Monthly Archives: July, 2001

Correction

Ameritech Paging, owned by SBC Communications, was left out of RCR Wireless News' 2001 Top 20 Paging Carrier list in the June 18, 2001...

Aether expects flat growth, cuts expenses

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Just a month after it reassured Wall Street of its revenue expectations, Aether Systems Inc. today announced it now expects "flat to...

Philips to quit handset business

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics NV said it will quit making mobile-phone handsets and cede it to a venture with China Electronics Corp. to make...

ActiveSky signs interactive streaming video test partners

TOKYO-ActiveSky, a company focused on wireless interactive rich media, has signed microbrowser developer Access, consumer electronics producer Casio, advertiser Dentsu, and several content providers...

Opinion: Wireless aid

I am moved. Not by car or subway, or even through time and space by sophisticated cell-phone technology. I am moved by news reports...

U.S. Cellular, Telecorp acquire PCS licenses

DENVER-Daniels & Associates announced U.S. Cellular Corp. acquired the E-Block personal communications services licenses serving the St. Joseph, Mo., basic trading area from Triad...

Sun, ARM alignment simplifies Java handset development

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets.ARM, which has...

Late News

Telia sells remaining Vodafone sharesSTOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia said it sold the remaining 66.5 million Vodafone shares it owned for about $147.1 million.When Irish telecom operator...

Chicago PrimeCo market sold to investment group for $600M

Just beating a federally mandated deadline, Verizon Wireless sold off its Chicago interests in PrimeCo Personal Communications last week to a telecommunications investment group...

Sprint PCS signs network-upgrade agreements

In spite of recent questions regarding the availability of spectrum for next-generation services, Sprint PCS pushed forward last week, announcing two deals with Lucent...

New York ban signed: Federal driving and dialing legislation pending

NEW YORK-With a stroke of Republican Gov. George Pataki's pen June 28, New York became the first state in the country to impose a...

NextWave saga adds twist to annual FCC appropriations hearing: Federal driving and dialing legislation pending

WASHINGTON-The impact on the federal budget of last month's decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the reclamation and re-auction of bankrupt NextWave...

Broadband players meet in Boston: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

BOSTON-It may be a little battered and bruised, and missing a few former compatriots, but the wireless broadband industry made a strong showing in...

News Briefs: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

CellStar Corp. said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has informed it that the investigation into its compliance with federal securities laws has been...

DoD may deal on 3G issue: Humbled industry tackles survival issues

WASHINGTON-As policy-makers last week voiced support for a plan to move the Pentagon off spectrum sought by the mobile phone industry for third-generation wireless...

Health-related privacy suit pending in Cook County this week

WASHINGTON-An Illinois state court this week is poised to rule on a proposed $1.4 million health-related privacy suit against the cellular industry, which faces...

Opinion: Defensive or proactive

I hesitate a bit to write a column about driver distraction since the last time I did so a few readers found it necessary...

20 Years: Differing digital decisions set stage for standards snarl

The digital technology wars that marked the launch of second-generation services in the United States is one of the most storied and significant...

Business Briefs

Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed a hardware and software chipset solution for GPRS class 12 wireless handsets.HiddenMind Technology Inc. announced it merged...

Talaris offers busy professionals virtual secretary services

So you can check your e-mail wirelessly. Talaris Corp. says "so what?"How about reserving a table at a nearby restaurant for that important work...

Institutional memory loss will result in changes in corporate culture

A search for a new corporate identity may be a major result of the storm of layoffs rocking the telecom world as the majority...

Korea Telecom raises funds in ADR sale

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Corp., South Korea's largest fixed-line telecommunications operator and second-largest mobile wireless carrier, raised $2.24 billion in American depository receipts sold June...

CDMA looks to next generation

In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now...

Phones showcased at TechXNY PC Expo

NEW YORK-Kyocera Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showcased new wireless phones at the TechXNY PC Expo 2001 last week that are...

Privacy legislation may face Senate Republican roadblock

WASHINGTON-Advocates hoping to get legislation passed this year to protect privacy in a digital age will have to get past the Senate Republican High-Tech...
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