August 2003

Verizon Wireless again raised the stakes in the wireless local number portability fight, urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject proposals from a number of its competitors that Verizon Wireless …

Heavy call volumes on wireless networks frustrated end users and led cell sites, operating on backup generators and batteries, to quickly falter during the massive power outage that crippled the …

An Internet worm that attacked enterprise and home computers this week, exploiting a flaw in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system, cannot affect devices running the company’s Windows CE operating system, …

Motorola Inc. lost a battle in its war against Turkish mobile operator Telsim as a Swiss court Thursday ruled the owners’ assets there can be unfrozen. In addition, Cem and …

The telematics market appears to be improving, according to two new studies, but the auto and wireless industries need to focus on offering specific, selected services to take advantage of …

NEW YORK-Shares of semiconductor giant Texas Instruments were up Thursday morning following SoundView Technology Group’s ratings upgrade to “outperform” from “neutral.” The company was trading at $19.90 per share after …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless local area network market has grown 2 percent from the first quarter of 2003 to the second quarter of 2003, according to Dell’Oro Group. Revenues were …

SAN DIEGO-China Unicom will conduct the first handset trial of Qualcomm Inc.’s GSM1x technology, allowing testers to roam from GSM to CDMA networks. Kyocera Corp. supplied the handset, based on …

MOSCOW-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Moscow Cellular Communications will use Lucent equipment for its 450 MHz CDMA2000 1x network in Moscow. The IMT-MC network will initially provide coverage in Moscow and …

EDISON, N.J.-Regional sales company Business Payment Systems announced it will resell a wireless credit card processing service from Comstar Interactive Corp. Comstar’s CHARGE ANYwhere wireless credit card processing product includes …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. will lay off about 8,900 employees by year-end-about 1,700 more than it planned at the beginning of the year-the company revealed in a recent filing with the …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has chosen Robert Switz, who has been with the company since 1994, to serve as its new president and chief executive officer, replacing Richard Roscitt, who resigned to become …

REDMOND, Wash.-Terabeam Corp. announced China Unicom has purchased its Free Space Optics (FSO) system for use in its network in Chongqing, China, operated by Chongqing Unicom. “We have been testing …

Verizon Wireless provided details on its highly anticipated Push to Talk service set to officially launch Aug. 18. As RCR Wireless News reported yesterday, the service allows customers to communicate …

T-Mobile USA Inc. reported 606,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year, including 652,000 postpaid subscriber additions and the loss of 46,000 prepaid customers. The results were …

Manufacturing giant Flextronics announced it will buy Finnish mobile-phone design company Microcell Group for $80 million in cash. Flextronics said the move would strengthen its mobile-phone design capabilities by adding …

Mobility infrastructure revenues were $6.5 billion for the second quarter of 2003, up 1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2003, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group. The group …

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group signed an agreement with Sprint PCS allowing the carrier to offer downloadable ring tones to its PCS Vision customers, adding the ring tones will be …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. and American Cellular Corp., which is currently a joint venture between Dobson and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said they have accepted all American Cellular’s outstanding 9.5-percent …

EMR Network’s request that the Federal Communications Commission consider revisiting its radio-frequency radiation regulations and guidelines has been denied. EMR was fighting the earlier dismissal of a 2001 petition for …

OTTAWA-Canadian wireless carriers are now required to provide wireless enhanced 911 service everywhere E911 network access services are available, according to a ruling this week from the Canadian Radio-Television and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission stepped up its consumer-education campaign regarding wireless enhanced 911 Thursday when FCC Chairman Michael Powell appeared on the “CBS Early Show” to announce the release of …

WASHINGTON-Two rural trade associations tried Wednesday to shoot down Western Wireless Corp.’s basic argument that competition and universal service can co-exist. “Congress was careful to treat areas served by rural …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc., which recently announced it would transfer its nearly 1 million wireless customers to Sprint PCS’ network, is reportedly eliminating wide-area calling for its wireless customers. Now, …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazilian fixed-line operator Embratel plans to acquire Brazilian wireless local loop carrier Vesper from Qualcomm Inc. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, however, analysts said Vesper …