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The legacy Mal Gurian leaves the wireless industry will be found as much in the generations of people he has influenced as in the technological innovations he has shaped. Gurian …

NEW ORLEANS-Multi-Tech Systems Inc., a data communications technology company, announced its first cellular modems at CTIA Wireless 2003. The new products include embedded and external modem models using both GSM/GPRS …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Movicom Bellsouth in Argentina suspended payment of interests and capital of its debt, which is around US$ 500 million, and designated BroadSpan Capital as its financial adviser in …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. has finalized three new contracts for its NetDiscovery services, an outsourced solution for compliance with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA). Calif.-based CLEC Arrival …

NEW DELHI, India-The ongoing tariff war in Indian cellular markets is seeing operators designing new packages to attract customers. Spice Telecom in Karnataka has launched a special package for women, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced election results for its new board of directors and executive committee for 2002-2003. Nextel Communications’ Tim Donahue was made chairman, Scott Ford …

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 …

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 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—A year after initiating its operations outside the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA), Movicom BellSouth announced it has 200,000 new users in 10 cities of Argentina. Using its …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced election results for the 2001-2002 board of directors and executive committee. Rick Ekstrand of Rural Cellular Corp. will serve as chairman, Tim Donahue …

While many people make a name for themselves by inventing technology that somehow changes the world, James A. Dwyer Jr.’s contribution to the wireless communications industry during the past 40 …

WASHINGTON-Republicans and Democrats last week officially began the fight for control of America’s high-tech agenda, a battle more about broad national economic policies than about key digital issues like privacy, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-A year after the launch of mobile Internet services in South America, almost all the cellular telephony operators are offering Internet services, although exclusively in the major cities …

How it came to pass that AT&T let its cellular licenses slip away during its 1984 divestiture is the stuff of wireless industry urban legend. Some say AT&T was less-than-concerned …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-A new study from pulver.com finds wireless revenues will exceed wireline revenues by as early as 2003, pointing to the quickly falling costs of wireless services-and rising wireline costs …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-2000 marked the year GSM fully made its way into the Latin American market. The first cellular networks were installed in Latin America during the late 1980s, with …

Chris Gent has had quite a year. For the chief executive of Vodafone Group plc, 2000 began with a hostile takeover of Mannesmann AG, parent of its rival Orange plc, …

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission frantically prepared to re-auction 422 C- and F-block personal communications services licenses beginning tomorrow, the agency on Dec. 1 released the names of those planning …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. announced it signed contracts with seven wireless operators to facilitate and manage their worldwide roaming agreements. The operators include Appalachian Wireless, Bell Mobility, BellSouth Cellular, …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Brazilian wireless carrier Telesp Celular said it began offering Internet access services based on the Wireless Application Protocol. The WAAAP-The Pocket Internet service allows users to send and …

SWINDON, England-Motorola Inc. received a $122 million contract from Pele-Phone Communications to supply and deploy infrastructure equipment to expand Pele-Phone’s Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular network. The new infrastructure …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The mobile communications market in Eastern Europe offers massive untapped potential for cellular operators and market entrepreneurs. Indeed, some companies have already taken a stake in operators there, expecting …

VANCOUVER-Telos Engineering said it successfully deployed its digital cellular telecommunications system for ICOM-Liberia, the first cellular provider in Liberia. The contract, valued at $1 million, supplies ICOM-Liberia with Interim Standard-36 …

The new market for voice paging services has a rather dubious history of failed service rollouts, but companies like ReadyCom Inc.-which last week announced its first market launch-are not ready …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Rural Cellular Association elected three new officers. They include President Tommie Morgan, MobileTel Inc.; Vice President Gary Hudson, Poka-Lambro Telecommunications Inc.; and Secretary-Treasurer Terry Addington, First Cellular of …