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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 expectations from a profit of four …

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 two-way pager.

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 Phase I 911 solution, which will …

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 deploy a GPRS network using AirNet …

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 and NetPolicy products to competitive …

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 per second in its existing spectrum …

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 called the Nextel Special Report. …

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 from California to the Great Lakes. …

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 pull the unit responsible for developing …

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 digital two-way radio, wireless Internet and …

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 analyst for UBS Warburg. Recognizing this …

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 aggressive marketing in the United States. …

Leap Wireless Inc. has acquired new wireless operating licenses in Omaha, Neb., and signed a definitive agreement to acquire other licenses in Peoria, Ill., as part of the company’s effort …

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 the auction method of awarding third-generation …

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 and video content to wireless devices. …

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 tired of Jamie Lee Curtis acting …

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 consulting firm The Strategis Group …

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 early 2002. Discussions are centering on …

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 people in China will be accessing …

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 said the 1 millionth client received …

The wireless broadband boom is in full swing, as evidenced by the dozens of companies that have popped up in that arena in the past year alone. Among them is …

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 Telecommunications System (UMTS) license winners are …

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 40 percent, and the state Bank …

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 goal to establish a mobile payment …