WASHINGTON-Consumer advocate and failed presidential candidate Ralph Nader last week called for the creation of a world consumer protection organization that would be similar to the existing World Intellectual Property Organization but "more democratic."Nader said the WCPO would be able to negotiate international treaties...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week won the battle to chair the House Commerce Committee as part of a congressional realignment that has pro-wireless industry lawmakers heading key committees in the 107th Congress, a scenario partially offset by the prospect of legislative gridlock borne...
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Adaptive Broadband Corp. lowered its revenue expectations for the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, calling into question its pending acquisition by Western Multiplex Corp. and causing its shares to dip nearly 50 percent immediately following the news.The revenue adjustment was due...
Lawyers for AT&T Corp. rang in the new year with a class-action lawsuit brought against it and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by New York City area customers, and a federal magistrate's ruling that a dispute with wireless operator Cellular One Group over the use...
At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the new events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 2000 in chronological...
Dear Editor: After reading the RCR Wireless News article entitled, "OSHA appeals to tower owners to require safety measures in contracts," (Dec. 4, page 20) and various articles regarding who carries liability in working situations where hazards exist, I find myself feeling a bit sick....
It's been an interesting year. To fully understand my meaning here, you must understand what I mean by interesting. To some, it means merely of interest. But once in awhile, a doctor or friend will say the word "interesting" in a tone that gives...
The vast influence of Lucent Technologies Inc. and its problems materialized in wireless broadband equipment provider Netro Corp.'s financial outlook for the fourth quarter and 2001.A change in anticipated base-station orders from the second half of December to the first quarter of next year...
WASHINGTON-Baltimore superlawyer Peter Angelos confirmed he may take over mobile phone-cancer litigation in Maryland that was dealt a major legal setback recently, but he distanced himself from press reports last week that said his law firm intended to file lawsuits around the country against...
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 to participate in the auction and those that had been rejected.Of the large companies...
WASHINGTON-As the Occupational Safety and Health Administration prepares to launch a new tower safety program aimed at curbing increased injuries and fatalities that have accompanied phenomenal wireless growth during the past decade, the agency is struggling with how to deal with a gaping loophole...
XO Communications Inc. revealed plans last week to launch a data-centric broadband network in Western Europe as early as mid-2001.Western Europe's early adoption of mobile technology, combined with its tight geographical layout, make it one of the fastest-growing data services markets in the world....
NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders.Lucent Technologies Inc., which had previously topped the charts...
Ever since the two announced their merger in mid-August, a lingering question was what name would Phone.com Inc. and Software.com Inc. call their combined powerhouse.Last week, the two announced the completion of their merger and in turn named their new company Openwave Inc. Although...
In pursuit of a more consolidated fixed-wireless infrastructure industry, Western Multiplex Corp. entered an agreement last week to acquire Adaptive Broadband Corp. for $645 million in stock."The combination of Western Multiplex and Adaptive Broadband creates the broadest-based wireless infrastructure company in the world," said...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just as content on the wireless Web is not at the same point as the wired Web, wireless Web security is not at the same level either. But if the wireless Web is to succeed-in the way the wired Web is succeeding-it needs...
WASHINGTON-The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, concerned with increased tower construction fatalities and injuries, is putting the tower industry under the microscope.OSHA head Charles Jeffress is expected shortly to write tower owners and mobile phone carriers to emphasize the importance of federal workplace safety...
Attempting to slash its debt load by as much as $14 billion and boost sales, which have fallen by as much as 50 percent this year, British Telecommunications plc announced a companywide restructuring plan that includes plans to sell off up to 25 percent...
Following the disclosure of their third-quarter earnings, two leading local multipoint distribution services carriers proved the business of financing is a hit-and-miss proposition.Winstar Communications Inc. said it secured approximately $1.02 billion in financing, enough money to keep the company funded until it can generate...
Computer and telephony infrastructure provider Cisco Systems Inc. posted fiscal first-quarter profits just above analyst expectations, but the company also revealed its inventory levels increased 59 percent during the quarter, causing investors to warily wonder if Cisco is preparing for a spending slowdown by...
LAS VEGAS-The once-sleepy tower industry revealed its flashier side last week at the third annual 2000 Tower Summit and Trade Show here, as industry executives touted the growing demand for towers and tower sites courtesy of fixed-wireless and third-generation services, and financial analysts promoted...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Five Motorola Inc. employees and one executive from Cellport Systems Inc. in Boulder, Colo., were killed in the crash of Singapore Airlines' flight SQ006 in Taipei, Taiwan, last week.Neo Lee Keow, Jasmine Lim Lay Har and Tan Yip Thong, designers with Motorola's Singapore...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration's top telecom adviser last week urged the mobile-phone industry and other high-tech sectors to follow the lead of a Colorado firm that has developed a way to alert Internet users of violent weather and other local emergencies."The prototype is a wonderful...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week said it will soon ask the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to craft national wireless location privacy rules that call for consumer pre-consent.The move comes amid controversy over what law governs location privacy today...
