Monthly Archives: November, 2002

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...

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...

EFJ secures line of credit

WASHINGTON-EFJ Inc. signed a $10 million line of credit with the Bank of America N.A. it will use for working capital and to finance...

Intec buys Ericsson billing unit for $5M

LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Tower industry has long-term potential

To the Editor, I was gratified to see that Tracy Ford presented an ultimately positive view of the tower industry in her Nov. 18...

Microsoft to use Pumatech sync software

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Investors roared their approval of a new deal between synchronization company Pumatech Inc. and Microsoft Corp.'s MSN business, sending Pumatech's stock up...

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...

UMTS spending rises, but most pacts MOUs

In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research...

Selby secures tower contracts with Orascom Telecom

MIAMI-Selby Communications announced at last week's Tower Summit & Trade Show that it has secured contracts valued at $30 million with Orascom Telecom, an...

SpectraSite to be delisted from Nasdaq

CARY, N.C.-Following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this month, SpectraSite Holdings Inc. has been notified it will be delisted from the Nasdaq Small...

Verizon to buy interest in Virgina 10 RSA

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to purchase Shenandoah Telecommunications Co.'s 66 percent general partner interest in the Virginia 10 RSA L.P., which...

Proxim releases Wi-Fi access solution

NEW YORK-Proxim Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., has made commercially available its ORiNOCO AP-2500, which it designed as a Wi-Fi option for large businesses that want...

Handset market share disputed in China

BEIJING-Consultants CCID, affiliated with China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and Analysys Consulting, a partner of the Gartner Group, published conflicting figures on China's...

France Telecom, MobilCom to terminate UMTS agreements

PARIS-France Telecom and MobilCom will terminate their agreements concerning UMTS development in Germany.France Telecom and MobilCom have agreed to follow the MobilCom rescue plan...

TCL Mobile to offer color LCD display phones

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom."The flexibility of the...

Alamosa names Richardson COO

LUBBOCK, Texas-Alamosa Holdings Inc. named Steve Richardson to fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position at the Sprint PCS affiliate beginning Dec. 1.Richardson...

Trend Micro launches network security solution

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Trend Micro Inc. has made commercially available the PC-cillin 2003, the latest version of its consumer and small office-home office security solution for...
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