Monthly Archives: July, 2001

Carriers eat up all-you-can-talk local buffets

Many people have claimed the success of the Internet really took off once service providers implemented one-rate plans for unlimited usage. The plans allowed...

Cingular to test emergency alert service

WASHINGTON-In a major development that could leverage political pressure to force mobile-phone carriers to make greater public-safety use of their networks, the first-ever demonstration...

FCC puts off 700 MHz auction-again: House Committee passes FCC budget

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission indefinitely postponed the scheduled Sept. 12 auction of licenses in the 700 MHz band, amidst a move in the House...

Timnet.com to use Wysdom platform

BOSTON-Timnet.com, the wireless services provider for Telecom Italia Mobile in South America, will license Wysdom Inc.'s Mobyle Application Platform, which serves as a bridge...

Broadband2Wireless files for bankruptcy

To witness the merciless effects of today's bear market, one should look no further than Broadband2Wireless Inc., an unlicensed wireless broadband provider in the...

Systemonic unveils LAN baseband processor

The European and North American wireless local area network worlds got a little closer last week thanks to Germany-based Systemonic AG, which introduced a...

Late News

Group may prod FCC to probe NextWaveA group of carriers impacted by an appeals court ruling that returns PCS licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc....

Gov’t should have role in technology development: Content developers lament lack of perspective

NEW YORK-The free spirits from the domain of Internet content development lamented their "don't tread on me" approach to government, whose intervention is seen...

TIW strongly downgraded by S&P

NEW YORK-Calling completion of an exchange offer launched by Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. July 6 "tantamount to default," Standard & Poor's Corp. said...

LG, Hanaro end Korean license dispute

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Telecom and Hanaro have ended a dispute to jointly bid on South Korea's third and final third-generation wireless license based on...

Lawmakers push bill to fund wireless health research

WASHINGTON-House and Senate lawmakers plan to introduce legislation after the August recess that would provide federal funding for mobile-phone health research and repeal a...

Inventor says he can fix phone call-back problem

WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911...

Casio invests $5M in iAnywhere: Investment represents 1% stake

NEW YORK-Casio Inc., Dover, N.J., the American subsidiary of Tokyo-based Casio Computer Co. Ltd., has made a $5 million investment in iAnywhere Solutions Inc.,...

RCR’s Top 20 International Paging Markets

Editor's Note: The RCR Wireless News editorial staff has compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country, ranked by the estimated...

Motorola to sell multiservice networks division

CHICAGO-For an undisclosed sum of money, Motorola Inc. says it is selling its multiservices networks division to Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity.The company says the...

Certicom approves stock-option program

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp.'s board of directors has approved a voluntary stock-option exchange program for employees."Going forward, we recognize that our employees are the single...

Glenayre unites behind communications apps

It's been almost two months since Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it would discontinue its paging infrastructure operations-a business Glenayre has been an integral part...

Western Wireless prepares for 2.5G in Montana

TERRY, Mont.-Western Wireless Corp. took a substantial step towards third-generation technology by launching 1xRTT high-speed wireless data service in rural Terry, Mont., last week.Western...

Late News

ATTW added to S&P 500AT&T Wireless Group, which has been spun off to AT&T Corp. shareholders, replaced Potlatch Corp., an integrated forest products company,...

China prepares to join WTO

WASHINGTON-China, the world's largest potential wireless export market, is on the verge of entering the World Trade Organization as officials wrap up negotiations to...

ITU study group sets BICC protocols

GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union group responsible for signaling requirements and protocols agreed July 2 on a second set of Bearer Independent Call Control protocols,...

Telecom vendor losses ripple throughout industry, S&P says

NEW YORK-In a preview of its second-quarter corporate debt outlook, to be published July 27, Standard & Poor's Corp. said "the large loss announced...

Correction

In the story "'Real World' equipped with Metrocall service," on page 33 of this issue of RCR Wireless News, the wireless carrier partnering with...

Bush administration: Bribes are problem

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration, in a new report with major implications for an emerging third-generation mobile-phone market worth billions of dollars in contracts, told Congress...

Verizon picks Microsoft’s Yukon: Database management market heats up

Microsoft Corp. may have turned up the heat in the database management system battle with IBM Corp. and Oracle. But some analysts believe that...
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