Wireless Services

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services announced its plans to buy the 77 percent of TeleCorp PCS it does not already own. AT&T said it will purchase the remainder of the company …

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—Just one week after a major sale to Telef

SAN FRANCISCO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced early this week that it will meet its third-quarter subscriber addition target of 700,000 to 750,000. The company also is on schedule with its …

By WASHINGTON-In global spectrum allocations, life goes on even if it doesn’t always seem that way. The United States has been working for almost a year to prepare for the …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new wireless data applications for worldwide carrier …

NEW DELHI, India-The Indian cellular mobile market has always been fascinating, if only for the sheer number of players that compete here. Each of the 20-odd telecom circles, or geographic …

WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld urged the Senate leadership that any decision to transfer the military’s 1700 MHz band to the mobile-phone industry for third-generation wireless services not be made until …

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court late Thursday rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s plea that it not be required to return licenses to bankrupt personal communications services carrier NextWave Telecom Inc.“The licenses …

WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court late Thursday rejected the Federal Communications Commission’s plea that it not be required to return licenses to bankrupt PCS carrier NextWave Telecom Inc.“The licenses are coming …

The NextWave Telecom Inc. saga continued last week as the hopeful wireless wholesaler unveiled funding plans to roll out its network, while its potential wireless competitors/customers continued to look for …

WASHINGTON-Bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. insisted last week in meetings with industry, federal regulators and the press that it plans to build out its network, and further litigation only delays that …

Finland’s Sonera said it will “take immediate steps to liquidate” Broadband Mobile ASA in Norway, partly because Enitel ASA, its equal partner in the third-generation wireless joint venture, already has …

REDMOND, Wash.-DaimlerChrysler chose AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its development partner and wireless provider for the company’s new telematics strategy, AT&T Wireless announced. In addition to the development of a …

NEW YORK-Iospan Wireless Inc. and Powerwave Technologies Inc. have joined forces to develop AirBurst-compatible broadband power amplifiers to enhance delivery of non-line-of-site fixed-wireless communications. Powerwave will supply its radio-frequency power …

Even though third-generation services are not yet available on mobile phones, one Belgium-based company is betting that 3G telematics services will be just as big, if not bigger. Acunia NV, …

PITTSBURGH-Verizon Wireless launched its first retail outlet in an airport at Pittsburgh International Airport. The store includes a free recharging station for cell phone batteries and a language line to …

Wireless carriers continued to stave off a weakening economy with second-quarter results mostly in line with analysts’ expectations. Three of the six largest operators, including Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and …

WASHINGTON-Congress’ interest in third-generation wireless and its potential impact on the military became more evident last week as congressional auditors warned a key senator against a hasty decision to move …

NEW YORK-Businesses should hold off on investing in wireless applications for the consumer and should instead look at the potential of wireless for internal operations, according to a new report …

RESTON, Va.-Delta Air Lines Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. announced a marketing initiative allowing Delta SkyMiles members to earn 5,000 frequent flyer miles when they sign up for any Nextel …

SEATTLE-A week after being spun off as an independent wireless operator, AT&T Wireless launched its GSM/GPRS network in Seattle, the first market for the carrier’s planned technology overlay of its …

Vodafone to delay 3G plans due to handset shortage Vodafone Group plc said it might delay the launch of its third-generation network until 2003 due to a shortage of handsets. …

WASHINGTON-A Richardson, Texas, inventor says he has developed a way to allow public safety answering points to call back non-initialized phones that make 911 calls. The statement comes as the …