Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News runs through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check below for news about...
AT&T Mobility said it will acquire the remaining stake in regional carrier Edge Wireless L.LC. through an affiliate. AT&T Mobility has held a minority stake in Edge since it was formed in 2000, and now has entered into an agreement with Edge Wireless Holding...
The city of Macon, Ga., announced it deployed a citywide Wi-Fi network using equipment and technology from Motorola Inc. The city deployed Motorola's Motomesh offering in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band for residents and city workers and in the licensed 4.9 GHz band for...
Sierra Wireless Inc. announced that it will acquire M2M vendor AirLink Communications Inc. for $10 million in cash and 1.3 million in shares. Under the agreement, AirLink shareholders will end up with around 4.8 percent of the combined company.The deal is notable as it...
CALABASSAS, Calif.—Mesh network gear-maker Strix Systems Inc. announced that its Access/One outdoor wireless system will be used by Citi WiFi Networks Inc. for its deployment of a Wi-Fi network in Dunedin, Fla., a city with about 38,000 residents located 20 miles north of St....
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Wednesday on new rules likely to dramatically curtail bidder information at the advanced wireless services auction scheduled to begin June 29. The FCC, backed by the Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission and some academics, support anonymous...
With little fanfare, T-Mobile USA Inc. has expanded the reach of its network by more than 50 percent, chiefly through 850 MHz roaming agreements that have put the carrier on more competitive footing and mark a shift from its historic 1900 MHz-only platform. Most...
HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A solution, which enables operators to offer enhanced services such as simultaneous video, voice and data applications."Motorola's...
HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A solution, which the company said enables operators to offer enhanced services such as simultaneous video, voice and...
TORONTO-Two vendors made HSDPA trial announcements this week.Nortel Networks Corp. and operator Edge Wireless L.L.C. plan to begin field trials of UMTS and HSDPA technology, including demonstrations of video streaming, gaming, Web browsing and FTP downloads at speeds up to 1.5 megabits per second....
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it won a contract with the state of Kansas to supply wireless local area network solutions for use in the state's government and educational facilities. The state plans to deploy Alcatel's WLAN access points in locations in Topeka and elsewhere.Alcatel said...
SAN DIEGO-InfoSonics Corp., a wireless handset distributor in the United States and Latin America, said Edge Wireless has approved VK Mobile's VK530 mobile phone on its network for prepaid and postpaid service. InfoSonics is the sole distributor for VK Mobile products in Latin America...
SAN DIEGO-InfoSonics Corp., a wireless handset distributor in the United States and Latin America, said Edge Wireless has approved VK Mobile's VK530 mobile phone on its network for both prepaid and postpaid service. InfoSonics is the sole distributor for VK Mobile products in Latin...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with BIO-key International Inc. to provide an integrated wireless solution to the Massachusetts Port Authority that will connect law enforcement officers at Boston's Logan International Airport to mission-critical information. The two companies also said they will provide a...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said. Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-More than 3 billion mobile instant messages were sent and received through Danger's Hiptop devices last year, the developer and manufacturer said Wednesday.Danger's line of Hiptop handsets, which is sold through eight operators in six countries, includes the T-Mobile Sidekick II and...
WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data reveals top high-tech firms are hedging their bets on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Without question, the outcome of this...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that the city and county of Honolulu has placed an order for 1,600 EDGE wireless modem cards for its police, fire and emergency services officers representing the largest EDGE deployment to-date in the nation. The EDGE cards will...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported that carpeting manufacturer Shaw Industries Inc. renewed its contract designating AWS as its primary wireless service provider. The contract calls for Shaw to add "significant numbers of voice users" and evaluate the carrier's EDGE wireless data service for...
With its pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. making its way through various governmental regulators and a final approval not yet certain, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. continued signing deals last week with AWS affiliates that will clear the way for Cingular to continue to...
NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier's plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. Cingular noted its EDGE wireless data service is also available in Louisiana, which can be accessed...
NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its GSM network is available throughout Louisiana as part of the carrier's plan to invest $85 million in its Louisiana network this year. In addition to GSM voice services, Cingular noted its EDGE wireless data service is also now...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported a strategic partnership with RE/MAX International providing RE/MAX affiliates in the United States with access to the carrier's EDGE wireless data service though laptops equipped with wireless modem cards or EDGE-enabled handsets. AWS said it would provide special...
