1999

BOSTON – At the end of the year there will be 875 active wireless operators worldwide, growing to 937 by the end of next year, according to The Yankee Group’s …

WASHINGTON-The long awaited decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was released on Wednesday saying that communications-not bankruptcy-law is supreme and that a bankruptcy court could …

ARLINGTON, Va. – the Telecommunications Industry Association and its subsidiary, the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association, announced the findings of its jointly produced report, “2000 MultiMedia Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast.” The …

ATHENS, Greece-The National Bank of Greece and Stet Hellas, a Greek mobile phone operator, launched a Global System for Mobile communications banking application that allows customers to access banking services …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-According to a report just released by Strategies Unlimited, a Silicon Valley market research firm, the worldwide market for Radio Frequency semiconductor devices in cellular telephones will grow …

WASHINGTON-Wireless telecommunications carriers that long ago declared they were year-2000 compliant should check again with manufacturers and vendors since some supposed-compliant items have since been found to have glitches, said …

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Driven primarily by Internet Protocol related wholesale volume, U.S. wholesale network services revenue will grow at an average annual growth rate of 24 percent to $116 billion …

SAN DIEGO-Bell Mobility launched Qualcomm Inc.’s new QCP-2760 Thin Phone in the Canadian market, Qualcomm announced. The QCP-2760 Thin Phone is a dual-band, dual-mode handset that can operate in both …

WASHINGTON-For the wireless industry in 2000, the outlook is LOOK OUT! Wireless and the Internet have found each other. The high-tech Big Bang is not over. Creative forces are still …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. introduced a feature that will allow consumers to control whether their location is tracked when they access Internet services from their wireless phone. Xypoint said it plans to …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said its North American subsidiary, Brightpoint North America Inc., entered into an agreement with Nextel Communications Inc. and certain of its affiliates to be the sole authorized distributor …

“I now felt for the first time absolutely certain that the day would come when mankind would be able to send messages `round the wires, not only across the Atlantic, …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.’s PhonePrint technology has prevented more than 300 million fraudulent cell phone calls worldwide, the company said. “Our PhonePrint fraud prevention system is on the job …

CURITIBA, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Inepar S/A Industria e Construcoes, a Brazilian energy and systems manufacturer, announced they formed a joint venture to supply power equipment to Brazil’s telecommunications market. …

NEWBURY, United Kingdom-Vodafone UK and Nortel Networks said they are planning a trial early next year in London of wideband Code Division Multiple Access third-generation wireless radio and Internet Protocol …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-Integrated Systems Research said its new FleetTrack automatic vehicle location system is the first to offer users automatic switching from Cellular Digital Packet Data to analog cellular service. …

NEW YORK-Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson has majored on the infrastructure side of provisioning to wireless carriers within the United States while playing a comparatively minor role as a wireline network supplier. …

RESTON, Va.-Ztango.com Inc. introduced software solutions that enable the delivery of Internet-based services to digital wireless phones and Wireless Application Protocol-based smart phones. Ztango.com’s software delivers custom information and news, …

WebLink Wireless Inc., formerly PageMart Wireless, announced several companies have joined its Enterprise Solutions Provider Program in the last week. The most recent addition is JP Systems Inc., which said …

BALTIMORE-In what he hopes will be the first of many such appearances, Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week told 800 civic leaders here that the …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Telecom’s board of directors said the offer made by Newtel AB in a hostile takeover bid is “derisory and fundamentally undervalues the group,” in a statement released last …

The International Telecommunication Union announced network experts who met in Geneva earlier this month agreed on six sets of specifications for IMT-2000 networks. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, under the …

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc., New York, will receive $900 million from its sale of a 13-percent stake to a group of investors, including Microsoft Corp., the fixed wireless access carrier …

LONDON-ICO Global Communications said the due diligence process of Eagle River Investments L.L.C.’s investment in the company has been extended, to be completed no later than by Jan. 18. Eagle …