2001

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 2000. The company experienced a net …

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 and Internet data by terrestrial transmission, …

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, and dispatch and back office capabilities.

Editor’s note: In 2000, RCR Wireless News founded the Wireless Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions to the wireless industry. Following is a look …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

Mobile satellite service is an idea and a technology that today lies buried under the apprehension and disappointment of a number of major business deals gone bad. But about 10 …

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …

During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 …

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 of federal relations for Cingular Wireless …

CUPERTINO, California, United States—Portal Software said that Monaco Telecom is deploying its Infranet customer management and billing platform to supply GSM and later third-generation (3G) services. The service will include …

STAMFORD, Connecticut, United States—SmartServ Online announced it will provide its SmartServQ wireless short message service (SMS) application to a major wireless service provider in Hong Kong. SmartServQ provides subscribers with …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—The Czech government is planning to offer a new set of conditions for awarding third-generation (3G) licenses, according to international press reports. The government plans to raise about …

WASHINGTON-All the principles in the negotiations for bankrupt NextWave Telecom’s personal communications services (PCS) C- and F-block licenses signed off on a concept agreement that would allow NextWave to walk …

LAUREL, Maryland, United States—Jamaica’s newest cellular provider Digicel selected a billing and customer care software package from U.S.-based Sentori. The technology will allow Digicel to develop and launch services, including …

WASHINGTON-Yet again the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rescheduled the auction of spectrum licenses being made available by the television transition to digital to 19 June, 2002. The auction was …

BEIJING—China’s second-largest mobile operator, China Unicom, plans to put its CDMA network in commercial use early next year. So far, 24 million yuan (US$2.9 million) has been invested to build …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it won a GSM network expansion order from Thailands’ AIS mobile operator worth US$60 million. The order covers network infrastructure and service solutions for AIS’ GSM 900 …

TOKYO-An international standards body agreed on methods to support the unrestricted movement of third-generation (3G) terminals, called global circulation. The sixth meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Working Party …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The entire project …

LONDON—Frost & Sullivan has released a report stating that roaming could further hamper the expansion of Europe’s postpaid calling card market. In fact, postpaid calling card revenues will plummet from …

BUCHAREST, Romania—MobileCom announced it will showcase some of its latest mobile services at METS 2001, being held from 23-27 October. MobileCom will offer hands-on demonstrations of its information-on-demand service, Clickit; …

SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China. Lucent said it is collaborating with China Unicom to demonstrate the mobile …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—AT&T Latin America agreed on a strategic alliance with PRIMA of the Clar