Monthly Archives: June, 2001

ScoreBoard tallies network optimization

ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors.The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps...

Preaching to the choir

If the debate over third-generation mobile-phone spectrum depended solely on financial lobbying clout, the well-heeled cellular industry would be awash in radio frequencies by...

Glenayre files counterclaim against RIM

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. slapped back at Research In Motion Ltd., which recently filed a patent lawsuit against the company's unified message distribution service.Glenayre...

America Movil acquires stake in Brazil’s ATL

MEXICO CITY-U.S.-based Williams Communications said it entered an agreement with America Movil, the wireless arm of Mexican telecom giant TelMex, to sell its 19-percent...

Leap launches in third N.C. market

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Hickory, N.C. The launch is the carrier's third market in North Carolina...

S&P lowers Nortel

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Standard and Poor's has lowered its outlook on Nortel Networks Corp. to "negative" from "stable" as the company warned that the downturn in...

Metrocall buys Radiofone paging assets

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. moved to bolster its subscriber base and retail operation by purchasing the paging assets of Radiofone and Beepers Unlimited from Alltel...

Six firms submit GSM bids in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria-Six global telecom vendors are vying to build out Nitel's GSM network in Nigeria. Nigeria awarded four GSM licenses earlier this year, and...

SchlumbergerSema to offer products for Sun platform

ATLANTA-SchlumbergerSema will deliver its messaging solutions to operators launching next-generation services based on Sun Microsystems' Internet computing technologies.SchlumbergerSema's products available on the Sun platform...

Carriers, analysts brush off RadioShack’s reduced forecasts

When RadioShack warned last month its second-quarter sales were sluggish, the news did not surprise many. Sure, RadioShack's stock price fell 20 percent, but...

Mobile data will catch fire, Dataquest says

While some industry observers have been harping on how long the wireless industry will have to wait before it sees the widespread use of...

Book on birth of cellular long on laughs

The cellular industry's inception in the United States is made up of thousands of stories of business leaders, technology gurus and ordinary people each...

Spotwave lines up financing to provide `always on’ services

OTTAWA, Canada-Wireless startup Spotwave Wireless Inc. is trying to lessen some of the annoyances faced by cell-phone users with a technology that will allow...

Study of paging history may show future wireless do’s and don’ts

Paging lit up the wireless industry like a white-hot star.It showed that fistfuls of money could be made using wireless technology. It showed that...

Sprint PCS picks Everypath to enhance wireless Web

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Everypath Inc. said it will deliver mobile enterprise solutions to Sprint PCS for its Wireless Web for Business service as part of...

Letters

Cell-phone use is distractingDear Editor: Your article "Subcommittee agrees mobile phones distract, wants more data" addresses the hazards of cell-phone use while driving. As the...

Verizon adds Canada option to SingleRate plan

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Verizon Wireless introduced a new option to its wireless service plans allowing customers to add Canada to their national SingleRate plan for an...

EFJohnson to make radio units for Nexterna

LINCOLN, Neb.-EFJohnson, a subsidiary of Transcrypt International, will fill a $900,000 order to manufacture integrated radio and control units for Nexterna Inc., a provider...

D.C. Briefs

Sens. John Edwards (D-N.C.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) are expected as early as this week to introduce pro-consumer wireless location privacy legislation, according to...

Tropian to premiere multimode wireless transmitter

Manufacturers realize that making devices smaller and equipped for high-data speed is becoming as important as efficiency across technology lines.Tropian Inc., a semiconductor company...

DT buy of VoiceStream, Powertel officially done

After nearly a year of wrangling, Deutsche Telekom's acquisition of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Powertel Inc. closed last week. Both VoiceStream and Powertel will...

Nextel coy about 3G plans: May be scouting better equipemtn deals

Trying to pin down Nextel Communications Inc. into a specific category is not an easy chore. By definition, Nextel is a specialized mobile radio...

Growing pains prevalent in setting up cyber-security warning center

WASHINGTON-A recently released report from congressional auditors shows that an FBI unit created in 1998 to warn of cyber-security threats and infrastructure protection risks...

Key facts

What: Automotive News/RCR Wireless News Wireless Automotive Executive Briefing When: Wednesday, Oct. 17Where: Cobo Center, Detroit, as part of the SAE Digital Car Conference.Costs: $595 for one day...

GoAmerica aims to provide enterprise “must-have” with Mobile Office

NEW YORK-GoAmerica Inc.'s new Mobile Office, touted as a single solution for the growing wireless enterprise marketplace, is attracting attention from various players in...
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