for mMode REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its e-Wallet integrated billing platform for its mMode service, allowing content providers to charge their digital services directly to customers’ wireless phone …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-U.K.-based British Telecommunications has launched three wireless local area network (WLAN) “hot spots” in London to provide personal digital assistant (PDA) and laptop users with high-speed Internet access. …
WASHINGTON-Even though the company recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, the Washington Post reported NII Holdings Inc. plans to pay nearly $6 million in retention bonuses to 24 employees …
SAN DIEGO-More than 26 percent of Leap Wireless International Inc. Cricket customers reported they do not have a traditional wireline phone at home, according to a company survey, well ahead …
The text messaging industry in the United States is growing by leaps and bounds, and most agree it has the potential to be huge. The application is really the first …
NEW YORK-A strong correlation exists between poor corporate governance and the spate of debt downgrades to junk-bond status and, conversely, a link is emerging between socially responsible company practices and …
I am responding to your article that appeared in the June 3 edition, “On-network calling plans satisfy carriers, customers,” by Dan Meyer. Your description of the Rural Cellular Corp. roaming …
NEW YORK-Under non-disclosure agreements with 40 companies worldwide, Integral Technologies is testing its patent-pending “plastenna” compound, which allows the skin of a phone to double as a transceiver, and expects …
Editor’s Note: In a new series, RCR Wireless News takes an in-depth look at nationwide wireless players, including their strengths and challenges in an ever-changing wireless environment. In this third …
Ever heard of EMS, or Enhanced Messaging Service? If not, don’t worry-few people have. It was created as an extension to the short message service messaging technology that has taken …
LONDON-Using what it calls “a form of artificial intelligence,” London-based startup Sirenic has developed a solution that organizes the gobs of information mobile workers receive on their mobile devices, allowing …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they have completed a series of UMTS packet data calls, describing it as the “first such demonstration … with commercial 3G infrastructure …
HACKENSACK, N.J.-IBM Corp. will sell BlackBerry wireless data devices with GoAmerica Inc.’s wireless service, an expansion of the business relationship between the two companies. The companies in December said they …
CHICAGO-Triton PCS Holdings Inc.’s said its co-branding agreement with AT&T Corp. is expected to end in February when the current deal between the two companies expires. “More than likely we …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s placed wireless operator Horizon PCS Inc. on CreditWatch with negative implications due to concerns about the outcome of Horizon’s negotiations with its bank creditors over covenant …
SEATTLE-RealNetworks made enhancements that increase the ease of use and add functionality to its RealOne Mobile Player The company released a new user interface and functionality for the RealOne Mobile …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Despite the dark shadow the depressed economy has cast on much of the U.S. wireless sector, the Consumer Electronics Association’s recently released Digital America 2002 report shows wireless device …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless introduced a trio of business solutions designed for customers using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network. The solutions includes Office Online, a ViAir Inc.-provided product that allows customers to …
MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless carrier Midwest Wireless announced it deployed wireless data services that include XML and Web services through a new deal with PolarLake. “This project furthers Midwest Wireless’ efforts …
NEW YORK-Short message service company Cellus licensed music rights from BMI, giving the company access to 4.5 million musical works. “We look forward to bringing consumers ring tones from BMI’s …
