Mobile News – RCR Wireless News

The wireless industry currently uses many different customer-retention strategies and retention campaigns, including win-back teams, welcome calls, competitive rate plans and loyalty programs. However, even with these comprehensive programs in …

SKOKIE, Ill.-Cellular Wholesalers Inc. said it partnered with wireless accessories manufacturer Direct Power Plus to sell and market batteries and cigarette lighter adaptors under the ProCell brand name. The products …

WASHINGTON-It is becoming quite obvious that the key word on antenna-siting disputes is cooperation. In two situations last week, cooperation led to successful results for three wireless companies. In Fairfax …

Qualcomm Inc. said it expects to distribute common shares of Leap Wireless International Inc.-Qualcomm’s spun-off wireless communications carrier-Sept. 23 after the close of marketing trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission …

The man credited with helping Craig McCaw build a nationwide cellular network has retired from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. “I actually had [retirement] in mind for some time, and they …

In preparation for PCS ’98, RCR sat down last month with Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association to talk about the trade show, the wireless industry in …

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. said a class-action lawsuit filed against the company in the Superior Court of the State of Washington, Spokane county, was dismissed with prejudice following an earlier granting …

Investors are nervous when it comes to pricing competition in the mobile industry. Just look at the effects of a Wall Street Journal article in April that described the competitive …

CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services and IBM Corp. announced they have agreed that IBM will offer Ameritech’s wireless data communications as part of IBM customers’ systems integration projects. Under terms of the …

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. announced it gave its Network Services Division a new name-PNI Access Services-effective immediately. “The name change … better reflects the broader scope of our service offering,” said …

UltraTek, a Torrance, Calif.-based telecommunications equipment research company, has filed patent applications for a global wireless telecommunications system that would turn commercial airplanes into flying cell sites. The company has …

BEDFORD, Mass.-PinPoint Corp. unveiled 3D-iD, its real-time wireless asset-tracking and personnel-management system using location techniques similar to those used by the global positioning system satellite network. PinPoint’s 3D-iD network is …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The SuperSession on the second day of the Personal Communications Showcase ’98, “Connect to Competition, the Business of Success,” will feature keynote speaker David Golden, managing director and co-director …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. announced a cost-cutting restructuring program that eliminates about 10 percent of its global work force, affecting approximately 120 full-time employees. In addition, members of senior management will …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. has created a Telemetry Strategic Business Unit as part of its strategy to extend in-progress ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network to more “off-the-hip” applications and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week announced 54 bidders are qualified for the auction of licenses in the 220 MHz (220-222 MHz) band set to begin tomorrow. The 220 MHz …

WASHINGTON-The House is set to begin debate this week on legislation to allow more highly skilled foreign workers into the United States, an initiative opposed by the White House and …

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. announced it brought the 1.5-millionth device online in its networks. The devices are primarily monitoring metered energy usage for six U.S. utilities, although CellNet …

The Federal Communications Commission late Friday extended the compliance deadline for implementation of the digital wiretap act until June 30, 2000. Without the extension, telecommunications carriers were subject to possible …

The latest rage in the wireless industry has been the rush to purchase and build towers and facilities and lease them to wireless carriers. This accumulation of vertical real estate …

Wireless operators seem to be reacting to AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate plan, but have fallen short of offering plans that mimic AT&T’s. As reported by RCR Aug. …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel said it is changing the name of 360

Today’s volatile wireless telecommunications market compares to a Roman sports arena with every service provider in hand-to-hand combat-fate hanging in the balance. It doesn’t take a despotic emperor to know …

PELHAM, Ala.-Computer Resources Inc. said it completed several international projects for Motorola Inc. CRI said it interfaced a Motorola Smart Zone mobile radio system to provide to the Rome Police …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court recently dealt a blow to wireless carriers hoping to site antennas in areas where residents believe they would be an eyesore. “[The wireless] industry should take …