OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a five-year outsourced billing services contract with Convergys Corp. to use Convergys’ Atlys billing and customer care product operating in a Convergys data center to …
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Celerica Inc. said Israeli-based wireless operator Cellcom has completed a successful trial of the Celerica 500 System. Celerica’s system allows carriers to deploy new cell sites and to extend …
WASHINGTON-Jonathan Adelstein, former telecommunications aide to Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), was sworn in on Tuesday as a member of the Federal Communications Commission. President Bush signed his appointment …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has chosen Portal’s Infranet convergent billing product as the billing solution for its wireless voice, data and content and to replace …
SINGAPORE-Wireless carriers M1, SingTel and StarHub announced they launched interoperable multimedia messaging services, allowing customers to send MMS messages to subscribers of rival carriers. The announcement is the latest in …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s inspector general says allegations of fraud and corruption continue to plague a multibillion-dollar government that gives Internet-access discounts to schools and libraries. In a semi-annual report …
PARIS, France-Cegetel affiliate SFR has selected L.M. Ericsson to supply, install and integrate its MMS platform, according to a press release. “MMS will play a leading role among consumers, increasing …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Network Systems Inc. announced its ipRAN products are compatible with the Generic Interface Specification (GIS) developed by iPass Inc., which allows mobile operators to add wireless LAN …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Public access solutions supplier Nomadix Inc. reported wireless local area network hot spot aggregator Boingo Wireless certified its Universal Subscriber Gateway II for its Boingo Ready Program for …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. launched Thumbworks Inc.’s Suzuki Motocross Challenge game for its Get It Now service allowing customers to download the game over the air to their Get It …
BOSTON-TDK Systems introduced its Bluetooth application version 1.3 software designed to allow Bluetooth devices to exchange voice, images and data in support of advanced applications including MMS and imaging applications.The …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the 10 year anniversary of the first lab test of Nextel’s Direct Connect push-to-talk service allowing customers to instantly talk with each …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the growth of a BREW developer community in China. “The …
DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …
PARIS-Vivendi Universal said it plans to buy BT Group’s 26-percent stake in Cegetel for $3.985 billion, removing control from Vodafone. In response, Vodafone withdrew its previous $6.75 billion offer to …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc., which makes chips for mobile phones, said it expects revenues in the fourth quarter to decline only 2 percent, not the previously expected 5 percent, mostly due …
MONTREAL-Canada’s smallest wireless operator, Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it will not make a scheduled $29.3 million interest payment this week as it continues to evaluate possible alternatives to reduce its …
SAN DIEGO-Spirent Communications has teamed with Minneapolis-based TestQuest to provide completely automated testing for applications embedded into most commercially available CDMA handsets. “Right now, applications testing is very labor intensive, …
SAN DIEGO-Wireless local loop infrastructure provider Axesstel Inc. said it has entered a large-scale production and manufacturing alliance with Hanchang of Korea to streamline the manufacturing transfer and production processes …
SAN DIEGO-Nokia demonstrated its person-to-person IP mobility services at this week’s CDMA Development Group conference. The services are enabled by Nokia’s IP Multimedia pilot system, which provides IP Multimedia Subsystem …
