As it stands today, developers of wireless applications have to write those applications in a unique code-whether that be cHTML, VoXML, WML or XML-to make those applications recognizable to the wireless device. But if we look into the future, some unknown years ahead, we...
Paging lit up the wireless industry like a white-hot star.It showed that fistfuls of money could be made using wireless technology. It showed that wireless companies could grow by leaps and bounds virtually overnight. Paging showed the industry that millions and millions of people...
LAS VEGAS-For an industry obsessed about the future, to the point where it often forgets to tackle the issues of today, Cingular's Wireless Alliances and Vision Exchange conference here last week was a welcome wake-up call.More than 900 attendees gathered to exchange ideas and...
WASHINGTON-The nominees for the Federal Communications Commission had a "walk in the park" as they appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee last week, while FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell was questioned at length about telecommunications issues in a confirmation hearing that lasted a little...
WASHINGTON-Aides to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) last week sent out conflicting signals on whether the two lawmakers will follow up legislatively on a government mobile-phone health report expected to be released tomorrow. In April, RCR Wireless News reported the...
In the RCR Wireless News story titled, "Enum standard could simplify calling" that ran on May 7, Patrik Faltstrom, a consulting engineer with Cisco Systems Inc., had his name misspelled.
Dear Editor,As a former telecom magazine editor-in-chief, a wireless executive and a resident of the state of Florida, I wanted to comment on Jeffrey Silva's lack of objectivity in his bylined news story, "Jeb Bush weighs in against wireless in 3G spectrum fight." First...
NEW YORK-Wireless data is like a diamond in the rough, waiting for ways to smooth out its rough edges into sparkling facets that will attract growing numbers of consumers into increasing amounts of usage.Where there is a business problem, so too exists a business...
WASHINGTON-In an unexpected twist pitting billionaire Craig McCaw against a mobile-phone industry he once towered over, sources say the Federal Communications Commission may propose making some mobile satellite service spectrum-including that held by McCaw's New ICO and other struggling satellite firms-available for third-generation wireless...
WASHINGTON-Baltimore lawyer Peter Angelos and attorneys in Atlanta were expected to file another lawsuit against the wireless industry either Friday or today in Georgia, demanding that mobile-phone carriers supply subscribers with headsets to minimize any potential health risk from radiation.The action, which also seeks...
The wireless industry has already admitted-repeatedly-that it jumped the gun a bit on the whole wireless Internet thing, acknowledged that its fruition still is more than a bit in the future and comes with a significant price tag attached. Still, many are slow to...
Teligent Inc. got the reprieve it was hoping for last week when several of its creditors agreed to grant the local multipoint distribution service carrier a waiver to an amendment and consent to credit agreement, providing an extension until May 15. But Alex Mandl,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, lacking solid options and clear direction from the Bush administration, likely will be forced to postpone a final decision in July on spectrum for third-generation wireless systems.While FCC officials have publicly stated they want to decide the 3G spectrum issue...
Editor's Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless communications industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look back at crucial points in the history of mobile telecommunications. This month, RCR Wireless News revisits the evolution of the phone...
A ray of hope illuminated the increasingly dark local multipoint distribution service sector last week when XO Communications Inc. announced in conjunction with its first-quarter financial results that it secured $250 million in much-needed funding, but the broadband provider also said it will be...
108,159.It's quite a large number.It's also the sum of a brief scan through RCR Wireless News headlines from the past few months, headlines detailing job cuts carried out by some of the world's largest telecommunications companies. It is by no means a total and...
Shunichiro Mishima, vice president of business development for NTT DoCoMo USA Inc., said the Japanese parent company would convert its 16-percent ownership of AT&T Wireless Group into tracking stock of the AT&T unit once those securities are sold publicly. In coverage of his presentation...
In the RCR Wireless News article, "Despite Widespread use, WAP future remains in question," (April 9, page 20) Sam Adler's job title was incorrect and should read manager of developer marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Openwave Systems Inc.
WASHINGTON-House and Senate budget leaders are at odds over President Bush's plan to delay auctions of valuable broadcast spectrum, a dispute that arises at a time when the mobile-phone industry desperately wants to secure additional frequencies for third-generation wireless systems.The Senate budget resolution embraces...
In the RCR Wireless News article, "Omvia intended to aid in customer retention," (March 19, page 40) the story incorrectly states the relationship between SpeechWorks International Inc. and IVB. IVB recently sold off its share holdings in Speech Works.In the headline of the news...
WASHINGTON-The White House on Friday said President George W. Bush intends to nominate Kevin J. Martin, Kathleen Q. Abernathy and Michael J. Kopps to the Federal Communications Commission."It sounds like a great slate and Cingular looks forward to working with them," said Ben Almond,...
One local multipoint distribution service wireless broadband carrier folded under the financial burden of the stock market last week, and now the futures of several others hang in the balance, potentially impacting the stability of an entire industry that just a year ago was...
Editor's Note: As part of its celebration of 20 years covering the wireless communications industry, RCR Wireless News each month will take a look back at crucial points in the history of mobile telecommunications. This month, RCR revisits the early days of Nextel and...
It's all about connecting.The notion that telecommunications exists to connect people is no longer a simple yet catchy idea, but an obvious cliche that does little to sell communications services. Advertising agencies and wireless companies are looking to connect with consumers on a different...
