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A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education and making resources available to acquire computer technology. Studies indicate that lower income, older...

CHICAGO-When Bridget Glavaz touched down in Los Angeles recently, she pulled out her handheld computer, a Palm VII, and started addressing two critical issues. She needed directions to her appointment downtown, so she logged onto Mapquest.com. Equally important, she wanted a hot hazelnut mocha,...

RCR Wireless News announced that Dan Meyer, formerly editorial assistant, has been promoted to reporter. Meyer has been with RCR since December 1999."Dan came to RCR Wireless News less than a year ago and quickly gained a solid grasp of the industry. I am...

Vyyo Inc. and Proxim Inc. announced they will work together to bring wireless broadband connectivity to multidwelling units.Under terms of the agreement, Vyyo said it will supply its multichannel multipoint distribution service 3.5 GHz and local multipoint distribution service Lite DOCSIS+ equipment, and Proxim...

WASHINGTON-Attempts by the wireless industry to reach a collocation agreement with a historic preservation group hit a few bumps last week when members of the historic preservation community questioned language in a document intended to allow collocation on most existing towers.While industry representatives believe...

WASHINGTON-At RCR Wireless News press time, the Federal Communications Commission was preparing to release a public notice asking for industry comment on the August federal appeals court decision that threw out key items of the FBI's punch list to implement the digital wiretap act.At...

Shares of AT&T Corp. fell after Salomon Smith Barney analyst Jack Grubman lowered his recommendation on AT&T from "outperform" to "buy" on Friday. The stock was trading at $26.94 at RCR Wireless News press time, down $1.94 from the previous day's close.Grubman also cut...

WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association put Nextel Communications Inc. and Pegasus Guard Band L.L.C. on notice Friday that the private wireless association will "watch very closely" to ensure the enhanced specialized mobile radio carrier and the digital broadcast satellite provider play by the rules as...

AKRON, OHIO-A panel of telecommunications experts at a conference this month in San Antonio will discuss design trends and business prospects for that hot market, as well as the potential it holds for plastics part suppliers.Plastics News' Executive Forum 2001 is set for Oct....

CHICAGO-Was last week's Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success?It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they received more attention since some traditional large vendors opted out of the show.Before the event,...

Verizon Wireless turned the industry on its ear last week, announcing plans to support legislation in Illinois that would ban cell-phone use while driving unless the caller is using a hands-free device.The decision is "in direct response to the political situation in Illinois and...

CHICAGO-"Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it," said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer of Leap Wireless International Inc.It is a widely held theory in the wireless industry. But is it accurate?This was a...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-After spending the spring revamping his organization and moving it in a new direction with a new show, Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association, is upbeat about PCIA Global Xchange, which begins tomorrow in Chicago.In preparation for the show, RCR...

WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee last week voted to include wireless carriers in a new scheme for carriers to compensate each other for carrying each other's traffic.The bill, which now goes to the full committee for consideration, would end the process known as reciprocal compensation...

WASHINGTON-In addition to new litigation alleging that mobile phones cause brain cancer, the wireless industry also faces possible Supreme Court litigation over government exposure standards and a class-action lawsuit in New Orleans that claims manufacturers failed to take steps to minimize consumer exposure to...

Can a 30-year-old Harvard Business School graduate rebuild Cabletron Systems Inc. as a snazzy player in the enterprise network switching industry?Garry K. McGuire Jr., executive vice president-worldwide marketing and chief marketing officer at Cabletron, is going to try. He wants to outflank big-name competitors...

In a wide-ranging alliance, Nortel Networks and Broadbase Software Inc. will jointly develop and market a product they say will provide end-to-end customer relationship management.The communications company and the CRM vendor plan to release Nortel Clarify Analytic Applications by January. The tool will be...

As Congress scrambled to come up with a budget for fiscal year 2001 by its deadline this Saturday, rumors circulated that NextWave Telecom Inc. was in negotiations to settle its bankruptcy dispute with the Federal Communications Commission.Legislation that would allow the FCC to take...

Metrocall Inc.'s underdog efforts to acquire Paging Network Inc. from under the nose of current suitor Arch Communications Group Inc. gained some momentum last week in the form of $337.5 million in additional financial commitments to pay for its competing bid.Of the $337.5 million,...

There are 27 miles separating Silicon Alley from the sprawling corporate campus of Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J.But the distance between the region's Internet hotbed and the heart of telecommunications research is shrinking. Small wireless start-ups in Silicon Alley, hungry for talent,...

Armed with approval from the state, a unit of Consolidated Edison Inc. is moving ahead with an ambitious plan to build a state-of-the-art, $115 million telecommunications network that will stretch from the financial district in lower Manhattan to Westchester County.Con Edison Communications has started...

Surprise! We got a new do! I'm excited! We have made some changes (some long overdue) to improve the paper and I want to tell you about them.Probably the biggest change is our new name and masthead: RCR Wireless News. I think we hit upon...