perspective on employee loyalty published in the July 24 issue of RCR. Needless to say I am inspired to respond having, and I …
The immediate problem has been solved. The 700 MHz auction has been postponed to March 6. Now the government quickly must decide on a long-term strategy for the use of …
Tell it. Tell it like it is. Prove it. Tell it again. At last week’s Motorola financial analysts’ meeting in Chicago, Chris Galvin started the day by politely stating that …
NEW YORK-Verizon Communications, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp., has begun an intense national advertising campaign touting the Verizon name to customers and the general …
The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market. PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Ireland’s telecom regulator said it will issue one 15-year national TETRA license through a comparative selection tender. “The introduction of public access mobile radio TETRA services in Ireland has …
MAINZ, Germany-Bidding for 12 blocks of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System spectrum picked up speed last week with the total bid amount nearing $4 billion. The amount is still substantially less …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson and Canada’s Microcell Connexions Inc. entered a multimillion-dollar contract for a new General Packet Radio Service network. The agreement covers a complete GPRS system, including software and hardware …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo submitted notification to Japan’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications that it will begin an international roaming service using the world’s first PDC/IS-95 dual-mode phones with Korea’s SK Telecom. …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless data products and services provider Aether Systems Inc. completed an $8 million strategic investment in ePhones, a wireless Internet products and services solutions provider. In addition to …
The cornerstone of any wireless carrier’s business is its customers, and while campaigns to acquire more of them are constantly in development, plenty happens behind the scenes to keep customers-and …
Astata Corp. is a new wireless application service provider with a focus on the enterprise application market. As a means of promoting its wireless gateway platform, the company recently introduced …
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-As carriers continue to roll out wireless Internet services worldwide, subscribers are expected to migrate to these new data services at a high rate, according to Allied Business …
WASHINGTON-Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel wireless data modem line, filed for a $105 million initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Novatel makes the Minstrel V …
While there are several instant messaging solutions in the marketplace today, Invertix Corp. is using its IM Anywhere software product in ways that it says go beyond simple messaging. The …
