Monthly Archives: October, 2000

Telecom investors are using wrong numbers

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...

Comverse demonstrates 3G messaging service

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...

Tessco posts 49-percent uptick in revenue

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...

Wireless Nirvana

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...

Lost legacies

So much for legacies, those wonderful collections of accomplishments leaders hope will be packaged, embellished and calcified in history books for all eternity. Poof,...

2Roam appoints new CEO

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...

YadaYada takes on OmniSky, GoAmerica for wireless Internet solution

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

Telstra revises PCCW terms for control of HKT Mobile

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...

USAToday.com signs on for Aether’s AirLoom service

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...

Court gives gov’t more time on RF lawsuits

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...

Glenayre leverages Internet prowess: Looks for niche in PDA market

Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled...

Ettache aggregates account data for one-stop wireless access

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...

WirelessMD teams with PayMD.com

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...

OmniSky unveils Visor solution: Firm introduces advanced version of software, venture with Microsoft

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

Lutris releases certified version of Open Source software

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

Telian to implement Pixo software

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...

Net2Wireless joins Lucent affiliate program

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...

SDR Forum surpasses 100-member mark

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...

3G policy in limelight

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...

Fixed-wireless see wins in Congress, FCC

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...

VoiceStream, Leap buy Pocket licenses: NextWave case rejected by Supreme Court

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...

As home market heats up, LAN, Bluetooth get lead roles

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

Southwestern Bell acquires GTE Wireless properties in Austin

Southwestern Bell Wireless acquired GTE Wireless in Austin, Texas, extending Southwestern Bell Wireless' coverage to 32 of the top 50 markets in the United...

Motorola stock tumbles on earnings warnings

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...

Lucent loses grip in competitive market

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...
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