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Articles in February 2006 issue of RCR Wireless News

• Privacy group argues for warrant before getting location info.(News)
• DoT commits $11M to study next generation of 911 services.(News)
• Jersey may toughen driver-distraction law, penalties.(News)
• FCC wrestles with auction rules in advance of June 29 start date.(News)
• Leap, ANB expand Cricket service in Colorado.(News)
• Carriers expanding EV-DO handset capabilities.(News)
• Specialized wireless retailers using a variety of models to target traditional retailers.(News)(Company Profile)
• 3G networks propelling multimedia usage in Europe, M:Metrics finds.(News)
• Symbian cuts OS pricing due to pressure from Windows, Linux.(Global Wireless)
• USF reform bill unkind to rural wireless.(News)
• 5 GHz Wi-Fi pact reached for testing, guidelines.(News)
• Rogers launches Melodeo-powered podcast service.(Global Wireless)
• Katrina panel: Lack of communications sparks additional problems.(News)
• Infrastructure Awards.(Wireless Metrics)
• DoCoMo posts mixed results, buying stake in Philippine carrier.(News)
• Actix purchases German network software company.(Global Wireless)
• Texas Instruments drills in on WiMAX.(News)
• Late News.
• Vendors and carriers benefiting from managed services deals.(News)
• Tao Group releases handset software.(Global Wireless)
• Interest in 3G data roaming increasing as networks grow.
• Wireless History; Fourteen years ago this month...(Wireless Metrics)
• iPCS posts robust customer growth, but affiliation issues cloud future.(News)
• Diversinet token-based security system ready for deployment.(News)
• AWS auction could spell windfall for government, though analysts differ on value.(News)
• Sony Ericsson hedges on wireless e-mail standards.(News)
• Nortel re-enters broadband space in joint venture with Huawei.(Global Wireless)
• Wireless e-mail space intense with patents, lawsuits, competition.(News)
• Motorola deploys PTT in Yemen, Sonim unveils OMA-compliant PoC server.(Global Wireless)
• Vodafone inks IMS deals with Nokia, Ericsson, adds Bulgaria as network partner.(Global Wireless)
• IT industry weighs in on spectrum policy.(News)
• LG joins health litigation to keep cases with Blake.(News)
• Fast Fact.(Wireless Metrics)
• Phone Monocle rescues subscribers from tiny cell-phone screens.(News)
• Verizon Wireless buys NorCal operator.(News)
• Wireless data slowly extending to prepaid.
• McAfee looking after handsets with anti-virus platform.(Focus)
• Online Poll.(Wireless Metrics)
• People.
• Bush signs DTV bill.(News)
• Muni Wi-Fi wave continues to build as industry wrestles with standards.(News)
• Who's your sugar daddy?(Opinion)
• FCC rushes DE rules for June auction.
• Judge chastises RIM, NTP for failing to reach pact.(News)
• WFI to sell much of Mexican operations.(News)
• Wireless History; 15 years ago this month...(Wireless Metrics)
• Wi-Fi deployments stretch across cities, countries, corporations.(Focus)
• Apple MVNO?(Wireless Metrics)
• Sprint Nextel signs 800 MHz reconfiguration agreement with Utah.(News)
• Bush administration tackles tricky China trade issues.(News)
• Lucent acquires Riverstone, partners with IBM for IMS.(News)(Company Profile)
• Sprint Nextel to offer scanners at NASCAR events.(News)
• Fast Fact.(Wireless Metrics)
• Openwave, Sun to share technologies for SDK.(News)
• Products.
• Pentagon report underscores wireless needs for successful military.(News)
• Alcatel, Ericsson boast strong 4Q.(News)
• DTV hard date-Feb. 17, 2009-sails toward Bush approval.(News)
• Bush nominates McDowell to FCC.(News)
• Handsets garner limelight at 3GSM.(News)
• Music phones often sing off key.(News)
• Good raises $20 million in VC funds.(News)
• Wireless reinvigorates old-school game-makers.(News)
• Blake's parting shot and the big what-if.(Opinion)
• Penetration of 3G phones.(Wireless Metrics)
• N.C. state officials investigating deadly fall from cell tower.(News)
• Qualcomm's Mercury proves its mettle during Hurricane Katrina.(News)
• Motorola enters thorny m-commerce market.(News)
• Dobson to sell through RadioShack.(News)
• Presence migrating from chat rooms to board rooms.
• Mobilitec software aids MVNOs.(News)
• FBI probes bulk prepaid buys for black-market ties.(News)
• Phone cancer studies more consistent than reported in newspaper.(Letters)
• Lombardi to lead MediaFlo USA.(News)
• Truth-in-billing lawsuit may influence other cases.(News)
• Unhappy 800 MHz licensees plead their case in appeals court.(News)
• UMTS finding continued support in North America and Europe, but still challenged in China.(Special Report)(Company Profile)
• Ericsson lights fire under Samsung over patents.(News)
• DoCoMo delays Nokia's 3G handset debut.(Global Wireless)
• Rural carriers post better ARPU, fewer customers.(News)