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Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 …

Editor’s note: In 2000, RCR Wireless News founded the Wireless Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions to the wireless industry. Following is a look …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—AT&T Latin America agreed on a strategic alliance with PRIMA of the Clar

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-AT&T Wireless announced an agreement with Google to provide subscribers with Internet-ready mobile phones direct access to Google’s search engine. The Google service, available to AT&T …

TOKYO—Talks between Korea’s SK Telecom and Japan’s NTT DoCoMo have stalled without signs of moving forward, according to international press reports. The talks have been ongoing for more than a …

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year, NTT DoCoMo plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of US$825 million in 10-year, yen-denominated bonds paying …

TEL AVIV, Israel—Alvarion said Mexico’s Alestra is deploying its base stations and terminal equipment in the 10.5 GHz frequency band. The equipment will address commercial demand for Alestra’s broadband wireless …

NEW YORK—In its fourth debt deal of the year NTT DoCoMo Inc., Tokyo, plans to pay off maturing short-term debt with a new issue of $825 million in of 10-year, …

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—ARC Wireless Solutions Inc. said it integrated inventory and equipment, including base station antennas and very low profile antennas for use with a low-earth orbiting satellite networks, recently …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services announced its plans to buy the 77 percent of TeleCorp PCS it does not already own. AT&T said it will purchase the remainder of the company …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in the U.S. cities of Las Vegas, Phoenix and Portland, Oregon, following the initial launch of its service in Seattle in July. …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. will provide wireless Internet service to all of Canadian wireless carrier Rogers AT&T Wireless’s GSM/GPRS subscribers, a move that greatly expands the relationship between the two companies …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.—Edward and Kelcey, a design and engineering firm that maintains 6,000 cell sites in the northeastern United States, is assisting in returning wireless phone service to normal at the …

TORONTO—Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. shareholders have voted not to approve a transaction in which Rogers Communications Inc. would acquire all outstanding class B restricted public voting shares of RWCI, proposed …

NEW YORK—Citing plans by TeleCorp PCS Inc. to deploy a “GSM overlay network in the near future” at the same time as its cash flow growth has slowed, Moody’s Investors …

SAN FRANCISCO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced early this week that it will meet its third-quarter subscriber addition target of 700,000 to 750,000. The company also is on schedule with its …

The incompatible requirements for Value Added Service creation and wireless network development will drive the very separation of the wireless brand operation from the network itself. Within three years the …

Berliner Communications Inc. Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. She will …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new wireless data applications for worldwide carrier …

TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility-posted disappointing …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular mobile market has always been fascinating, if only for the sheer number of players that compete here. Each of the 20-odd telecom circles, or geographic …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Germany’s E-Plus, KPN Mobile of the Netherlands and Belgium’s KPN Orange have each reached agreements with NTT DoCoMo to adopt the Japanese operator’s multimedia messaging protocol. This move …