2002

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-RCC Holdings Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural Cellular Corp., has been designated an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the state of Washington by the Washington Utilities and Transportation …

WASHINGTON-A response by the Consumer Electronic Association regarding the pace of the digital TV transition was met with derision by Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. “The [consumer …

BOISE, Idaho-One way to solve the capital crisis facing wireless companies today would be for the Federal Communications Commission to void the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.’s PCS C- …

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced Howard “Skip” Speaks will serve as its new chief executive officer, an addition to his existing role as the company’s president. Speaks has been with …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Mercury Computer Systems said it has been chosen by the U.S. military’s Joint Tactical Radio Systems (JTRS) Joint Program Office (JPO) to serve as a consultant on development of …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported one of its best quarters ever highlighted by its first ever positive net income of $123 million compared with a net loss of $369 million …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless Data Services (WDS) opened a service center in Kirkland, Wash., to further serve its North and South American customers. “Since 1994, we’ve been focused exclusively on wireless data, …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced the launch of the DoCoMo Digital Library on its Web site in commemoration of the company’s tenth anniversary of operation. The library, which the company considers a …

TOKYO-In support of the launch of its I-mode service in Europe, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will establish a consulting firm in the Netherlands. The carrier said the European venture, …

SAN FRANCISCO-XtremeSpectrum Inc. said it demonstrated the “wire-like” video quality of its ultra-wideband Trinity chipset using the MPEG2 video format to stream content to six separate flat panel displays simultaneously …

CHELMSFORD, Mass.-WaterCove Networks and Telcordia Technologies have teamed to create a CAMEL (Customized Applications for Mobile Network Enhanced Logic) Phase 3 solution that delivers prepaid data services to wireless carriers. …

WASHINGTON-“Many of the key elements of the digital TV transition are beginning to fall into place,” said Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, as he announced the efforts …

PARIS-Alcatel said it won a contract with Italian third-generation license holder H3G to supply its backbone and metropolitan transmission networks. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply its …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it signed a contract to be the sole supplier to Nicaraguan carrier Enitel for GSM 1900 equipment, software and services. “Our GSM investment starts a new …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Good Technology Inc. said it will partner with Microsoft Corp. to promote the GoodLink wireless corporate e-mail and data system to Microsoft industry partners and resellers. The companies plan …

PARIS-Rating agency Standard and Poor’s said French vendor Alcatel has a $30 million exposure to WorldCom Inc. “The quality of receivables is good following some failures in the marketplace in …

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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission dismissed a petition from the Personal Communications Industry Association that called for a siting rulemaking. The petition was filed in July 2000 but became moot in …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-In the latest round of patent disputes, a district court in Delaware ruled in favor of personal digital assistant makers Handspring Inc. and Palm Inc., asserting the companies’ …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Gerhard Schmid, former chief executive of German company MobilCom, is likely to lower the price at which he would agree to sell his MobilCom shares, paving the way for …

WASHINGTON-A bipartisan group of members of the House Commerce Committee urged the Federal Communications Commission to waive the ultrawideband rules with respect to ground-penetrating radar. “The new rules could have …

NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless, which launched service in the New York metropolitan area, opened its flagship store here July 11 on Fifth Avenue and East 47th Street, a few blocks from …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s PSB Corporation is leading the provision of full Bluetooth compliance testing services in the Southeast Asia region. Centro de Technologia de las Communicaciones (CETECOM), a global supplier of …

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BEIJING-Li Yue, vice president of China Mobile, announced at the GSM China 2002 conference that China Mobile’s customers are expected to send 50 billion short messages this year, up from …