Monthly Archives: July, 2000

Qualcomm unveils chip for Internet applications

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for...

Consumer complaints on rise

WASHINGTON-The high-flying mobile-phone industry-poised to pick up its 100 millionth subscriber this week-could soon find itself in the throes of a major consumer backlash.Complaints...

3G will slightly affect operator credit quality

NEW YORK-The credit quality of the seven large incumbent U.S. operators will only be moderately affected by the capital costs of commercializing third-generation technology,...

FCC reaffirms ultra-wideband waivers, fights with NTIA

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has turned back an attempt from the aviation industry to overturn three waivers that allow limited use of ultra-wideband technology,...

AOL content offered to PocketNet users

REDMOND, Wash.-America Online Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said they have agreed to provide AOL content to AT&T Digital PocketNet subscribers.Beginning this fall,...

Sprint PCS, Harris Bank introduce wireless banking

CHICAGO-Harris Bank and Sprint PCS introduced wireless banking and investment services to Harris Bank customers with Internet-ready Sprint PCS phones via the Sprint PCS...

Leap acquires PCS licenses in Florida

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. signed a definitive agreement to purchase a personal communications services operating license in Lakeland-Winterhaven, Fla., for an undisclosed amount.If...

Telefonica, Terra Networks form company to operate portal

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Terra Networks set up Terra Mobile, a new company charged with developing and operating the Telefonica group's global mobile Internet...

Qualcomm anticipates falling chip sales due to South Korea slowdown

Qualcomm Inc.'s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales...

Motorola acquires Zenith division

HORSHAM, Pa.-Motorola Inc.'s Broadband Communications Sector announced it is acquiring Zenith Electronics Corp.'s Network Systems division, which Motorola plans to integrate into its Satellite...

SBA offers 4M shares of stock

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. intends to offer 4 million shares of class A common stock to be sold pursuant to SBA's shelf registration...

Motorola wins expansion contracts

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed 10 digital cellular network expansion contracts with China Unicom. The contracts are valued at about $300...

E*Trade allies with Sprint PCS

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Financial services company E*Trade Group Inc. announced an alliance with Sprint PCS to provide mobile access to E*Trade wireless trading capabilities and...

SiteSafe supplies software to BellSouth

ARLINGTON, Va.-SiteSafe L.L.C. signed a two-year agreement to provide its PeopleSafeT software and classroom radio-frequency compliance training to BellSouth Mobility.The PeopleSafeT course on RF...

BellSouth domestic wireless revenues up 17 percent to $877 million

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a 9.8-percent increase in both second-quarter earnings and consolidated revenue compared with the same quarter last year and an increase in...

Judge overrules town on cell-phone driving ban

Cities trying to ban the use of cell phones while driving were dealt a setback when a Bucks County, Pa., judge ruled Hilltown Township's...

ADC, Austar to deploy MMDS

MINNEAPOLIS-Broadband network equipment supplier ADC Telecommunications Inc. and Australian pay television operator Austar United Communications announced a strategic program to develop and deploy a...

Nextel Partners hits 100,000 customers

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported signing its 100,000th Nextel digital services customers during the company's second quarter ended June 30."The Nextel brand has proven...

i3 Mobile to transmit college-related content

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions supplier i3 Mobile selected Student Advantage's U-Wire to provide college-related news to wireless phones, pagers and other mobile devices.According to...

Clarification

An article in RCR's April 28 issue about community alert systems should have stated that the term "reverse 911" is a registered trademark of...

TIW reorganizes corporate structure

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. created a new corporate structure under which it will carry on a national Universal Mobile Telecommunications System business in the...

Callahan forms wireless broadband operation

DENVER-Global communications development and operating company Callahan Associates International L.L.C. launched Callahan Broadband Wireless Inc. to run Callahan's existing wireless broadband operations in Switzerland...

Breckenridge Agreement intended to foster broadband cooperation

NEW ORLEANS-Sprint Corp.'s Broadband Wireless Group and WorldCom Inc. revealed the first details of the Breckenridge Agreement, a document established to ensure the cooperation...

Concourse aims to improve airport networks

NEW YORK-Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., Mineola, N.Y., is on a mission to turn the problem of poor reception inside public facilities into a business...

Metrocall, Aether to deliver alerts to nat’l conventions

WASHINGTON-Metrocall Inc. and Aether Systems Inc. have teamed to provide interactive news alerts and other information services from Congressional Quarterly to journalists and party...
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