BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced its Mobile Web Plus service, a wireless e-mail and Internet access service for use on the Kyocera QCP6035 smartphone. The service provides access to up to …
SEATTLE—Monet Mobile Networks Inc., which won PCS spectrum licenses during the Federal Communications Commission’s auction earlier this year, launched its data-only, cdma2000 1x next-generation wireless network in Sioux Falls, S.D. …
WASHINGTON—The Bush administration is expected today to ask for an immediate repeal of the cap that limits the amount of spectrum that carriers can control to 45 megahertz in urban …
MONROE, La.—CenturyTel Inc. said its third-quarter financial results “will meet and possible exceed the range of guidance previously provided to the investment community,” when they are released Oct. 30. Previous …
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it received more than 3,000 complaints from wireless users the past three months, the second highest total of all telecom sectors regulated by the agency. …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said some top device manufacturers, a game developer and a Canadian carrier have signed memoranda of understanding to join its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless Platform. The …
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless said it completed the first phase of enhancements to its New York area network designed to increase calling capacity and improve service quality. The carrier said the …
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vyyo Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $2.9 million, a decrease from the $4.5 million reported for third-quarter 2000. The company experienced a net …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems Inc. posted a $3.4 billion net loss for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30. The company, which is still owned 58 percent by Lucent Technologies Inc., said …
NEW YORK—Zingy.com, a web portal that allows Nokia mobile phone users to personalize their phones and communicate through text messaging, has officially launched. “Wireless phones aren’t just tech toys anymore,” …
LONDON-Marconi Corp. and Somera Communications announced a strategic partnership to deliver configuration of Marconi’s power solution combined with Somera’s OneSource services for rural carriers across the United States. “Through our …
WASHINGTON, D.C.—MDS America Inc., the North American licensee for French company MDS International, which builds systems for the high-speed wireless broadband delivery of video and Internet data by terrestrial transmission, …
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has launched a tool called Nokia NetAct Traffica to allow operators to monitor the performance of their GPRS packet-switched networks in real time as they …
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped more than 400,000 OmniTracs mobile communication units to date, which provide two-way data messaging, automatic vehicle positioning, and dispatch and back office capabilities.
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. fell below market estimates as it recorded a fourth-quarter net loss of $8.8 billion, or $2.59 a share as against a loss of $484 million, …
WASHINGTON—Spectrum allocation policy is “seriously fractured,” and “simply not keeping pace” with technology, said FCC Chairman Michael Powell in a morning press conference. In other news, Powell said negotiations for …
Editor’s note: In 2000, RCR Wireless News founded the Wireless Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions to the wireless industry. Following is a look …
WASHINGTON-One word describes wireless telecom policy in the last 20 years: competition. “Wireless was competitive before competition was cool,” said Brian Fontes, vice president of federal relations for Cingular Wireless …
NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …
Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …
