October 2000

Dear Editor: I always appreciate the timely articles on market trends in RCR. Last week, I couldn’t help but notice two very important cover stories-one on the teenage market and …

WOODBURY, Spain-Comverse Network Systems demonstrated its third-generation-capable unified messaging service, including video messaging, over Nortel Network Corp.’s Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network at the UMTS Conference in Barcelona, Spain. The …

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc., a provider of service and product solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry, reported a 49-percent increase in revenues during its second quarter ended Sept. 24 …

In my first journalism class, the instructor gave us an acronym to remember-KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. Little did I know I would some day work in acronym central, otherwise …

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof, into the thin air. Gone. President …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless application service provider 2Roam Inc. announced it has appointed Thomas Jackson chief executive officer and Jeff Hansen as senior vice president of marketing. The new CEO comes …

As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and …

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corporation Ltd. and Hong Kong Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. announced completion of revised terms of their alliance, first announced in April. Telstra will grab control of …

Aether Systems Inc. announced USAToday.com as the first customer for the recently introduced AirLoom service, which adapts Web content for wireless distribution. In addition, Aether said it will help USAToday.com …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, last week granted the government’s request for more time to respond to …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled past. It is doing so by …

Wireless service providers looking to reduce customer churn have relied on potential revenue-losing means to keep customers loyal, including offering discounted service plans with contracts or giving away new phones …

ATLANTA-WirelessMD and PayMD.com have teamed to deliver a solution that will allow physicians to access claims information from wireless handheld devices. PayMD provides Internet-based claims adjudication information that integrates Medicare …

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for …

Lutris Technologies Inc. released Lutris Enhydra Wireless, the certified and supported version of its Open Source wireless software platform that provides developers and systems integrators the source code, support and …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Pixo Inc. said wireless handset manufacturer Telian will implement its software platform for a new line of TDMA phones for the North American market. The platform enables such services …

BARCELONA, Spain-Net2wireless Corp. joined Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Mobile Internet affiliates program under which Net2Wireless’ 3Gate Platform, a solution designed to enhance the performance of multimedia content on mobile devices, will …

ROME, N.Y.-Adding eight companies to its membership roster in the past month, the Software Defined Radio Forum announced it has surpassed its 100-member milestone mark. “Reaching the 100-member company mark …

WASHINGTON-While President Clinton and FCC Chairman William Kennard called on federal agencies, broadcasters and others to take steps to free up spectrum for third-generation wireless services, allegations surfaced last week …

WASHINGTON-Fixed-wireless carriers last week were praising both the Congress and the Federal Communications Commission for rules they say will help them gain access to federal government and business customers in …

WASHINGTON-Cook Inlet/VoiceStream bid $195 million for 12 licenses owned by a Pocket Communications Inc. subsidiary in a private bidding war with Leap Wireless International Inc. However, Cook only expects to …

With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …

Southwestern Bell Wireless acquired GTE Wireless in Austin, Texas, extending Southwestern Bell Wireless’ coverage to 32 of the top 50 markets in the United States, according to the company. As …

Motorola Inc. stunned investors and analysts last week, lowering its fourth-quarter and 2001 earnings estimates despite reporting third-quarter earnings that mostly fell in line with expectations. Upon release of the …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and …