WASHINGTON-Fears about the timely deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II service appear to be coming true even as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission expressed optimism that the Oct.1 deadline will be met.In the last week alone, one of the nation's largest carriers...
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 history of mobile telecommunications. This month, RCR revisits the early days of Nextel and...
EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE.Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea.Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not amused by the optimism expressed about...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for third-generation wireless systems, managed to win a commitment from Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to work with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
The board of directors of Sprint Corp. formally amended a stock-option plan allowing accelerated vesting of stock options upon shareholder approval of a merger, according to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing.Lawyers representing investors suing the telecommunications company over the original plans said...
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
Companies change names for a variety of reasons. For JP Systems, which has seen its name change a few times in its five-year history, its name change to JP Mobile Inc. highlights the company's attempts to focus its resources on the wireless industry. A...
The new CEO at Andrew Corp. is promising that the manufacturer of wireless communications equipment will double the company's revenues in four years.Guy M. Campbell, who succeeded Floyd English in October, announced at the annual meeting last month that he expects Andrew to reach...
WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell.This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the end of the year, reforming an agency that some on Capitol Hill have said cannot be fixed and should be...
The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans are being dictated by...
Sierra Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Corp. to the WirelessReady Alliance. Alliance members, including wireless device manufacturers, software application vendors, and wireless and value-added enterprise service providers, work together to deliver wireless data solutions to the mobile computing market. "As a global...
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his 2001 Summit 4Mobility. And...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week received the strongest indication to date that securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum will be difficult if not impossible, as an eclectic mix of military, educational, religious and fixed wireless licensees voiced serious reservations about leaving their frequencies to make room...
Like any healthy, enterprising entity, the wireless broadband industry is comprised of various companies and associations with products to push and agendas to satisfy. The industry's quest for a single, standardized technology is peppered with individual desires, but the final goal is all the...
WASHINGTON-Despite uneven progress of fixed wireless broadband carriers in recent years, the ability of newcomers to the local market-small and large alike-to offer voice, data, video and Internet services competitively hinges on key policy decisions confronting regulators, the courts and the Bush administration.2001 will...
Telcom GlobalChris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.'s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company's global resource pool. Carter has more than seven years of experience in wireless network design and...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell last week signaled he will not get in the way of President Bush's plan to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and that he will not be the crusader for conquering the `Digital Divide' that his...
By combining low power, high performance and small size on one platform, InHand Electronics hopes to simplify the making and use of wireless handhelds.The product, called Fingertip to reflect its focus on size, was unveiled last week at Microsoft's Windows Embedded Developers' Conference.Fingertip offers...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced a new $10 million, three-year contract to provide ValuLine and terrestrial wireless antennas and associated equipment to DMC Stratex Networks Inc. Andrew supplies communications systems.
As the dark clouds of an uncertain market crouches, Infospace is seeking to renew itself with the old guard.The company, which provides services for wireless devices, merchants and Web sites, lost three key members of its management staff, triggering stock-market slides, downgrades and a...
MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke has more than 15 years...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use Sierra Wireless' GPRS wireless modems for its plans to deploy GPRS, which expands the companies' previous $30 million agreement for EDGE wireless data devices."Sierra Wireless and AT&T Wireless have worked together to develop industry-leading wireless Internet...
NEW YORK-Domestic wireless operators have begun to take prepaid services seriously, although it will be awhile before they approach the successful benchmark set by their European counterparts.Comfort with credit is a key distinction between American consumers and those abroad, where cash is king. Prepaid...
DENVER, United States-When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) set aside a portion of the permits up for bid in its 1996 auction of personal communications services (PCS) licenses, the intent was to foster competition in the wireless industry by allowing minority-owned companies, known...
