July 2001

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 hasn’t been completely dormant during …

Australia Telstra Wholesale and Vodafone Australia announced a new three-year generic access agreement deal that they said will replace previous agreements and further enhance the ongoing relationship between the two …

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 it passed a state law two …

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 of for nearly 40 years, a …

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 to businesses using Symbian’s operating system.

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

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 in June by Nortel Networks Corp. …

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 in debt of Triton PCS, which …

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 that while many countries have taken …

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

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 sale is part of its …

In the story “‘Real World’ equipped with Metrocall service,” on page 33 of this issue of RCR Wireless News, the wireless carrier partnering with MTV is WebLink Wireless Inc.

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

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 most vital asset to the …

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 culminate a process that has been …

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 Wireless, which normally operates under …

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 to open another office in Washington …

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

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 on July 2 it has signed …

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 Brazil to third-generation technology. Lucent will …

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 total customers to 28 million, up …

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 first-, second- and next-generation air-interface …

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 by a request from the …

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 Real World” program, equipped the …

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 and mobile carriers. It would also …