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DETROIT-OnStar is working with Verizon Wireless to make it cheaper for OnStar Personal Calling customers to forward calls from a handheld Verizon phone to the OnStar phones embedded in their …

TORONTO-In a joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers announced they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service use by creating an interoperable messaging service. Under …

WASHINGTON—The negotiators finally reached a settlement agreement Thursday that will give the PCS C- and F-block licenses of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. to the re-auction winners. It remains unclear whether …

MIAMI—AT&T Wireless launched GSM/GPRS service in several markets in Florida covering more than 11 million potential customers from Daytona Beach through South Dade County and in areas surrounding Orlando, St. …

TORONTO—In a major joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers said they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service (SMS) use by creating an interoperable messaging …

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Level 3 Communications Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless to provide network services, including private line circuits to provide transport for its GPRS network. Financial terms of the …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s chief financial officer, Joseph McCabe, said during a JP Morgan investor conference that the company might sell its towers to focus on marketing and customer …

TORONTO—In the high-speed Internet pricing war with Rogers Cable, Bell Canada is the first to blink. Bell is raising prices for the first time since it launched its top-end Web …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless signed definitive agreements to acquire certain Dobson Communications wireless operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee for approximately US$465 million. The Tennessee market, which …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—Nokia and AT&T Wireless Services reported the completion of the first live Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution (EDGE) data call using GSM/EDGE technology and a live …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals. Sonera said it will close down or sell its …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic—All three incumbent mobile operators in the Czech Republic have refused to pay the minimum US$180 million price set for the country’s third-generation (3G) licenses, sending the licensing …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, is going to report about a 300 billion yen (US$2.5 billion) special loss in its first half (1H) of fiscal year (FY) …

ATLANTA, United States—U.S. operator Cingular Wireless announced it will begin upgrading its current TDMA and analog network to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) packet data and GSM voice technology. Cingular …

Misguided roaming and acquisitions Dear Editor: I enjoyed your “Fraud management” article in the September-October 2001 issue of Global Wireless. I do agree with you on both counts. Even though …

Alcatel China. With China Mobile for GSM network expansion contracts by Shanghai Mobile and Jilin Mobile. Value: US$70 million Malaysia. With Telekom Cellular to expand its existing GSM 1800 MHz …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services said in its third-quarter earnings report that it has decided to exit the fixed wireless business during the next several months. AT&T Wireless said …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless said it completed the first phase of enhancements to its New York area network designed to increase calling capacity and improve service quality. The carrier said the …

WASHINGTON-One word describes wireless telecom policy in the last 20 years: competition. “Wireless was competitive before competition was cool,” said Brian Fontes, vice president of federal relations for Cingular Wireless …

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …

Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 …

Editor’s note: In 2000, RCR Wireless News founded the Wireless Hall of Fame to honor those individuals who have made significant contributions to the wireless industry. Following is a look …