Monthly Archives: April, 2001

Powertel adds 100K subscribers

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a wireless PCS provider that serves the southeastern United States, announced its preliminary financial and operating results for first quarter...

Technology wars set to play out in Japan, U.S.

Wideband CDMA and cdma2000 are not only migrating to the future, but also to the battleground.Both technologies will hoist their banners as they deploy...

Leap reports 1Q results

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc.'s Cricket, a flat-rate, all-you-can-talk, local wireless service, appears to have kept the company afloat during first-quarter 2001, according to...

Magellan introduces GPS companion for Visor

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Magellan, the company responsible for creating several clip-on GPS readers for the Palm, recently introduced its new GPS Companion for Handspring's Visor.The...

Elite offers teen tracking service

FREEPORT, Texas-Elite Logistics Inc., which develops Internet-based tracking systems, and Track-A-Teen Inc., which boasts safe driving programs for teens, announced a distribution agreement that...

Kyocera to bundle AvantGo with smart phones

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. has agreed to bundle software and services provider AvantGo with its QCP 6035 smart-phone handsets.Under this deal, the smart-phone users...

ACT introduces SDR base station operating platform

LOS ANGELES-Advanced Communication Technologies Inc. introduced its SpectruCell software- defined radio multiple protocol mobile wireless network base station operating platform, which it said provides...

Flextronics makes headway in Europe

LONDON-According to a study by Strategy Analytics Inc., Flextronics Inc. will become Western Europe's second largest cell phone manufacturer with 34.5 million units, or...

Intel, Analog Devices MSA to double DSP speed for wireless devices

Intel Corp. embedded itself further into the wireless space last week as it demonstrated its Micro Signal Architecture, a fast digital signal processor for...

Smartmeds.com launches wireless application

CARLSTADT, N.J.-Smartmeds.com Inc., a subsidiary of Infu-Tech Inc., which provides specialty pharmaceuticals, launched phase one of its Smartmedsmobile.com wireless application featuring personalized medication alerts."Smartmeds.com...

High-tech patent squabbles rise in new economy

WASHINGTON-Congress, watching dazzling new technological and marketing advances driven by the Internet and its uncertain migration to wireless devices, has been dragged into high-stakes...

Winstar bankruptcy, lawsuit detail ugly side of vendor financing

Shortly following Winstar Communications Inc.'s announcement last Monday that it had failed to make aggregate interest payments of approximately $75 million on loans, the...

FCC seeks comment on balloon base-station concept

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is accepting comments on a request from Space Data Research L.L.C. for a declaratory ruling or waiver to allow it...

FCC opens up coordination activities in the 800, 900 MHz bands

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week opened up coordination of private-wireless services in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands to all frequency coordinators...

TIW to amend credit facility

MONTREAL-Negotiations are underway for Telesystem International Wireless Inc. (TIW) to amend its senior secured revolving credit facility, which expires in July.The aggregate borrowing capacity...

Tellabs announces cost-cutting measures

LISLE, Ill.- Despite first quarter news that was in line with Wall Street estimates, Tellabs Inc. said it will continue to "realign its cost...

Correction

In the RCR Wireless News article, "Despite Widespread use, WAP future remains in question," (April 9, page 20) Sam Adler's job title was incorrect...

Zkey.com discontinues free services

LOS ANGELES-Zkey.com said it will discontinue its free Web-based identity and personal information management services, which currently has thousands of registered users, effective May...

Carriers cautious, but no one expects sub numbers to stop

As the apparent economic slowdown continues to shake up Wall Street and dislodge stocks, many in the wireless industry are holding their breath to...

Verizon upgrades San Diego network

SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless has completed network upgrades that will deliver enhanced call quality and CDMA digital service to customers in San Diego County, Calif.The...

Telemedia relieves consumer of `surfing,’ following French model for wireless Web access

NEW YORK-Paris-based Telemedia.fr has positioned itself to help telecommunications and Internet content providers capitalize on the convenience sought by French consumers, who prefer dialing...

Nextel to build Florida facility

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. will build a new customer support facility in Panama City Beach, Fla., according to a recently signed letter of intent,The...

RAM Hawaii now Arch

HONOLULU-RAM Paging Hawaii, a Hawaiian paging company, said it will start operating under the name of its parent company, Arch Wireless Inc."Arch Wireless has...

ArrayComm leads effort to create TDD Coalition

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. said it joined with 11 other companies to create the TDD Coalition, which will advocate specific U.S. spectrum allocations for...

Service costs drop 0.3 percent in March

LOS ANGELES-A recent study by Econ One, an independent economic research and consulting firm, said the average cost of cell-phone service across U.S. cities...
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