Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s E911 Phase II mandate. “We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with Ntelos Wireless,” said Maurice Tose, TCS’ chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Effective emergency services continue to be a top priority for cell-phone subscribers.” The service works for Ntelos customers with Phase II-capable handsets in the markets where Ntelos has deployed TCS’ technology. TCS said Ntelos is the eighth wireless carrier to use its hosted location service, which the company said provides carriers with an alternative to purchasing their own Position Determining Entity and Mobile Positioning Center systems to meet the FCC’s E911 mandate.
Intel Corp. has become a member of Sprint PCS’ Business Solutions Program enabling Intel to market and sell select Sprint PCS wireless voice and data products built on Intel processors through the Intel Product Dealer channel. Intel noted its dealer channel is comprised of more than 45,000 members and is one of the largest contingents of value-added resellers in the United States that sell PCs and consulting and networking services to small- and medium-sized businesses.
ABC Radio and Telenor Mobile Interactive USA launched a cross-carrier premium wireless text-messaging service on Detroit’s WDRQ radio station. The service runs during the station’s evening programming. Listeners are invited to vote on whether a certain song should become a hit or a miss by sending a text message to a short-code number. The text vote will cost subscribers 50 cents plus standard messaging rates. “Through Telenor’s premium text messaging, audience interactivity can be a profit center instead of a cost for radio stations,” said Steinar Svalesen, chief executive officer of Telenor Mobile Interactive USA. “Radio listeners can benefit as well….”
