PARIS-Austrian mobile operator Tele.ring launched GPRS services networkwide, according to Alcatel, which supplied the equipment. Tele.ring is owned 100 percent by Vodafone Group plc. Tele.ring is the first Austrian operator …
CINCINNATI-Sprint PCS renewed its billing contract with Convergys Corp., a provider of integrated billing and customer care. “We’re proud of Sprint PCS’ achievements and pleased the company has continued its …
NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc., the nation’s largest wireless reseller, could lay off up to 15 percent of its 77,000 work force, according to media reports late last week. A spokesperson for …
Brightpod integrated AvantGo’s Enterprise product suite into its applications service provider platform. The companies said they will co-market the Brightpod offering through joint promotional activities. “We try to make `going …
Early expectations of the wireless Internet sweeping the country have suffered the realities of the limitations the service offers in comparison to the wired Web. While the number of wirelessly …
HELSINKI, Finland-Phone maker Nokia Corp. has signed deals with China’s Yunnan Mobile Communications Co. and the Beijing and Hubei branches of China Mobile Communications Corp. Nokia agreed to a $160 …
Wireless service providers offering analog phone service to their subscribers are forced to walk a fine line between alienating established customers who rely on analog service and the increased profitability …
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. has agreed to sell $1 billion worth of its 9.38-percent senior notes due 2009 through an institutional private placement, the company said. American Tower originally announced Jan. …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. reported a 33-percent increase in domestic wireless revenue from the fourth quarter of 1999 to $1.2 billion, including its 40-percent stake in Cingular. Net income from domestic wireless …
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Cingular Interactive, formerly BellSouth Wireless Data, ended 2000 with more than 570,000 subscribers to its nationwide data network, compared with more than 200,000 subscribers at the end of 1999. …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Sprint PCS Network Partner iPCS Inc. reported an investor group led by two of The Blackstone Group’s private equity funds, Blackstone Communications Partners and Blackstone Capital Partners III, made …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported it added 55,000 digital subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2000 ended Dec. 31, compared with 46,100 subscribers added during the same quarter of 1999, …
NEW YORK-Cue Corp. announced it entered an agreement with Ten Square, an interactive point-of-sale broadcasting and publishing company, to enable Ten Square to broadcast near real-time news/sports, weather and traffic …
NEW YORK-A host of players behind the scenes is pulling the complex strings required to amplify and simplify the end-user experience with billing and customer relationship management for the increasing …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will consider abolishing analog cellular technical rules that require cellular carriers to set aside a portion of their networks for the AMPS standard. “We …
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Divine Tower International Corp. said it signed a contract with Metricom Inc. to manage, direct and construct Metricom’s Ricochet fixed-wireless service expansion into Albany, Buffalo, and Rochester, N.Y., and …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will not reconsider the eligibility rules for the re-auction of 422 PCS licenses that allowed large carriers to bid on licenses previously reserved for …
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Denmark awarded two new GSM 900 MHz licenses to Mobilix and Telia Denmark, the country’s two incumbent operators that had only GSM 1800 MHz licenses. Telia said the GSM …
TRENTON, N.J.-(AP)Troubled telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies Inc. plans to cut about 10,000 jobs as part of an effort to reduce its annual costs by more than $2 billion after more …
If we applied human attributes to mobile location services, they would be in preschool today, learning and acquiring the skills they will need to have a long and successful life …
