SAN RAFAEL, Calif.-Alltel has chosen Fair Isaac Corp.’s Risk Manager and Fraud Manager For Telecommunications solution to improve its fraud and payment risk detection capabilities. “This superior fraud management solution …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is currently deciding whether to require wireless carriers to offer equal access to long-distance services in order to be eligible to receive universal-service subsidies. The FCC …
LYON, France-French company Swapcom said it won a deal with Telefuture for Swapcom’s Multimedia Mobile Gateway to help Telefuture deploy premium and mobile personalization services in Northern Europe. Telefuture provides …
SAN BRUNO, California, United States-IPWireless, developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the …
MILPITAS, Calif.-The operating system business of Palm Inc. said it boosted memory for the Palm OS by a factor of seven, using a memory technology to expand random-access memory from …
LONDON-European wireless carrier Orange has delayed the release of a new version of its SPV smart phone using Microsoft Corp.’s software. The phone is now scheduled for a release sometime …
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a “technical launch” of its UMTS network …
WASHINGTON-The Mobile Enterprise Alliance, a not-for-profit organization formed to promote mobile and wireless technologies for business, will officially launch its U.S. efforts at the end of this month in conjunction …
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc., developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the company …
HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. said the quarterly dividend on its 6.25-percent convertible preferred stock will be paid May 15 to all holders of record as of May 1. The dividend …
DUBLIN, Ireland—Reports from Finland suggest that mobile operator TeliaSonera, which this week has signed a number of interconnect agreements for multimedia messaging services (MMS) and announced plans to launch third-generation …
TOKYO-Hewlett-Packard Japan released a new personal digital assistant (PDA) with both wireless local area network (WLAN) and Bluetooth functions. The new PDA, called “iPAQ Pocket PC h5400,” has a built-in …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The new Ecuadorian cellular operator, which will begin to offer its services before the end of the year, will gain 20 percent of the market by 2007, according …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Kenyan mobile network company Kencell Communications recently announced the extension of its local network to the towns of Iten and Kabarnet. Philippe Vandebrouck, managing director of KenCell, said …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Zambian President Mwanawasa recently inaugurated the Zamtel GSM link in Chipata with a call to the operator to begin offering affordable prepaid tariffs. The system has been commissioned …
NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the first commercial shipment of its Wireless …
TAMPA, Fla.-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc. said two regional wireless carriers will use the company’s technology to offer ring tones, graphics and other messaging services. Montana Wireless Inc. d.b.a. Blackfoot Communications …
WASHINGTON-A former Internet advertising executive has been tapped as the Department of Homeland Security’s first privacy czar. Nuala O’Connor Kelly, who previously oversaw data protection and privacy at Double Click …
METUCHEN, N.J.-Berkeley Varitronics Systems announced two new international distributors will provide sales and support for its wireless products. Genetel Online will offer sales and support for BVS WLA and Bluetooth …
