Monthly Archives: October, 2001

NCC Telecom wins second 3G contract in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Swedish vendor NCC Telecom signed a contract to provide third-generation base stations to 3G Infrastructure Services in Sweden. The value of the contract...

TAC reduces bid for Teligent assets

WASHINGTON—Teligent Acquisition Corp., the recently formed company trying to purchase the remaining assets of Teligent Inc., reduced its bid from $117.5 million to $77.5...

YourMobile teams with InfoSpace

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—YourMobile/PWS announced it plans to team with InfoSpace Inc. to integrate its personalized ringtones and phone graphics into InfoSpace's wireless platform."Through this...

CenturyTel positive about 3Q results

MONROE, La.—CenturyTel Inc. said its third-quarter financial results "will meet and possible exceed the range of guidance previously provided to the investment community," when...

FCC reports on consumer complaints

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it received more than 3,000 complaints from wireless users the past three months, the second highest total of all...

MDS America countersues Northpoint

WASHINGTON, D.C.—MDS America Inc., the North American licensee for French company MDS International, which builds systems for the high-speed wireless broadband delivery of video...

Agere posts $3.4B loss

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. posted a $3.4 billion net loss for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30.The company, which is still owned 58 percent...

Powell comments on spectrum, NextWave

WASHINGTON—Spectrum allocation policy is "seriously fractured," and "simply not keeping pace" with technology, said FCC Chairman Michael Powell in a morning press conference.In other...

Vyyo 3Q revenues down

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vyyo Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $2.9 million, a decrease from the $4.5 million reported for third-quarter...

Qualcomm reports new BREW partners

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said some top device manufacturers, a game developer and a Canadian carrier have signed memoranda of understanding to join its Binary...

Zingy.com Web portal launched

NEW YORK—Zingy.com, a web portal that allows Nokia mobile phone users to personalize their phones and communicate through text messaging, has officially launched. "Wireless...

Marconi, Somera enter partnership

LONDON-Marconi Corp. and Somera Communications announced a strategic partnership to deliver configuration of Marconi's power solution combined with Somera's OneSource services for rural carriers...

Lucent 4Q falls below expectation

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. fell below market estimates as it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of $8.8 billion, or $2.59 a share as...

Nokia launches network monitoring tool

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has launched a tool called Nokia NetAct Traffica to allow operators to monitor the performance of their GPRS packet-switched...

AT&T Wireless enhances NY network

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless said it completed the first phase of enhancements to its New York area network designed to increase calling capacity and improve...

Qualcomm announces OmniTracs shipments

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped more than 400,000 OmniTracs mobile communication units to date, which provide two-way data messaging, automatic vehicle positioning,...

Fewer carriers, more customers

During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless...

Many technologies end in grave

Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA...

MSS promise survives harsh start

Mobile satellite service is an idea and a technology that today lies buried under the apprehension and disappointment of a number of major...

Behind the music: Wireless data

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago.As the years slowly passed and people began...

Marketing mired in miscues

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each...

RCR Wireless News’ Persons of the Year

Editor's Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our...

Wireless Hall of Fame

Editor's note: In 2000, RCR Wireless News founded the Wireless Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions...

Policy breeds competition, competition breeds policy

WASHINGTON-One word describes wireless telecom policy in the last 20 years: competition."Wireless was competitive before competition was cool," said Brian Fontes, vice president...

Verizon offers 1x preview service

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Verizon Wireless said it will begin previewing its high-speed 1x network in select U.S. cities as a precursor to the...
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