Yearly Archives: 2000

Glenayre’s stock drops following revenue revision

Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s stock plummeted to a new 52-week low under massive trading late last week after the company changed its fourth quarter revenue...

RF Micro Devices to ship amps

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. will begin shipping its RF2173 GaAs HBT power amplifier, which will be used in Motorola Inc.'s new Talkabout T900...

US Unwired chooses E911 solution from GTE TSI

TAMPA, Fla.-Under a contract with U.S. Unwired Inc., close to 5 million subscribers across the United States will soon have GTE Telecommunications Services Inc.'s...

Oklahoma carrier to deploy AirNet GPRS equipment

While most larger carriers are still feeling their way through the abundance of third-generation hype, a small carrier in Oklahoma is getting ready to...

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Tessco to include Allot products in BWA solution

HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc. announced it would include Allot Communications' products in its broadband wireless solution offerings.Tessco said it would present Allot's NetEnforcer...

News Briefs

Verizon Wireless announced plans to test its cdma2000 1xEV technology. The company said the technology can support a high-speed data rate of 2.4 Megabits...

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...

Lucent to supply equipment to IP Communications

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Under a $200 million agreement, Lucent Technologies Inc. will supply IP Communications with the technology to bring voice, data and Internet access...

Ericsson to spin off Bluetooth division

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The strategic importance of Bluetooth seems to have been recognized within Ericsson, the company that invented the technology. Ericsson has decided to...

Nextel Partners launches service in two more states

MACON, Ga.-Nextel Partners launched wireless service in the Macon, Ga., and Dothan, Ala., areas, giving customers access to its digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect...

MDSI focuses on strength of vertical applications

NEW YORK-Despite the hope and hype around consumer and corporate use, vertical applications remain today's stronghold for wireless data, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology...

Samsung prepares for aggressive U.S. sales, marketing effort

NEW YORK-For Samsung Telecommunications America, South Korea's mandatory elimination of wireless handset subsidies created a ripple effect across the ocean that translates into more...

Leap acquires licenses

Leap Wireless Inc. has acquired new wireless operating licenses in Omaha, Neb., and signed a definitive agreement to acquire other licenses in Peoria, Ill.,...

StarHub slams 3G auction: Carrier still plans to participate

SINGAPORE-StarHub Chief Executive Terry Clontz said end users would draw the short end of the stick because of the Singapore government's decision to use...

SolidStreaming, AnyDevice integrate software

NEW YORK-SolidStreaming Inc. and AnyDevice Inc. said they plan to integrate their software platforms to enable carrier and enterprise customers to deliver data, audio...

Marketing in the new millennium

Heading into the all-important holiday marketing frenzy, I am looking forward to some new creative advertising campaigns from wireless companies. (Is anyone else growing...

Study predicts wireline to far surpass wireless broadband

Wireline technologies continue to trump broadband wireless in the journey to the last mile.In a new study on multidwelling units, Washington-based market research and...

Paraguay moves to privatize Antelco

ASUNCION, Paraguay-Legislation granting permission to sell Paraguay's state-owned telecom company Antelco was approved. Analysts predict the privatization will be complete in late 2001 or...

WAP still expected to be a hit in China

BEIJING-According to Beijing-based consultancy BDA, reports of the death of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in China have been greatly exaggerated, as 69 million...

Russia’s MTS reports 1 million clients

Moscow-Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) became the first Russian carrier to claim 1 million total wireless clients in the middle of November. The company...

Raze solution designed to replace LEC service

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the...

3G licensing controversy continues in Spain

MADRID, Spain-The Spanish government said it will tender two additional GSM licenses by 2002, according to international press reports. The country's four Universal Mobile...

France Telecom takes Mauritius Telecom stake

PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius-Mauritius Telecom said France Telecom will take a 40-percent stake in the currently state-owned operator for $261 million. The Mauritian government will retain...

Mobile payment company receives investment

CAPE TOWN, South Africa-Fundamo, a financial services initiative of Sanlam, signed an equity deal with VenFin and Archway Venture Partners to further the company's...
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