Monthly Archives: November, 2000

SMR industry far from dead

Dear Editor,RCR Wireless News recently ran the SMR Special Report in the Nov. 13 issue. Upon careful reading, it more properly should have been...

Spectrian to sell semiconductor unit

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Spectrian Corp. announced it will sell its UltraRF semiconductor division to Cree Inc.The deal calls for Cree to purchase UltraRF for about 908,000...

Motorola reports contract win in China

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector won another large stake in China's mobile phone market with a $29 million GSM communications award...

Florida license ownership in dispute

WASHINGTON-While the world awaits the final outcome of the seemingly endless process in Florida to pick the president of the United States, members of...

U.S. Wireless Data acquires CellGate

NEW YORK-U.S. Wireless Data completed its previously announced $10 million acquisition of CellGate Technologies, which was made in cash and shares.U.S. Wireless hopes CellGate,...

Brazil has 20.9 million cellular lines

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Director of Anatel Ant"nio Carlos Valente da Silva said Nov. 16 that Brazil already has 20.9 million activated cellular lines. Valente also...

Cisco buys Radiata for 802.11a resources

In a move that the company said would strengthen its New World strategy and its ability to deliver next-generation wireless networks using the IEEE...

Equant, Global One intend to merge

PARIS-Equant and France Telecom's Global One announced they will merge, forming a company with about 3,700 large business customers and pro forma annualized revenues...

Nokia introduces CityHopper products for broadband

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced its CityHopper Broadband Wireless Access range of products, which the company said will bring high bandwidth services to businesses and...

Radix changes name to BeamReach

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In preparation for its entry into the broadband wireless market, Radix Wireless Inc. announced it changed its name to BeamReach Networks Inc."Beam"...

Ericsson to upgrade Bolivian network to GPRS

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said Bolivian operator Entel Movil selected it to deploy Latin America's first General Packet Radio Service network. The three-year $36 million...

Commissioner accuses feds of subverting relocation process

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth last week leveled perhaps his strongest criticism yet against fellow telecom regulators and the Clinton administration, accusing both of...

AlterEgo offers scalable platform for apps development

The wireless Internet's influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when...

Reinventing Ron

I'm beginning to think those mobile-phone studies on memory loss are for real. How else to explain the superb op-ed penned by Ron Nessen...

buy.com, AT&T partner for sales

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Just in time for the busy holiday season, buy.com and AT&T Wireless Services announced a partnership to offer buy.com's online store to...

MeshNetworks raises $26M

ORLANDO, Fla.-MeshNetworks Inc. raised $26 million in its second round of funding, which was led by Redwood Ventures.Additional investors included ITT Industries Inc., BancBoston...

Comverse offers convertible debentures

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced it will offer $500 million of its convertible debentures, which are due 2005, to certain institutional investors.The debentures can...

PMC-Sierra introduces DSP chip for 3G networks

Continuing the flow of wireless technological improvements from north of the border, Burnaby, British Columbia-based PMC-Sierra Inc. introduced its Power Amplifier Linearizer and Distortion...

Air2Web partners with Mascot

ATLANTA-Air2Web Inc. and Mascot Systems Ltd. announced a partnership to allow Mascot to develop wireless application solutions using Air2Web's wireless platform.Mascot will also have...

ICASA to remain neutral in cellular license case

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South Africa's Independent Communications Authority has withdrawn from the third cellular license case. Addressing a stakeholders briefing held in Sandton, South Africa,...

Sprint partners with Countrywide

CALABASAS, Calif.-A partnership between Countrywide Home Loans Inc. and Sprint PCS could allow home buyers and real estate agents to wirelessly research and determine...

Consolidation pending in Taiwan’s mobile market

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan's TransAsia Telecommunications said it is in talks with Far Eastone Telecommunications to sell a mobile-phone stake, according to international press reports.U.S.-based SBC...

People

LittlefeetLittlefeet Inc., a wireless network infrastructure developer, appointed Kai Cheong Chan as the general manager and sales director for the company's new regional office,...

Iridium resurrection in the works

A new venture backed by veteran airline executive Dan Colussy is reported to be buying the assets of Iridium L.L.C., Motorola Inc.'s financial drain...

Cisco gives Tessco premier certification status

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. got a vote of confidence from Cisco Systems Inc. after Cisco gave the company premier channel partner certification status."Premier...
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