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. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
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...
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 cutting the number of U.S. cities set to launch to four. The carrier...
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...
cuts back W-CDMA launch plansAnalyst: Continuous upgrades confuse marketAT&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 said it will deploy a W-CDMA...
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...
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. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
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...
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 funding with a total round of $10.8 million. The round included Dolphin Equity Partners, Mitsui...
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 Asia L.P.CKW, which owns Australian spectrum licenses, has begun a pre-commercial, first-phase deployment of...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. plans to release a "major new product" sometime next year, a device with wireless capabilities that will likely use the newest version of Palm Inc.'s operating system.The company first hinted of its plans during its third-quarter conference call,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The nation's 18th largest law firm will be the first to use Good Technology Inc.'s new G100 wireless e-mail devices, and will equip more than 1,200 employees with the device.O'Melveny & Myers L.L.P. is one of Good's more than 450 customers, although the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide.FutureDial's SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users to edit phonebook information directly on the PC, and then transfer that data to a mobile phone. The company's SnapDialer...
ATLANTA, United States-Numerex is working with Vehicle Security Resources de Colombia, the LoJack licensee for Colombia, to equip commercial and personal vehicles in Colombia with vehicle location and tracking services, including its Cellemetry Data Service for monitoring and reporting."Many auto insurance companies in Colombia...
ATLANTA-Numerex Corp. is working with Vehicle Security Resources de Colombia S.A., the LoJack licensee for Colombia, to equip commercial and personal vehicles in the Republic of Colombia with vehicle location and tracking services, including its Cellemetry Data Service for monitoring and reporting."Many auto insurance...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone indicated this week it is interested in buying Hutchison Telecommunications' A$3 billion (US$1.7 billion) third-generation (3G) mobile-phone network in a bid to get an early foothold in Australia's wireless data market.The managing director of Vodafone Australia, Grahame Maher, was reported as saying...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Retailing wireless data technology will be addressed in The Wireless Experience tutorial taking place on the first day of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month.The day-long, six-session tutorial will be conducted by Andrew Seybold, Barney Dewey and Edmond Legum."Most...
BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Padcom Inc. said it has unveiled a software solution, known as Version 3.60 of the Connectivity Suite, that enables seamless roaming between cdma2000 1xRTT and other wireless data networks like private RF, CDPD, proprietary networks and wireless local area networks."The shift toward multinetwork...
OTTAWA, Canada-The volume of text messaging in Canada has increased 98 percent since April-when the nation's wireless carriers set up interoperable text messaging services-increasing the number of text messages sent in Canada to 20 million last month.According to the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, interoperable...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Network Systems Inc. announced its ipRAN products are compatible with the Generic Interface Specification (GIS) developed by iPass Inc., which allows mobile operators to add wireless LAN roaming to their networks."Our partnership with iPass allows mobile operators to offer their customers...
DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications have gathered in Dallas to show support and showcase services using both EDGE and...
It's time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we've decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced the industry in 2002? Enter your vote via the...
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...
LOS ANGELES-Verizon Wireless and New Line Cinema announced they will partner to launch a range of promotions in conjunction with the movie studio's highly anticipated The Lord of the Rings movies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under the two-year new deal, Verizon will...
