SAN FRANCISCO-Extended Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. said they have joined forces to add infrared messaging capabilities to the Timeport P935 two-way pager. The IrDA function allows the pager to …
LONDON-The successful market entry of new players in Western Europe caused cellular prices to drop 15 percent to 25 percent last year. However, in the duopoly markets of Ireland and …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. announced it entered into a strategic partnership sales agreement with a major global telecommunications infrastructure provider. The agreement with the unnamed company will include Digital …
While Steve Case, Gerald Levin and Ted Turner were cartwheeling last week over AOL’s planned purchase of Time Warner, others were not jumping for joy over this or anything else …
Five years ago I was just starting at RCR as managing editor and the C-block auction was just about to get started, too. Everything was in place. The rules were …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In a recent survey by Cellmania.com, an online information resource for wireless products, 53.7 percent of respondents said any legislative prohibition of cell phone use while driving would …
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. at RCR press time was expected to file papers with the bankruptcy court asking Judge Adlai S. Hardin Jr. to explicitly declare that any attempt by the …
NEW YORK-Ubiquitous connectivity, driven by consumer demand rather than carrier plan, could well develop into a completely new kind of convergent telecommunications, said Joan Barten Kline of J.D. Power and …
ROME-Italian wireless operator Omnitel announced a record increase in customers during 1999 with 4.22 million new subscribers, an increase of 68 percent compared with 1998. The company’s total subscriber base …
Tegic Communications Inc. signed a global licensing agreement with Voxson, allowing Voxson to integrate the T9 Text Input technology for Chinese and European languages into next-generation wireless phones. Triton Network …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp., Boston, has obtained amended credit facilities, arranged by four financial institutions, that will permit it to take out revolving loans of up to $2 billion. “The new …
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Customers of the American Automobile Association of Michigan will have a little more help trying to get where they are going. GetThere.com has announced that AAA Michigan will …
WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Thomas Wheeler has close financial and business ties to two top wireless data firms-an arrangement CTIA’s top board members are comfortable with while others see …
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. has teamed with GetThere.com to bring Internet-based travel services to Internet-ready phones. Under the agreement, wireless network operators offering the MyPhone mobile portal will be able …
Granite Systems Inc., a New Hampshire-based provider of network configuration management solutions for the telecom industry, and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a global alliance that will allow Lucent to offer …
SEOUL, South Korea-As part of the Chinese government’s telecommunications modernization project, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. was awarded the first-ever commercial contract in China. The agreement, with Hebei Century Mobile Communications …
DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its “Voice of Reason” makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier. Reason’s new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The majority of Americans do not want the government regulating their rights to communicate while driving, according to a poll released by the Personal Communications Industry Association. The poll, …
NEW ORLEANS-While Florida State was the main story at the Nokia-sponsored Sugar Bowl, wireless communications was making its own news with the first successful completion of a two-way transmission of …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced its third Internet-ready phone with the introduction of the i700plus. The Motorola Inc.-manufactured phone includes digital cellular capabilities, text/numeric paging, Nextel’s digital two-way radio and …
