Monthly Archives: November, 2002

Open Mobile Alliance offers interoperability testing program

LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to...

Auction results surprise Brazil’s Anatel

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Jarbas Valente, Anatel's superintendent of private services, said he was surprised by the auction results for the surplus licenses in bands D...

Morrison Hershfield releases tower reinforcement solution

NEW ORLEANS-Infrastructure services provider Morrison Hershfield released the DualPole, a new tower reinforcement solution, at the recent 2002 Tower Summit & Trade Show.The DualPole...

Research reports analyze European market

LONDON-Two new research reports cite an improving European mobile arena.A new Yankee Group report said the industry is adapting to the new dynamics of...

MeshNetworks offers .11b access point, router

MeshNetworks offers .11b access point, routerNEW YORK-With Federal Communications Commission technical approval now in hand, MeshNetworks, Maitland, Fla., has made commercially available a new...

Telus Mobility expands cdma2000 1x network

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Telus Mobility said it has expanded its cdma2000 1x network throughout Canada via a combination of network buildouts in Western Canada and the...

Cyberbank integrates SyChip solution into PDA

PLANO, Texas-Describing the product as the first chip that integrates CDMA and wireless local area network solutions in a single device, SyChip said Cyberbank...

Sony creates mobile division to handle ring-tone business

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group...

Hyundai to sell vehicles with telematics

SEOUL, South Korea-Hyundai Motor Co. will begin selling vehicles with a wide range of advanced telematics features next year in South Korea, and plans...

NASA, others beat up FCC on UWB ambient noise

WASHINGTON-The volatile debate surrounding the rules allowing or restricting the use of ultra-wideband technologies got louder as companies commented on ambient noise test results...

AT&T Wireless sites contract re-bid

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is getting ready to award a large tower buildout contract and it appears incumbent service provider Bechtel Communications may have...

OEMs turn to outsourcing to bring budgets in line

In today's soft economy, the benefits of outsourcing are becoming clearer to many manufacturers.Since the outsourcing trend intensified in the past few years, companies...

Wireless entertainment group studies using devices during flight

WASHINGTON-Wouldn't it be cool to receive e-mail, a mobile-phone call or connect to the Internet while you are flying?That was the question examined last...

FCC to check if phones comply with 911

WASHINGTON-The FCC's Enforcement Bureau on Friday said it wanted to evaluate test results by the Wireless Consumers Alliance that claimed that none of the...

RIM loses patent claim against NTP

WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. lost a patent claim against NTP Inc. and could pay damages of $23 million. RIM said it...

Red letter days

Companies bleeding with leviathan losses and flush with embarrassment from weak sales, mismanagement and corruption (the usual stuff in telecom and high-tech sectors these...

LG, Samsung make strides in mobile-phone market

BOSTON-A new handset market report shows LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics making significant strides in the mobile-phone market, while other big handset players continue...

Keeping our weekly focus

With the announcement that Wireless Week is slashing its frequency to twice a month, RCR Wireless News has become the only weekly newspaper in...

Interoperability, devices define quieter Comdex

Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at...

American Tower upgraded, SpectraSite to be delisted

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp.'s stock has been upgraded to "Strong Buy" by Raymond James & Associates Inc. in anticipation of several financial actions expected...

Moody’s downgrades Alcatel debt rating

FRANKFURT, Germany-Moody's Investors Service has downgraded French vendor Alcatel's senior debt ratings to B1 from Ba1, reflecting the company's dwindling revenue flow, the need...

Lucent installs cdma2000 1x for China Unicom

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has replaced 65 of China Unicom's CDMA base stations with cdma2000 1x technology in a day in Shanghai province.The...

Cingular cuts prices to try to add customers

Operators are continuing to cut wireless prices in order to try to court new customers to capture a larger share of fourth-quarter subscriber additions....

Carriers changing guards

The wireless industry's shift from focusing on growth at any expense to an emphasis on growing profitably has been reinforced recently with a number...

Boost Mobile targets teenage girls with Roxy brand

IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, a virtual network operator using Nextel Communications Inc.'s iDEN network, will sell phones aimed at teenage girls using Quiksilver Inc.'s Roxy...
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