Albany, N.Y.-The New York State Assembly has passed a bill requiring the recycling of wireless phones.The state Legislature unanimously passed the bill 147-0. The measure would require manufacturers and retailers that offer take-back programs to provide an outlet for consumers to recycle wireless phones....
What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality last week for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., as the handset maker announced it will shut down its CDMA research and development site in North America, reflecting the company's poor performance in the region....
Dear Editor,Jeff Silva wonders why all mobile-phone health suits have headed south (Opinion, RCR Wireless News, June 9). Perhaps, he suggests, the judge who threw out one major case was irked by the cost of hot dogs in the local baseball park.Come on now....
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone carrier's business practices, a development that could signal a strategy shift in industry as states contemplate landmark legal and regulatory action...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News he is being considered for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, but it is unclear whether the 39-year-old Mississippi lawmaker is the trade group's first choice to lead the $80...
Nextel Communications Inc. reported it has seen a positive response to its Nationwide Direct Connect service, which the carrier launched in early June, noting the service is available in half of its markets today and will be available in all of its markets by...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) confirmed to RCR Wireless News Wednesday that he is under consideration for the top job at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, and his statement leaves one to wonder whether he is the first choice for the job."I am under...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Venture capital fund Genesis Campus, which focuses on information and wireless technologies, has appointed wireless industry pioneer Mal Gurian to its board of advisors.Gurian, who was named to the RCR Wireless News Hall of Fame this year, was responsible for OKI Telecom receiving...
What began as a rumor turned into an unpleasant reality today for Sony Ericsson Corp. as the handset maker announced it will shut down its CDMA research and development site in North America, reflecting the company's poor performance in the region.Sony Ericsson also said...
Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Officer Denny Strigl said the company will not charge its customers additional porting fees if they want to switch to another carrier and take their phone numbers once wireless local number portability is implemented, which is expected later...
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...
MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the...
Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the CDMA...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's board of directors could vote this week on a new 800 MHz public-safety interference plan strongly supported by mobile-phone carriers but at odds with business interests of the trade group's outgoing chairman, Nextel Communications Inc. President and CEO...
The legal duel as well as the claims and counterclaims between Motorola Inc. and Turkish carrier Telsim intensified with a recent full-page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal and some other large-circulation publications, highlighting the woes of vendor financing.In the ad, titled "Important Notice...
RESTON, Va.-Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. scored reselling agreements with two of the nation's largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc., moves that follow up on the company's promises to expand its wireless offerings.Under its deal with Verizon, Motient will act as...
WASHINGTON-A Pennsylvania customer of Nextel Communications Inc. has filed a lawsuit in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas against the mobile-phone carrier because Seth Lamb is mad about extra charges that appear on his bill for universal service, the telecommunications relay service and $1.55...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Computer Corp. and Good Technology Inc. released some details of their previously reported partnership, including plans to develop reference designs for advanced wireless devices and services. RCR Wireless News previewed the news on page 1 of the April 28 issue."Partnering with...
DENVER, United States-GlobalWirelessNews.com will suspend publication at the end of the month, and all mobile industry coverage will be included in the Web site rcrnews.com beginning 1 May. Crain Communications, the owner of GlobalWirelessNews.com and RCR Wireless News, is suspending the service for financial...
WASHINGTON-Steven Price, the Pentagon spectrum czar responsible for strengthening military wireless policy and negotiating complex deals with industry over the rights to the airwaves, is leaving the Department of Defense. Price told RCR Wireless News his resignation is effective May 2. Price, a former...
Regarding your 3 April article, "Issa softens CDMA-only message," the commotion stirred by the Congressman's letter and the reaction to it by the GSM community as indicated by this statement in your article caught my attention."The wireless world was up in arms last week...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who late last month led the charge for the military to deploy CDMA technology in post-war Iraq, on Wednesday seemed to step back from his CDMA-only position when he urged the Semiconductor Industry Association to ask the U.S. Agency for...
NEW ORLEANS-Wireless industry leaders have agreed to implement universal short codes, and wireless users could see cross-carrier short code applications within the next few months.The board of directors for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association voted Wednesday to go ahead with the plan. The...
WASHINGTON-A Texas man who publicly blamed cell phone use for distracting his driving has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of criminally negligent homicide in connection with an auto accident last year that killed two people. In a full-page ad in...
