Opinion

I came to the wireless communications industry several years ago from the world of geographic information systems-an industry I thoroughly enjoyed because of its vast applications but which I always …

After five years, Bell Atlantic Mobile got the last laugh. Long-time opponents of BAM cell tower construction in Rock Creek Park had it all planned: They would resort to civil …

A new survey that assessed the attitudes of Fortune 500 chief executives and chief information execs found only 12 percent of the people surveyed are very confident their firms have …

Judge Hardin needs our positive thoughts. As he tries to make some sense out of the NextWave Telecom Inc. bankruptcy case, Hardin will find himself in the middle of some …

Besides being an American war hero, Senate Commerce Committee chairman, a powerful campaign finance reform voice, a credible GOP presidential contender and-until recently-the darling of the mainstream press, John McCain …

While Steve Case, Gerald Levin and Ted Turner were cartwheeling last week over AOL’s planned purchase of Time Warner, others were not jumping for joy over this or anything else …

Five years ago I was just starting at RCR as managing editor and the C-block auction was just about to get started, too. Everything was in place. The rules were …

If a big pay day is what you’re after, there are the conventional avenues: winning the lottery, answering Regis, suing Big Tobacco and having the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol …

Did you see Virginia Tech freshman quarterback Michael Vick play last week in the Nokia Sugar Bowl? Wow! I don’t follow college ball so I had never heard of this …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be preparing to take back 63 personal communications service licenses held by NextWave Telecom Inc. Action could come as early as this week as …

NEW YORK-If the overall stock market advance is to continue, securities analysts must recognize their right and discharge their duty to speak fully and frankly about companies they cover, according …

WASHINGTON-The status of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 63 personal communications services licenses is in doubt after an appeals court ruled that communications law supersedes bankruptcy law. In making that judgment, the …

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago. On Dec. 22, the Federal Communications …

Everywhere you look, competition is the key phrase. Paging operator MessageLink noted the intense competition between Internet service providers and paging carriers makes the two ideal partners in the communications …

TOKYO-NTT Corp. and new common carriers (NCCs), carriers competing with NTT in the liberalized market, are in a debate about implementing the Long Run Incremental Cost (LRIC) interconnection model, which …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The principal supporters of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology used the U.S.-based Comdex exhibition late last year to take the message of its capabilities to a much wider …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Telemobil, Romania’s NMT 450 operator, is facing stiff competition from three GSM operators, each of which have both strong financial backing and national coverage. Similar to the experience of …

Clearly, marketing and selling wireless data will be one of the largest hurdles the wireless industry will face as it begins to heavily roll out the service. Wireless operators need …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. received the financial backing to allow it to pay the government the full $4.7 billion it bid for personal communications service licenses in 1996. “The plan would …

At the recent Practicing Law Institute’s Telecommunications Conference, Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, gave a humorous presentation describing the wireless industry. Here is how the wireless …

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren’t inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another. Alain Rossman did exactly this …

After telling a friend in California about buying a computer for my kids and signing up for Internet access, I got this e-mail from him: “What a wonderful world your …

Those *@#%* hackers are at it again. This time, two Israeli men say they have figured out a way to crack an algorithm used as part of the encryption method …

The clash between World Trade Organization protesters and police last week in Seattle underscores the problems of balancing new free-trade initiatives with concerns about human rights, the environment and the …

Forgive Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates for feeling a bit paranoid these days, what with the feds being on his case about trying to snuff out competition so he can …