LONDON-Panting from a barrage of criticisms from its shareholders and calls for a boardroom overhaul, Marconi plc said it will go back to basics by cutting costs and concentrating on …
NEW YORK-Telecommunications reflected the dramatic drop in the number and size of mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies last quarter, Los Angeles-based Mergerstat reported. Across industry sectors, these transactions numbered …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it designed a wireless news gateway for the Newspaper Association of America. The gateway allows users to search for the first letters of a …
The headline on the wireless emergency alert story in the July 16 issue of RCR Wireless News on page 3 was incorrect. Cingular Wireless phones were used in the July …
The mobile satellite industry finally had something to smile about last week when the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission granted eight MSS operators licenses in the 2 GHz …
As a counterfoil to a slackening economy, chip makers are striking up alliances, shrinking their product sizes and paring down prices to differentiate themselves in the face of layoffs, reduced …
Add Mitch Daniels to the highest office in the land, President of the United States by Committee. Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget, joins Vice President Cheney, …
NEW YORK-Businesses should hold off on investing in wireless applications for the consumer and should instead look at the potential of wireless for internal operations, according to a new report …
SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp. said it received two key provisional patents covering technology related to location-based services, an area many see as a major future source of revenue for wireless companies. …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The slump in the chip business was reflected in Intel Corp.’s second-quarter report as both sales and earnings dropped and little expected to cheer in the company’s anticipated …
HONG KONG-Hong Kong’s Office of the Telecommunications Authority released an information memorandum regarding its upcoming third-generation licensing and invited applications for the licenses. The memorandum sets the reserve price for …
TOKYO-Tivoli Systems Inc., an IBM company, announced it has completed initial tests of software that it claims can provide secure authentication and authorization to applications and data accessed through i-mode …
Amid mounting layoffs and company bankruptcies across the entire telecommunications sector, a little start-up out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is making its debut, hoping to capitalize on the growing voice-enabled …
PARIS-Alcatel SA said it plans to cut 300 more jobs in the United Kingdom to allow it to concentrate on profitable areas. “These initiatives are designed to deliver immediate cost …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Samsung Telecommunications America unveiled the Samsung SPH-N200 handset for Sprint PCS’ wireless network, the replacement for the popular Samsung SCH-3500 model. The SPH-N200 flip-phone offers …
RESTON, Va.-Delta Air Lines Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced a marketing initiative allowing Delta SkyMiles members to earn 5,000 frequent flyer miles when they sign up for any Nextel …
SEATTLE-A week after being spun off as an independent wireless operator, AT&T Wireless launched its GSM/GPRS network in Seattle, the first market for the carrier’s planned technology overlay of its …
VANCOUVER, Canada-The consequences of Metricom Inc.’s bankruptcy continue to ripple through the wireless industry, most recently forcing a serious drop in revenues for wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless Inc. The …
Wireless and politics Dear Editor: Correct me if I am wrong, but is your publication a trade tabloid directed to the needs of those involved in the wireless communications business? …
