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Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but the proliferation of these devices remains …

China Unicom is working to oust foreign investors from its telecommunications projects this fall, and it appears investors may not leave quietly. The Chinese government has ordered China Unicom, the …

A recent advertisement for HEAD tennis racquets shows a photo of tennis sensation Andre Aggasi and below it, the caption, “Long live the radicals.” It’s a cute slogan for tennis, …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. is restructuring plan to better position the company for long-term success by eliminating or restructuring non-performing business activities and improving the company’s cost structure. Brightpoint said it believes …

It was grand symbolism on the fourth floor of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last Monday morning. There they were, two birds of a feather, Nextel …

NEW YORK-With the creation of San Francisco-based OffRoad Capital Corp., the realm of angels, those wealthy people who invest patient capital in promising start-ups, has moved into cyberspace. OffRoad describes …

China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code Division Multiple Access networks operated by …

When Congress passed Section 309(j) of the Communications Act and the government developed rules to implement this law, the goal was to increase diversity in telecommunications by providing opportunities for …

Metrocall Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $145.2 million, a substantial increase from the $96.3 million reported for first-quarter 1998. Net loss for the quarter …

LONDON-Hongkong Telecom announced a total of 403 staff members joined the company’s voluntary exit program. A total of $49 million will be paid as ex-gratia payments and leaving service benefits. …

DENVER, United States-Motorola and Glenayre Technologies signed a memorandum of understanding that, if fulfilled, will license Glenayre to manufacture all Motorola’s paging infrastructure-and could effectively herald Motorola’s exit from the …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-A little more than one year after auctioning B-band cellular licenses and less than a year after the Telebras privatization, the Brazilian government already is dealing with agreements …

LONDON-In response to staff requests and changes in company structure, Hongkong Telecom said it has begun a voluntary exit program for approximately 4,000 of its employees in the customer-service and …

Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding that, if fulfilled, will license Glenayre to manufacture all Motorola’s paging infrastructure-effectively heralding Motorola’s exit from the paging infrastructure …

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Inc. last week kicked off National Public Safety Telecommunications Week by honoring two 911 dispatchers involved in lifesaving emergency calls. Missey Hammack of …

NEW YORK-Demands of the private placement and public issuance debt markets are likely to compel consolidation among lesser-known wireless companies as a condition of gaining access to this sorely needed …

NEW YORK-Start-up American companies searching the financing firmament for venture capital might do better by setting their sights upward toward the hidden realm occupied by angels. Angel investors are high-net-worth …

The introduction of digital phone technology has changed dramatically the landscape of wireless communications across the globe and put the heat on the global paging industry. Paging’s old advantages of …

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware approved its disclosure statement, allowing the company to move forward with its plan to merge with …

Supra Products Inc. won a contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide its TRACcess electronic access control system at AT&T Wireless cell sites in its central region, said the …

WASHINGTON-Daniel Phythyon, capping a stormy year-and-a-half stewardship of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which had him under constant siege from feisty bankruptcy lawyers, angry lawmakers and high-powered lobbyists, …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest communications company, announced it is getting out of the paging business. It hopes to complete the sale to Link Telecommunications Pty. Ltd. by October, giving …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The long-awaited launch of cellular service in Botswana is expected to have a huge impact on the country’s communications and business sector. Botswana’s small population of 1.47 million …

Compared with defining-and keeping-the same wireless strategy over the years, gambling is beginning to look like a sound way to sock some money away for retirement. In today’s frenetic telecom …