Yearly Archives: 2005

SMS best wireless marketing tool

Forget interactive video, mobile bar-code scanning phones and music-recognition programs. When it comes to mobile marketing, it's still all about text messaging. The coming...

FCC to auction 3G spectrum in June ’06

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to begin auctioning spectrum occupied today by the federal government in the summer of 2006, according to notification sent...

‘How’d they do that?’ A behind-the-scenes look at telecom legislation

WASHINGTON-C-Span junkies watching late into the night of Dec. 8 may not have realized that what happened just before the Senate left town was...

CES Wireless Events

Wireless SuperSession: Friday, Jan. 7 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the convention center's North Hall, room N257. Executives from Virgin Mobile, M-Forma, Verizon...

Israeli government restricts mobile porn

JERUSALEM-In the wake of complaints that too many children were being exposed to erotic material, Israel's Communications Ministry said last week it had moved...

Symbol chooses alternate financing

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Mobile enterprise software developer Symbol Technologies Inc. announced Wednesday that it has opted not to pursue its proposed offering of common stock. Instead,...

Short codes added to ‘for sale’ signs

ORLANDO, Fla.-A real estate company launched a service last week that allows prospective buyers to access information about homes on the market via text...

Convergence-back with a vengeance

More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that...

Telstra to launch fixed SMS service early this year

SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corp. said it plans to launch a fixed short message service early this year. Telstra has a branded SMS-capable phone on sale...

Products

PalmOnePalmOne Inc. announced its VersaMail 2.7 wireless e-mail software is available for Treo 600 smart phones. Treo 600 users will now have access to...

DoCoMo invests in Chinese software firms

TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it invested in two Chinese wireless software companies in an effort to tap into the massive potential...

The sound of silence

And once again the wireless industry (and the world) prepares to face the implications of the further permeation of wireless technology into our lives...

Ringing in holiday sales

While the numbers aren't available yet for the all-important fourth quarter wireless sales, I'm predicting stellar results.Why? Because I just spent the holidays with...

Calendar

January 6-9 Consumer Electronics Association. Las Vegas. www.cesweb.org Excellence in Information & Communications TechnologiesJanuary 15 Frost & Sullivan. Doubletree Paradise Valley Resort, Scottsdale, Ariz....

Business Briefs

In a move that drove up its shares 6 cents following the announcement, Global Signal Inc. said it plans to sell 2.9 million common...

MSV charges Inmarsat trying to delay MSS entry

WASHINGTON-Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. is protesting an Application for Review filed by rival Inmarsat Ventures Ltd., claiming Inmarsat's arguments are nothing new and meant...

New year brings effective dates for outage, telemarketing rules

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission declared the outage reporting requirements and the changes to the telemarketing rules to be in effect Dec. 30. Under rules...

Time Warner to test wireless bundle via Sprint network

Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant's TV, landline...

Zingy signs mobile music deals sans record label

Mobile media company Zingy is expected to announce deals this week to bring exclusive mobile content from hip-hop artist Kanye West and late pop...

Telekom Austria gets call option to acquire Bulgarian operator

VIENNA, Austria-Telekom Austria said it acquired a call option to purchase Bulgarian wireless carrier Mobiltel AD. The option gives the Austrian carrier the right...

Comverse offers MMS exchange

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse introduced its Comverse MMS Exchange, a central hub that allows multiple network operators to interconnect their multimedia messaging services. Operators currently must...

Infoxx to supply directory help to Corr Wireless

BETHLEHEM, Pa.-Corr Wireless, a cellular provider in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, selected Infonxx to provide directory assistance services to its customers. "One of the...

Sprint PCS expands Sybase partnership to more industries

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Sybase Inc. said they will expand their relationship to develop and market corporate wireless data applications. Under terms of...

Industry eyes OFDM even as it deploys 3G services

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday...
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