SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s financial expectations from its CDMA technology fell on account of the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce that it share …
Rumors abound that limping telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. is about to become red meat in the corporate cage. But no fat-cat company has yet confessed to appetite. In …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems further staked its position in the wireless technology market by buying Exi0 Communications for $155 million in stock. The deal which is Cisco’s 22nd this year …
Logistics services provider CellStar Corp. has agreed to sell Motorola’s wireless phones and accessories to carriers and dealers in the United States on terms that could rake in revenues in …
WASHINGTON-The C-block auction isn’t a cheap date. Bids topped more than $1 billion in early rounds of an auction taking place largely because a previous winner was unable to pay …
WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures …
TOKYO-British Telecommunications plc is in the process of increasing its current 15-percent stake in Japan Telecom Co. Ltd., according to Reuters. The move comes at the same time BT rival …
WASHINGTON-A major lobbying/consumer group last week called on states to enact laws that would allow customers to cancel contracts for mobile-phone service within 60 days of signing up. “These contracts …
AnywhereYouGo.com, an online community Web site dedicated to wireless application developers with physical testing labs in the United Kingdom and the United States, may not make it to its first …
FREMONT, Calif.-The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum announced it has finalized its recommendation for a new Layered Functional Architecture, designed to provide a unified structure for better integration of the mobile …
In the Page 2 story, “Lucent shaken after sales warning (Nov. 27 issue of RCR Wireless News) it should have stated that Merrill Lynch downgraded its rating from “buy” to …
Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application vendors. The deal is the second …
PHOENIX-White Electronic Designs Corp. announced it received a $1.1 million order for its memory solution supporting wideband CDMA base station applications. The company said its shipments would begin immediately and …
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Mobile Communications said it launched direct Internet access for mobile satellite users. Customers connect directly to the Internet and e-mail, eliminating the need for an Internet service provider. …
BOULDER, Colo.-Siemens AG selected SignalSoft Corp.’s location technology to enhance its deployment of WAP gateways. The software will allow mobile network operators to combine the location of their customers with …
SAN DIEGO-Littlefeet Inc. said it needs to expand. But that expansion won’t be into new business markets. It will be into a new corporate headquarters. Littlefeet’s headquarters will move from …
BRAZIL ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it signed a $16 million contract to supply GVT Brazil with a broadband access bundled solution for the southern and central regions of Brazil. ADC …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced an i-mode phone designed for use on NTT DoCoMo’s PDC network in Japan. The i-mode phone, Ericsson’s first, is dubbed the ER209i. The phone offers both …
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. and Swisscom announced they are concluding definitive agreements to allow Swisscom to license SmartServ’s Web and wireless application technology. The technology will allow Swisscom to offer …
Time to sit up and pay attention. Last week, a Navy midshipman was cleared of vehicular manslaughter charges after he was involved in an auto accident while talking on his …
