Yearly Archives: 2002

Nextel wins Hines’ ranking, Telus takes 2nd

Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators' third-quarter results rendered a top-five...

Wireless messaging gets positive reviews

Wireless messaging gets positive reviewsSAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues...

Verizon Wireless boosts

spectrum in Northcoast buyFresh off the government's decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom...

New Lucent chip doubles voice, data capacity

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. released a new chip the company said will work as a smart antenna for CDMA networks, doubling the networks'...

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,...

Prudent AT&T Wireless delays,

cuts back W-CDMA launch plansAnalyst: Continuous upgrades confuse marketAT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA...

Alltel to offer Kyocera 7135 smart phone

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, United States-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smart phone on its...

RIM reports strong results

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. reported a strong quarter with results in-line with the company's projections, as well as increased sales of its BlackBerry...

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...

Verizon Wireless buys Northcoast spectrum covering 50 U.S. markets

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. signed an agreement with Northcoast Communications L.L.C. Thursday to purchase 50 personal communications services licenses and related network assets covering...

CellStar completes notes conversion

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has completed the mandatory conversion of its 5-percent senior subordinated convertible notes, converting shares of CellStar common stock at a ratio...

TCP announces $10M equity investment

NEW YORK-TCP Communications Inc. has received $10 million in equity commitments from private equity group Catalyst Investor L.P., which it plans to use to...

CTIA urges auctions for 2 GHz MSS spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association on Dec. 17 urged the Federal Communications Commission to either auction off spectrum in the 2 GHz band...

Wireless data companies receive financing

SEATTLE-Although the economy continues to struggle along, funding seems to be persisting as two wireless data companies announced new financing.First, NetMotion Wireless Inc. said...

First Russian railway tests TETRA and GSM-R

MOSCOW-A Russian railway in the Urals began testing mobile digital radio communications using GSM-R technology and Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) standard to decide whether...

Tunisia to see mobile competition next week

LONDON-Orascom Tunisia, the country's second mobile operator, is due to begin commercial operations next week. This will bring it into competition with state-owned Tunisia...

NTT DoCoMo sells 4 million i-shot handsets

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has sold more than 4 million i-shot handsets, just six months after i-shot service, which allows subscribers to transmit...

Sybase acquires AvantGo

DUBLIN, Calif.-Sybase Inc., which makes software that integrates businesses' platforms, databases and applications, announced it will acquire wireless enterprise company AvantGo Inc. in a...

FCC amends terms of Qualcomm ADV

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the FCC has amended the terms of its Auction Discount Voucher (ADV), to allow Qualcomm to use the remaining $114...

WatchMark reports increased revenue

BELLEVUE, Wash.-WatchMark Corp., which provides service assurance software for current and future wireless networks, reported a successful fiscal year with double-digit revenue growth over...

RF Micro Devices buys Resonext

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. has acquired Resonext Communications Inc., which provides integrated CMOS WLAN solutions for 802.11 and multiband platforms, building on RFMD's...

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...

Quam to pay E-Plus settlement for ending relations in Germany

MADRID, Spain-According to their newly reached "amicable agreement," Quam will pay E-Plus approximately $154 million before the end of December 2002 as compensation for...

Alltel to offer Kyocera 7135 smartphone

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will be the first U.S. operator to introduce Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s 7135 smartphone on its network this week...

RIM reports higher revenues; 3Q loss widens

TORONTO-Research In Motion Ltd. reported a strong quarter with results in-line with the company's projections, as well as increased sales of its BlackBerry wireless...
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