CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Verizon Wireless launched its digital wireless service in Cedar Rapids, which includes coverage to Iowa City, Waterloo/Cedar Falls and Dubuque. According to the company, features of the new …
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs has revised its revenue and earnings per share expectations for the first quarter of 2001. The company now projects first-quarter sales of about $772 million, compared with earlier …
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario- Telus Mobility, the national wireless telecommunications business unit of Telus Corp., announced what it said are record first quarter wireless subscriber results. The “results represent an all-time record …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS added more than 800,000 direct customers during the first quarter and about 50,000 resale customers to its subscriber base, ahead of analysts expectations of 750,000 new …
Amid the frenzy over a flagging economy and road bumps to the next generation of technologies, Nokia Corp. won a series of third-generation infrastructure contracts that gives the handset vendor …
WASHINGTON-With fresh indications last week that government and industry information systems remain highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, the Bush administration faces added pressure as it completes its review of the …
WASHINGTON-A Blue Ribbon panel released a report last week that called for the telecommunications excise tax to be used to fund universal service. “A current excise tax on telecommunications services, …
Nokia Corp.’s splash into the CDMA handset market was tempered last week after the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer admitted some of its phones already on the street will not …
What safety nets do wireless manufacturers have in place in case we stumble into a true recession? The question has come up often lately because of the billions of dollars …
The wireless Internet is only as good as the device it’s on. Granted, there are plenty of other issues surrounding the look and feel of the experience-including network speeds and …
Editor’s Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless communications industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look back at crucial points in the …
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Lutris Technologies Inc., an open source software and services company, said Hewlett-Packard Co. will endorse and recommend Lutris’ Enhydra 3.5 wireless application server to its HP Netserver customers …
New ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd. has hand-delivered a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell, asking the commission to allow mobile satellite service operators to use MSS …
No one is quite sure where the wireless Internet is going. There is such a profusion of technology developed and offered on a daily basis-from PacketVideo Corp.’s streaming multimedia offering …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its subsidiary Brightpoint North America L.P. will provide B Digital USA Inc. with integrated logistics services including packaging fulfillment and other support services for wireless handsets and …
HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom, a provider of e-business security, announced support for Cisco’s unified VPN client strategy and framework to enable virtual private networks to extend to handheld computing platforms. Certicom will …
JAPAN Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. has decided to upgrade its cellular phone handset operations into a full division with emphasis on mobile computing products. Sony also wants to delve …
Deutsche Telekom’s pending deal to purchase VoiceStream Wireless Corp., took a strange turn last week as apparent false correspondence concerning the merger from the offices of Federal Communications Commission Commissioner …
WEST CALDWELL, N.J.-Ricoh PC Peripherals Business Unit, a division of Ricoh Corp. that focuses on digital imaging and multimedia products, and Metricom, a wireless data company, announced they will use …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should be funded solely through fees rather than congressional appropriations, said Rep. John D. Dingell, ranking member of the House Commerce Committee. “I have always felt …
