Monthly Archives: March, 2000

Cellular Carriers

RCR’s top 20 cellular carriers

Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of...

Setting the record straight: The U.S. is Europe’s equal on wireless technology

One press article after another has asserted that the European Union's single standards regime for wireless services has given Europe an enormous "lead" over...

Ness fields questions at renomination hearing

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is expected shortly to approve the renomination of Federal Communications Commission member Susan Ness, but the Clinton Democrat's future is...

VIEWPOINT: If PCIA builds it, will they come?

The Personal Communications Industry Association stands at a huge crossroads, once again trying to reinvent itself. Though it may have had its best fiscal...

UK UMTS auction climbs to billions

NTL Mobile closed out the latest round of bidding in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System auction last week in the United Kingdom with a...

Trade group repositions, renames conference

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems...

WCA announces LMDS membership count

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Communications Association announced its membership of local multipoint distribution services and other millimeter wave licensees has reached 71.The WCA reported that millimeter...

Nokia declares dividend, launches ad campaign

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it approved a dividend of 77 cents per share for 1999 with a record date of March 27 to be...

Breeze Wireless sells IPO

Breeze Wireless Communications Ltd., an Israeli manufacturer of wireless local loop equipment, debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange March 23 with a 5-million share...

China Unicom CDMA deployment remains delayed

China Unicom's planned deployment of Code Division Multiple Access technology remains delayed as Unicom works on sorting out the paper work with both the...

Audiovox encourages use of hands-free accessories

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced a new toll-free telephone service providing consumers with a convenient way to purchase or receive information about hands-free accessories...

Motorola dealer meeting features award, Ditka

LAS VEGAS-The Motorola Inc. dealer meeting last week featured the infamously hot-tempered Mike Ditka, former coach of the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints,...

Venezuela cellular auction deªlayed

EL DORADO, Venezuela-The government of Venezuela plans to delay a tender for a new cellular license until after the country's May 28 political elections,...

TI collaborates with Microsoft on DSPs for mobile computing devices

NEW YORK-Randy Ostler, mobile computing marketing manager for Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, called his company's new collaboration with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., a "declaration...

D.C. BRIEFS

Real estate owners told a House Judiciary subcommittee that forcing private building owners to give access to all telecom service providers would violate constitutional...

France Telecom takes stake in German carrier

PARIS-France Telecom announced it will take a 28.5-percent stake in Germany's MobilCom, which provides mobile, wireline and Internet services, for about $3.6 billion. The...

Judge calls antenna siting provision unconstitutional

WASHINGTON-In a development that further muddies the waters for wireless buildout and holds implications for radio-frequency radiation safety litigation, a judge on a divided...

ITA could participate in guard band auction

LAS VEGAS-The Industrial Telecommunications Association, or a subsidiary thereof, "needs to do everything it can to participate" in the upcoming auction of the guard-band...

Limited Iridium service to continue temporarily

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. said it will maintain some service to the Iridium satellite system for a limited period of time to allow subscribers in remote...

Ericsson wins GSM contract in Bangladesh

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract with TM International Bangladesh Ltd. to expand and upgrade its Global System for Mobile communications network in Bangladesh.The...

M1, Cable & Wireless HKT complete GPRS roaming signalling trial

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Asian operators M1 and Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services successfully carried out a General Packet Radio Service roaming...

Aether raises $1.4B in offerings

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. completed its secondary offering and concurrent convertible debt offering, raising approximately $1.4 billion.The company reported it sold 5.4 million...

Opinions wide and varied on re-auction rules

WASHINGTON-Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that controls the Federal Communications Commission's purse strings, last week signaled he would like the...

Corrections

The story in the March 20 issue of RCR about Sema acquiring LHS incorrectly attributed the quote, "Basically they're overpaying. Sema has no track...
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