Monthly Archives: December, 2002

War gaming a wireless comeback in 2003

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry...

Critical Path stock too low to meet Nasdaq listing criteria

SAN FRANCISCO-Messaging company Critical Path Inc. said it is out of compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market's minimum bid price requirement of $1. The...

Nextel ups 800 MHz band relocation offer; consensus parties threaten FCC

Nextel ups 800 MHz band relocation offer; consensus parties threaten FCCWASHINGTON-In a Christmas Eve filing, Nextel Communications Inc., private-wireless licensees and the public-safety...

Rural Cellular Corp. faces class-action shareholder lawsuit

Rural Cellular Corp. is being sued by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway in a shareholder class-action lawsuit."The complaint charges Rural Cellular Corp....

Association of Wireless Professionals aims to take retail training to higher level

The nearly one-year-old Association of Wireless Professionals is offering the industry a new way to better reach its ever-valuable consumer base-through educated wireless retail...

Philips to buy Systemonic

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips...

Verizon Wireless CEO guides with a steady hand

Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl,...

Orange withdraws from Swedish mobile market

OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange confirmed Thursday it would back out of the Swedish mobile market, a move that had been widely predicted due to...

Verizon Wireless boosts spectrum in Northcoast buy

Fresh off the government's decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s wireless spectrum,...

Grayson’s Geometrix 911 system now supports 1xRTT

RESTON, Va.-Grayson Wireless said its Geometrix 911 wireless caller location system now supports wireless networks that use 1xRTT technology.According to Grayson, Geometrix is the...

Korea’s No. 2 broadband carrier takes over Thrunet

SEOUL, South Korea-Hanaro Telecom Inc., South Korea's second-largest broadband and fixed-line carrier, announced it would take over its rival Korea Thrunet Co., signaling a...

InterDigital to get $500,000 from Samsung

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-The International Court of Arbitration ruled that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. must pay InterDigital Communications Corp. an extra $500,000 due to...

Nextel, Cingular detail network upgrade plans

Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as...

Qwest reduces debt

NEW YORK-Following an unsuccessful court challenge by some bondholders, Qwest Communications International Inc. reduced its outstanding debt by $1.9 billion to $22.6 billion through...

Russia’s Vimpelcom expands to the Urals

MOSCOW-Russia's second-largest wireless carrier, Vimpelcom (BeeLine), purchased 100 percent of the East-West Telecom Co., which holds GSM licenses for 12 regions of the greater...

GSM Kazakhstan gets US$55M loan from Sonera

ASTANA, Kazakhstan-Leading Kazakh carrier GSM Kazakhstan said the Finnish Sonera has granted it a US$55 million loan for further development in 2003 and the...

Threats from within

As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside...

Prudent AT&T Wireless delays, cuts back W-CDMA launch plans

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and scale down the coverage...

Korea may loosen up subsidy ban on outdated mobile phones

SEOUL, South Korea-The Ministry of Information and Communication in South Korea is considering loosening up its strict regulation on handset subsidies to help dispose...

InfoSpace fires Jain

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which provides wireless applications and software in addition to its Internet software business, announced it fired Naveen Jain, the company's former...

Sendo files lawsuit against Microsoft

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile-phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against its former business partner Microsoft Corp., a move that further illuminates the reasons behind...

Carriers around the world upgrade networks

HELSINKI, Finland-Network upgrades continue the world over, as carriers in the United States, Taiwan and Denmark announced plans to upgrade to faster wireless technologies.In...

Dobson downgraded

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit ratings on Dobson Communications Corp. from B+ to B, citing the impact of lower...

Cricket, anyone?

The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many...

Sybase purchases AvantGo in $38M cash merger

The latest shakeup in the wireless enterprise market claimed struggling AvantGo Inc., as software infrastructure and integration company Sybase Inc. purchased the company in...
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