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DALLAS, Texas-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has demonstrated a 30-fold increase in UMTS radio capacity, using new multiple input, multiple output and multibeam smart antenna technologies. “Using these innovations, Nortel …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s StarHub said it would target more corporate customers by offering a broad array of wireless data services this year. StarHub, which achieved 640,000 subscribers by the end of …

Schooling the everyday Joe in the benefits of wireless has long been a major task before the industry, and wireless players have funneled millions of dollars into the effort. Wireless …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications said it will file a motion to stop a court ruling requiring the carrier to reveal the identity of an Internet user accused of pirating music. “The recording …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Aeroprise Inc. introduced the Aeroprise Mobile Gateway, which the companies said was designed to provide BMC Software Remedy customers with wireless data access to their …

MEXICO CITY-Wireless operator Iusacell has launched the country’s first cdma2000 1x voice and high-speed data network for instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access, as well as mobile office capabilities and …

FOLSOM, Calif.-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced it will hold its AOWP Certified Wireless Sales Associate (CWSA) Training Course March 16 and 17 as part of the CTIA Wireless …

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Despite economic slowing and sector saturation, profitability of some of Europe’s savvy-and lucky-wireless operators is managing to improve across a desolate backdrop. Across the Continent, average revenue per …

Just months after European carrier Orange released the world’s first mobile phone running on Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software …

WELLESLEY, Mass.-The Mobile Confidence Index developed by Mobile Ecosystem projects the wireless industry downturn will continue through at least the first half of this year. The index tracks 13 leading …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from Keynote Systems, a finding that comes …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced it will supply Samsung with wireless data chipsets and software for use in the company’s new generation of advanced mobile phones. The agreement, worth more than …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless applications provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will team with Wireless Retail Inc. to sell packaged bundles of wireless data applications inside retail locations. “Wireless Retail’s sophisticated POS …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and scale down the coverage area to four cities. The carrier …

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, …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

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 …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will delay and scale back the planned rollout of its W-CDMA network, pushing back the date by six months to December 2004 and …

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 …

cuts back W-CDMA launch plans Analyst: Continuous upgrades confuse market AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and …

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, …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

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, …

SEATTLE-Although the economy continues to struggle along, funding seems to be persisting as two wireless data companies announced new financing. First, NetMotion Wireless Inc. said it closed its Series B …

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty. Ltd., the Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has obtained a $14 million capital infusion from two new strategic partners, Mitsubishi Corp. and e-millennium …