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Time Trippin’: Why did AT&T sell?; Nextel gets 10 megahertz … 10 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

RCR Wireless News Time Machine: Six years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

RCR Wireless News Time Machine: 12 years ago this week

Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...

Executive Interview: Tekelec CEO tightens company focus

The new CEO of Tekelec (TKLC) , Ron de Lange, took a few minutes to talk with RCR Wireless News concerning Tekelec's new direction the company will take with de Lange at the helm.It's safe to say that de Lange has some tough...

Reality Check: Wave of consolidation washing over wireless

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. It’s been said that a rising tide raises all ships, but not so in the wireless...

Alcatel-Lucent pays $137M to settle bribe accusations

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) has agreed to pay $137 million to put a series of criminal and civil investigations to rest. Earlier this week the vendor was charged with violating rules of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.The Paris-based company is accused to paying bribes in Costa...

Fall gal

I guess if you lose a few billion dollars, someone has to take the blame. Or at least that was the case last week at Alcatel-Lucent, where after posting another quarter of underwhelming results, one of the wireless industry's largest infrastructure providers decided a...

NextWave inks deal with Alcatel-Lucent: Contract to provide NextWave with WiMAX TV solution

NextWave Wireless Inc. tapped Alcatel-Lucent to develop WiMAX broadcast solutions that the company plans to integrate with its recently announced MXtv technology.NextWave plans to use the technology to give WiMAX operators the ability to deliver multimedia services like mobile TV and digital audio over...

Alcatel-Lucent moves to ‘Can you see me now?’world

A friend in need is a friend indeed. This mantra seems to ring remarkably true at Alcatel-Lucent, evident by its wide reach and the position it finds itself in the telecom industry.The telecom equipment maker fused a breadth of French and American experience together...

Alcatel-Lucent wireless woes linger during Q1

Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues for the first quarter that were slightly lower than what it forecasted nearly three weeks ago; however, investors didn't appear alarmed with the final tally as the company's stock rose almost 4% on the announcement to $13.51 per share.Revenues for the...

Alcatel-Lucent wireless woes continue

Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues for the first quarter that were slightly lower than what it forecast nearly three weeks ago; however, investors didn't appear alarmed with the final tally as the company's stock rose almost 4% on the announcement to $13.51 per share.Revenues for the...

Alcatel-Lucent warns of troubles in wireless

Although Alcatel-Lucent warned of lower revenues and an operating loss for the first quarter, it appears that investors had expected worse as the company's stock rose more than 5 percent on its announcement to $13.22 per share. The firm blamed much of its first-quarter...

U.S., China trade squabble threatens wireless ventures

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S DECISION TO PRESS TRADE COMPLAINTS AGAINST CHINA COULD COMPLICATE ALREADY-FRAGILE U.S.-SINO BILATERAL RELATIONS ON KEY TELECOM ISSUES, INCLUDING THE ASIAN GIANT'S PURSUIT OF ITS HOMEGROWN TD-SCDMA TECHNOLOGY, EVEN AS BEIJING SAYS IT IS COMMITTED TO TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY IN THE ROLLOUT OF...

Alcatel-Lucent, Datang Mobile to build TD-SCDMA for China Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent and Datang Mobile scored big wins as China Mobile tapped the companies for a TD-SCDMA trial network expansion program.Datang and Alcatel Shanghai Bell will provide technology for expansion of the 3G network in the cities of Shangai and Guangzhou. Datang is a leading...

Nokia Siemens Networks to go live April 1

The infrastructure market will see another combined entity step onto the playing field April 1, the date Nokia Siemens Networks announced it will formally begin operations. Nokia Siemens Networks gets started just four months after the combination of Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc....

Alcatel-Lucent offers CDMA product for 700 MHz public safety

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a new CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A-enabled base station for the 700 MHz spectrum band aimed at supporting the specific needs of public-safety organizations. The company said the technology will support high-speed access to data, images and video, and will provide users...

Wall Street grumbles over Alcatel-Lucent profit warning

Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world's leading network suppliers, warned that its fourth-quarter revenues will come in below expectations, news that sent investors scurrying away from the company's shares. Alcatel-Lucent's stock fell more than 8 percent after the company's warning to around $13 per share.Alcatel-Lucent,...

SunCom names new ad agency

SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it named Bernstein-Rein as its new advertising agency.The regional wireless opertor also appointed Jane Passantino executive director of advertising and brand management. Passantino's marketing experience includes positions with Gore-Tex, AT&T Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc.SunCom serves more than 1...

ClearTalk to use ZTE for next-gen platform

ZTE USA Inc. signed a contract to supply ClearTalk Wireless with its all-IP CDMA2000 platform for third-generation voice, data and multimedia services.ClearTalk said it plans to offer 3G services in select markets within the five states where the company operates wireless networks. To date,...

Alcatel-Lucent becomes official, company unveils new logo

PARIS-Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they have closed their merger and will begin operating as a single entity today. Alcatel-Lucent's stock also will begin trading on the Euronext Paris and New York Stock Exchange beginning today under the ALU ticker. Serge Tchuruk has...

IBM picks up Vallent for wireless expertise

ARMONK, N.Y.-IBM Corp. added to the rapidly consolidating market for vendors serving wireless operators by snapping up privately held Vallent Corp., a software firm that develops network performance monitoring and service management applications for wireless carriers. IMB said adding Vallent's deep wireless expertise to...

White House approves Lucent-Alcatel merger

WASHINGTON -- President Bush approved a recommendation by a Treasury Department-led interagency group supporting the merger of giant French telecom vendor Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc., clearing the way for the $14 billion deal to close this week.White House approval was the last...

Bush White House reluctant referee in Iraqi telecom

WASHINGTON -- Bush administration efforts to help Iraq create a competitive wireless market and an independent regulatory regime to oversee telecom reconstruction in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion are at risk of being undermined by internal political strife in the war-torn country,...

Bush administration OKs Lucent-Alcatel

WASHINGTON-President Bush approved a recommendation by a Treasury Department-led interagency group supporting the merger of giant French telecom vendor Alcatel SA and Lucent Technologies Inc., clearing the way for the $14 billion deal to close next week. White House approval was the last hurdle...