WEST POINT, Ga.-InterQuest Inc. announced it is offering a new service that allows wireless carriers to offer unregistered roamers in their market to complete a cellular call.
Instead of connecting unregistered roamers to a recording that ultimately prevents the user from completing a cellular call, carriers can reroute the calls to InterQuest’s RoamerNet service, where operators can connect the call through a collect charge or the customer’s credit card.
InterQuest said it provides the service through agreements with carriers like InterCel Inc. and works with carriers to customize its service and increase revenues and airtime.
InterQuest said it differentiates its product from others by charging a lower rate for cellular calls. Rather than using a pricing structure based on volume, the company bases its prices on a flat rate.
ReCellular to extend warranty on phones
DEXTER, Mich.-ReCellular Inc. announced it has extended its warranty for most of its remanufactured cellular phones to three years from one year.
“We believe this will make cellular service providers and users of cellular phones view remanufactured phones as a low-cost alternative where the economics can’t support purchasing new equipment,” said Frank Stoup III, ReCellular’s president and chief executive officer.
The company also said it is extending its product return privilege from 15 days to 30 days.
ReCellular sells remanufactured phones and accessories back to domestic and international wireless communications carriers and their authorized agents, dealers and retailers.
ITA debuts Relay600 to file electronically
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. has introduced the Relay600, a product that allows land mobile applicants to quickly and accurately file for licensing electronically using the Federal Communications Commission’s Form 600, ITA announced.
ITA said the product will run on any IBM-compatible computer and modem and software can be downloaded to a personal computer by dialing into ITA via its on-line bulletin board service, ITA-Relay.
Trade group releases wireless data on disk
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced the release of software that provides interactive access to demographic and licensing data about wireless markets in the United States.
CTIA Wireless SourceDisks run under Microsoft Windows and present information on topics including major trading areas and enhanced specialized mobile radio in text or map form according to characteristics the user selects, CTIA said.
CommNet to provide messaging services
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced an alliance with CommNet Cellular Inc., resulting in the largest contiguous paging system in the United States.
Under the agreement, CommNet plans to build on its cellular properties by adding a paging system in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Montana, New Mexico and Utah. MobileMedia said it will install its nationwide paging transmitters on the system.
“Coupling the strength of MobileMedia’s nationwide networks with the dominance of CommNet in the rural West, we gain the ability to offer an unprecedented range of paging services to our customers,” said Arnold Pohs, chairman, president and chief executive officer of CommNet.
