SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Chipmaker PMC-Sierra Inc.’s first-quarter 2001 results are drastically lower than its fourth-quarter 2000 results, but in line with its recently revised revenue and earnings expectations. The company reported …
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. added approximately 90,600 gross subscribers during the first quarter of 2001, compared with 62,600 for the first quarter last year. Customer churn for the quarter was …
NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif. …
It used to be that the obstacles that prevented a fixed-wireless signal from reaching its destination were ultimately the obstacles that kept the industry’s service providers from reaching all their …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will begin examining the relationship between wireline and wireless carriers and which regulators-federal or state-have jurisdiction over interconnection. It is a “question of our jurisdictional basis …
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian’s EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week. A simulation …
I’ve noticed a curious pattern emerging. At agency after agency with telecom and high-tech oversight, key positions have yet to be filled. Some are not even close to being filled. …
Along with exporting a trillion Happy Meal toys, China proved once again last week it is king in the export business. It seems Denver’s recent hazy skies were not from …
Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses. With the battle for market share boiling up over the next …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is accepting comments on a request from Space Data Research L.L.C. for a declaratory ruling or waiver to allow it to use balloons as base stations …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week opened up coordination of private-wireless services in the 800 MHz and 900 MHz bands to all frequency coordinators currently operating under 512 MHz. “We …
Going mobile isn’t easy. If it were, there would probably be a lot more companies doing it. And differing standards, multitudinous offerings and the simple cost of wireless applications and …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a wireless PCS provider that serves the southeastern United States, announced its preliminary financial and operating results for first quarter 2001. Powertel said it expects its …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. will build a new customer support facility in Panama City Beach, Fla., according to a recently signed letter of intent, The 65,000 square-foot facility, under development …
Intel Corp. embedded itself further into the wireless space last week as it demonstrated its Micro Signal Architecture, a fast digital signal processor for wireless handheld devices the company developed …
LONDON-According to a study by Strategy Analytics Inc., Flextronics Inc. will become Western Europe’s second largest cell phone manufacturer with 34.5 million units, or an 18.4 percent production share, in …
LOS ANGELES-Advanced Communication Technologies Inc. introduced its SpectruCell software- defined radio multiple protocol mobile wireless network base station operating platform, which it said provides a definitive solution to the 3G …
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. has agreed to bundle software and services provider AvantGo with its QCP 6035 smart-phone handsets. Under this deal, the smart-phone users will have access to the …
FREEPORT, Texas-Elite Logistics Inc., which develops Internet-based tracking systems, and Track-A-Teen Inc., which boasts safe driving programs for teens, announced a distribution agreement that they said is “aimed at bringing …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Magellan, the company responsible for creating several clip-on GPS readers for the Palm, recently introduced its new GPS Companion for Handspring’s Visor. The companion fits into the Springboard …
