WASHINGTON-In an issue that could pit Japan and other Asian countries against the European Union (EU) at a major telecom meeting later this year in Geneva, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) quietly decided late last year to delay the rollout of fourth-generation (4G) mobile-phone...
WASHINGTON-The Office of Government Ethics said National Telecommunications and Information Administration chief Nancy Victory should have disclosed costs associated with a private reception wireless lobbyists helped pay for in mid-October 2001, less than two weeks before the Bush administration's top telecom official took a...
WASHINGTON-Brian O'Connor, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs at T-Mobile U.S.A., has resigned to pursue opportunities elsewhere in the private sector. O'Connor said his departure from T-Mobile, effective Jan. 2, was amicable and had been planned for some time. He said it is...
Fresh off the government's decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s wireless spectrum, Verizon Wireless Inc. purchased 50 wireless licenses from Long Island, N.Y.-based Northcoast Communications L.L.C.The $750 million cash deal, which is...
Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.'s chief executive. Verizon, the nation's largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, and that has served...
Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what the industry should expect once the changes are complete. After previously announcing plans to...
The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent is stepping down from his post rather than being forced out. Gent, named RCR Wireless News...
spectrum in Northcoast buyFresh off the government's decision to release all participants from the financial responsibility related to the ill-fated auction of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s wireless spectrum, Verizon Wireless Inc. purchased 50 wireless licenses from Long Island, N.Y.-based Northcoast Communications L.L.C.The $750 million cash...
Getting into the holiday spirit, Nextel Communications Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. provided gift-wrapped updates on the technology upgrades for their respective networks, as well as time frames and what the industry should expect once the changes are complete. After previously announcing plans to...
Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.'s chief executive. Verizon, the nation's largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, and that has served...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 2002 in...
LONDON-Following on a promise he made earlier this year, Vodafone Group plc chairman and former RCR Wireless News Person of the Year Christopher Gent said he would retire from the world's largest wireless company on July 30 immediately following Vodafone's annual general meeting.Vodafone announced...
It is time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, RCR Wireless News, the sister print publication of GlobalWirelessNews.com, decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced...
With the announcement that Wireless Week is slashing its frequency to twice a month, RCR Wireless News has become the only weekly newspaper in the telecom industry. I want to take a moment to assure you we are not changing direction. We are staying...
NEW YORK-Tower company SpectraSite Holdings Inc. has defaulted on $200 million of bonds originally due Sept. 15 and now past a 30-day grace period.The company began negotiations last month regarding financial restructuring and told RCR Wireless News that a Chapter 11 filing was a...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless enterprise company Wireless Knowledge, a Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary, confirmed it acquired the majority of rival Mobilocity's assets, including some of the company's top executives, intellectual properties and its wireless research and development facility."We are very pleased to have rolled up Mobilocity into...
Editor's Note: In a new series, RCR Wireless News takes an in-depth look at nationwide wireless players, including their strengths and challenges in an ever-changing wireless environment. In this third installment, RCR Wireless News reporter Hilary Smith tackles the nation's third-largest carrier, AT&T Wireless.As...
BURLINGOTN, Mass.-Shares of Lightbridge Inc. took a hit Friday after the mobile business solution provider released new, lower-than-anticipated revenues for the second quarter ending June 30, 2002.The company said it now expects to report revenues between $33 and $34 million and a loss of...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is expected to introduce legislation next week directing the Federal Communications Commission to go forward with the 700 MHz auction as scheduled on June 19.The legislation, which was still being drafted at...
Representatives from the wireless industry are being asked to testify against Microsoft Corp. in the ongoing antitrust lawsuit against the computer software giant, each with new insight into how Microsoft is allegedly muscling into new markets and resisting cooperating with competitors.A witness list released...
A new organization is being created to represent the views of American GSM and TDMA wireless carriers as they convert to third-generation wireless technologies such as GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA.The new, as-yet-unnamed organization hopes to launch early next year. The goal of the group...
As the year winds down (and aren't we all ready to put this year behind us and start fresh in January?) RCR Wireless News recaps the top 20 stories of the year (featured on Page 6). The big stories of the year revolved around...
RCR Wireless News daily news updates at RCRnews.com will resume on January 2, 2002. The entire staff of RCR Wireless News would like to wish our readers and clients in the wireless industry a safe, happy and peaceful holiday season with best wishes for...
A new organization is being created to represent the views of American GSM and TDMA wireless carriers as they convert to third-generation wireless technologies such as GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA.The new, as-yet-unnamed organization hopes to launch early next year.The goal of the group "will...
