ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF and control products. The deal comes shortly after the formation of GTES L.L.C.-a joint venture between paging and messaging carrier...
You didn't expect AT&T Wireless to go quietly into that good night, did you?AT&T Wireless has a storied history. The carrier can claim roots in both AT&T Corp., which foolishly agreed to give up any cellular play as part of the breakup of Ma...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-George Davis, president and vice chairman of Aether Systems Inc., said he will leave the company to "pursue new opportunities," a move that comes shortly after Aether's sale of its enterprise mobility division to TeleCommunication Systems Inc. Aether said it does not...
WASHINGTON-CTIA's Steve Largent used the biggest news in the nation's capital last week-Joe Gibbs returning to coach the Redskins-to justify his actions as he fired five people and named three new staffers."Nobody expects Joe Gibbs to come in with the Washington Redskins and retain...
WASHINGTON-When the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association moves into its new headquarters Jan. 20, there will be a new team in place, said CTIA President Steve Largent, confirming to RCR Wireless News that four senior executives have been laid off this week in addition...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. is reportedly planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs, including positions from its previously announced exit from the payphone business, during the first quarter of next year. The company, which controls 40 percent of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., said affected employees would have...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95 million in cash. The operations include 25 megahertz metropolitan statistical area and rural service area licenses currently serving 74,000 customers...
U.S. Cellular Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to sell its TDMA wireless operations in South Texas to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for $95 million in cash. The operations include 25 megahertz metropolitan statistical area and rural service area licenses currently serving 74,000 customers...
Lucent Technologies Inc. stopped its three-year trend of quarterly losses by turning a profit and bringing cheer to its shareholders as the company's shares rose on the news."It feels great to post a profitable quarter with positive operating cash flow," said Lucent Chief Executive...
With the onset of standardization and modular technologies, the market shares of the big infrastructure players have continued to see constant declines, according to an upcoming report from the Yankee Group.The picture looks even gloomier in the year ahead as Nextel Communications Inc.'s capital...
America Movil is continuing its buying spree by acquiring 51 percent of Salvadorian company CTE, which provides mobile and fixed services in El Salvador, for $417 million. America Movil is buying the stake from France Telecom, which is exiting the Salvadorian and Argentine markets,...
"No one ever got fired for buying IBM."It's a saying that has been floating around the business world for years. It highlights both the complications technology shoppers face as well as the challenges of selling such technology. And those going up against IBM Corp....
Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture.Nokia Corp. said it and Psion plc have begun procedures with Motorola to transfer Motorola's shares in Symbian to Nokia and Psion.Once the transaction is...
MEXICO CITY-Continuing its buying spree, Mexico-based mobile operator America Movil said its $625 million offer to acquire Brazilian mobile operator BCP was accepted. Telemar Norte Leste has an option to acquire a stake of BCP.The deal signals the complete exit of BellSouth Corp. from...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and RadioFrame Networks Inc. launched an integrated cellular/wireless local area network system designed to improve in-building coverage and capacity for wireless voice and data services and provide customers with the ability to deploy a WLAN network using the same infrastructure.Nextel...
Nextel Communications Inc. and RadioFrame Networks Inc. launched an integrated cellular/wireless local area network system designed to improve in-building coverage and capacity for wireless voice and data services and provide customers with the ability to deploy a WLAN network using the same infrastructure.Nextel said...
Nextel Partners Inc. reported second-quarter results in line with analysts and company estimates and reiterated its previously announced guidance for full-year results.During the second quarter, Nextel Partners said it added 89,000 subscribers, which was slightly below the 90,500 customers the carrier added during the...
Two-way messaging devices may have a niche in emergency services communications.U.S. emergency service organizations need an effective way to guarantee that their wireless devices and their users receive the emergency messages that are intended for them, according to research from Westlake Software Inc. Although...
BANGKOK-Verizon has agreed to sell its 10-percent stake in Thai telecom company TelecomAsia to Golden Tower Trading Ltd. and Mission Gain Investments Ltd. for an undisclosed amount."Our decision to exit from this investment is based solely on our strategic decision to focus on the...
BANGKOK-Verizon has agreed to sell its 10-percent stake in Thai telecom company TelecomAsia to Golden Tower Trading Ltd. and Mission Gain Investments Ltd. for an undisclosed amount."Our decision to exit from this investment is based solely on our strategic decision to focus on the...
A recently completed Federal Communications Commission paging spectrum auction generated about $2.4 million for a total of 2,832 licenses, numbers that come nowhere near the billions spent on other wireless spectrum auctions in recent years, but results that provide further evidence of the still-active...
A certain RCR Wireless News reporter based in D.C. who shall remain nameless likes to hold onto her stories for a little bit before turning them in to be edited. She says they need "time to cook." Depending on how much we are pushing...
LONDON-U.K.-based telecommunications provider Cable & Wireless said it will cut 1,500 U.K. jobs, exit the U.S. market and suspend its dividend for a year.The announcements came after the operator announced its annual results, including a $10.6 billion loss. However, the company's C&W Regional arm,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm's financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 reflect improvements in revenues, income and earnings.The company reported revenues of US$1 billion, up 50 percent since last year's second-quarter figures, which it said was due to increasing global demand for CDMA products....
