Monthly Archives: July, 2001

LG aims to send strong brand message

Mobile-phone maker LG InfoComm U.S.A. Inc. has been "in the closet, so to speak," according to Michele Thenegal, the company's marketing director.While LG InfoComm...

World Briefs

AustraliaTelstra Wholesale and Vodafone Australia announced a new three-year generic access agreement deal that they said will replace previous agreements and further enhance the...

Voice recognition moves mainstream

If there were ever any doubts that voice-recognition technology would become a big business, New York state swiftly put those questions to bed when...

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...

XcelleNet joins Symbian partner program

ATLANTA-XcelleNet Inc., which provides management solutions for remote systems and wireless devices, joined Symbian's technology partner program, and will offer wireless devices management solutions...

D.C. Briefs

The Federal Communications Commission last week reduced the amount of regulatory fees wireless carriers must pay from 30 cents to 27 cents per subscriber....

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...

Moody’s raises rating on Triton PCS debt

NEW YORK-Citing "consistently strong operating results" and a "very good liquidity position," Moody's Investors Service raised the ratings July 5 on approximately $1.3 billion...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

NTT DoCoMo sets up U.S. offices

NEW YORK-NTT DoCoMo of Japan says it will open an office here to work with its United States partner AT&T Wireless while also planning...

Globalstar faces mounting pressure from Ericsson, shareholders

The bad news for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. continues to mount following the filing of a second complaint by Ericsson Inc. against the mobile satellite...

NextWave hires Lucent for buildout

WASHINGTON-In an effort to prove it is a viable company and at the same time help a struggling icon, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. said...

Telesp Cellular signs Lucent for $130M network upgrade

CAMPINAS, Brazil-Telesp Cellular, a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom, and Lucent Technologies Inc. have signed a $130 million contract to upgrade Telesp's mobile network in...

Verizon adds 807,000 users

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless added a whopping 807,000 net new customers in the second quarter of this year, according to recently released subscriber results, increasing...

Conductus ClearSite solution enhances network quality

Expand coverage. Reduce interference. Increase capacity. Enable higher bandwidth.These are the four corners of Conductus Inc.'s philosophy in rolling out its ClearSite solutions for...

Helsinki Stock Exchange looks at Nokia

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. is being investigated by the Helsinki Stock Exchange as to whether it leaked its second-quarter warning in advance.The inquiry was sparked...

`Real World’ equipped with Metrocall service

DALLAS-Reality television is joining the wireless world through a deal between Metrocall Inc. and MTV.Metrocall, a major sponsor of the music station's popular "The...

Qualcomm opens CDMA center in China

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. says it has opened a CDMA Development Center in Beijing, China, to provide training, support and equipment testing services to manufacturers...
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