Monthly Archives: August, 2003

Serynade to offer Wi-Fi in laundromats

SAN FRANCISCO-Serynade Wireless announced it will offer its Wi-Fi Internet access service in coin-operated laundromats on university campuses and in neighborhoods nationwide. The service...

Govt. won’t release Iraqi mobile-contract bidder list

WASHINGTON-The U.S.-led administration in Iraq decided not to release the names of consortia that bid last week on three regional mobile-phone licenses up for...

Rural carriers say CTIA’s WLNP guidelines discriminate

WASHINGTON-The rural wireless carriers Tuesday said recent implementation guidelines for wireless local number portability developed by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will put...

Telematics services poised to impact European auto market

NEW YORK-New research shows the European automobile market will see dramatic advances in information, navigation and entertainment systems, with wireless telematics services "poised to...

Tecnomen to reduce staff, wins contract in Ecuador

HELSINKI, Finland-Messaging supplier Tecnomen Corp. said it began employee negotiations to reduce its staff by 80 people in different offices during 2003 and 2004....

Sprint PCS to offer Virgin Mobile services at its stores

WARREN, N.J.-Sprint PCS said it will start offering mobile virtual network operator partner Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. prepaid products and services at more than...

AOL blog service includes mobile component

DULLES, Va.-Internet service provider America Online Inc. launched its new Journals service, which allows users to maintain online diaries-also called Web logs or blogs-about...

SkyCross closes financing

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Wireless antenna developer SkyCross said it has closed a second round of financing totaling $10.5 million. The company plans to use the funding...

Qualcomm announcement signals growing storage need for mobile phones

CDMA giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will add support for removable miniSD and SD cards in its line of Mobile Station Modem chipsets. The...

Schumer calls for mobile-phone capacity regulations

WASHINGTON-In response to the massive power outage Aug. 14, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Aug. 24 urging...

Wireless companies continue Chinese investments

BEIJING-In a post-SARS world, China seems to be coming back to its own as businesses try to rekindle the old gusto of investment in...

WorldCom, Verizon Wireless settle differences

WASHINGTON-Long before WorldCom Inc. admitted to billions in accounting fraud, it was trying to become a major wireless carrier by reselling service from Verizon...

Execs transfer $6.6M back to Dobson to repay loans

Dobson Communications Corp. reported that three senior executives transferred 950,300 shares of company stock worth more than $6.6 million back to the telecommunications provider...

Frost & Sullivan examines unified messaging potential in Latin America

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to...

Inmarsat to install ADC billing platform

LONDON-Mobile satellite service provider Inmarsat Ltd. will install ADC's Singl.eView rating and billing software for its new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service, which...

Viaero combines Colo., Neb. operators

A recently renamed Viaero Wireless announced it has combined the previously known NE Colorado Cellular Inc. doing business as Cellular One of Northeast Colorado...

Harris reports dividend increase

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Harris Corp. announced a 25-percent increase to its quarterly dividend, bringing it to 10 cents per share and bringing the annual rate to...

TeliaSonera buys Motorola’s stake in Lithuania

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-TeliaSonera said it reached an agreement with Motorola Lithuania Telecom to acquire Motorola's 35-percent shareholding in Lithuanian mobile operator UAB Omnitel. TeliaSonera will...

AgileMobile.com application to detect liars

NEW YORK-Worried that your mechanic is giving you the runaround, or that your teenager might be fibbing? Soon, you may just be able to...

Swisscom Mobile launches business-focused SMS service

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia software development company Red Oxygen said Swisscom Mobile has launched its e-mail-to-short message service product to its 3.6 million subscribers in Switzerland.The...

Chinese phone maker to incorporate updated Microsoft OS in handset

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. is bolstering its efforts in the Chinese mobile-phone market, as Chinese mobile-phone maker Dopod will sell a phone using an updated...

Ericsson, Siemens win UMTS orders in Greece

MUNICH, Germany-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG both signed agreements with Panafon Greek Telecommunications Co. to supply its UMTS network. The companies did not release...

Homeland security not intended to be ‘premium’ service

To the Editor:The proposition of delivering wireless priority service to high-paying consumers-as outlined in RCR Wireless News on Aug. 11 and again on Aug.18-is...

Cingular to add spectrum with Florida frequencies from Sunshine PCS

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. entered into a definitive agreement with Sunshine PCS Corp. to acquire portions of three PCS licenses in Florida for $13.75 million.The...

Sprint extends fixed messaging to mobile devices with new offer

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Corp. introduced a new messaging offering that extends e-mail and instant messaging services to mobile phones and other devices, news that...
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