SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless announced it will use picture messaging software from LightSurf Technologies Inc. Canada's Bell Mobility and U.S. wireless carrier Sprint PCS also use LightSurf software."We are thrilled to advance our leadership position in outsourced MMSC solutions with partners like...
In their spare time after work and on the weekends, three tech-savvy guys in Petaluma, Calif., in about six months have managed to surmount a technical hurdle that the multibillion-dollar U.S. wireless industry has not yet resolved after more than a year of effort.Paul...
The CDMA2000 1x EV-DO contract wins by Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. with Verizon Wireless may be compelling other major infrastructure players to take the bait.Rivals L.M. Ericsson, Samsung Electronics and Motorola Inc. announced solutions not only in the DO realm, but...
Verizon Wireless ended 2003 in the same position as it began the year, as both the nation's largest carrier as well as the highest ranked wireless provider based on five operating metrics measured by N. Moore Capital Ltd. during the fourth quarter. The rankings...
CANNES, France-Billing and Customer Relationship Management-related news is plentiful at this week's 3GSM World Congress.Amdocs launched an enhanced version of its partner relationship management product that helps operators enable and manage convergent support for multiple content and commerce partners.The company also announced that Canada's...
CANNES, France-Thanks to Comverse Technology Inc., the interoperability gap between GSM and CDMA may soon become history.At this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the company, using its Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC), demonstrated multimedia-messaging interoperability between both wireless networks. "This demonstration marks...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it signed a $14 million GSM expansion contract with Gansu Mobile Communication Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Mobile. Under the project, which is expected to be completed in June, Alcatel will supply GSM/GPRS/EDGE solutions including new software. The operator will...
Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. again led the wireless industry in N. Moore Capital Ltd.'s ranking of wireless carriers during the third quarter of this year, with the carriers' garnering a first-place tie in the ranking of five select operational metrics with 31...
TORONTO-Bell Mobility said it will sell the new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. SPH-a600 camera phone, and that it will offer a picture-sharing service through a new deal with camera-phone technology company LightSurf.Using Bell Mobility's Picture Messaging service, customers will be able to send and...
SANTA BARBARA-Somera Communications Inc. will provide Canada's Bell Mobility with asset recovery and equipment disposition services to streamline the company's network asset management strategy.Somera also will value and re-market any excess equipment. Such services help companies generate more cash, improve margins and reduce management...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wireless data sales training company The Wireless Experience has been selected by Canada's Bell Mobility to create and implement a sales training program for its enterprise salespeople and wireless data advisors.The sales training program is designed to provide Bell Mobility's sales team...
TORONTO-A concept car outfitted with wireless technology from Canadian wireless data and global positioning systems solutions company Baka Trak-IT is being used to demonstrate wireless network operability at this week's Bell Mobility Wireless Internet conference.Dubbed the Baka Wireless Smart Car, the Daimler Chrysler vehicle...
With nearly all wireless carriers having reported second-quarter results, or at least filing an extension with the Securities and Exchange Commission, N. Moore Capital Ltd. released its quarterly carrier metric rankings that showed continued domination by nationwide carriers, which took the top three positions...
OTTAWA-Canada's nationwide operators plans to unite to agree on common standards for roaming and interoperability among Wi-Fi hot spots they operate with their next-generation mobile networks.The operators, Bell Mobility (in collaboration with Aliant Mobility), Microcell Solutions, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility said the...
OTTAWA-Canada's nationwide operators plans to unite to agree on common standards for roaming and interoperability among Wi-Fi hot spots they operate with their next-generation mobile networks.The operators, Bell Mobility (in collaboration with Aliant Mobility), Microcell Solutions, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility said the...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced Canadian carrier Bell Mobility is one of 20 wireless operators around the world that have signed up to use Openwave's WAP version 2.0 gateway. Other operators include Cincinnati Bell, DNA Communications, Telefonica and Telstra.Openwave said it has so...
Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum, a move the company said will give it yet another spot on the value chain."We're trying to address everyone," said Jennifer Hom, marketing manager with Sun's software systems business.Through the...
Sun Microsystems Inc. acquired wireless Java downloading company Pixo Inc. for an undisclosed sum."The adoption of Java technology and the Java Card Subscriber Identity Module standard are unleashing revenue opportunities on a sea of new and emerging devices," said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president...
European carrier Orange SA said it will expand its relationship with Microsoft Corp. to offer text-messaging-based access to Microsoft's instant messaging and e-mail programs to all of Orange's 35 million customers.Under the deal, Orange customers will be able to conduct real-time MSN Messenger instant-messaging...
TORONTO-Canadian vendors are seeking more cooperation among carriers to promote interoperability. That's the message from a wireless conference hosted Tuesday by BMO Nesbitt Burns in Toronto.Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion (RIM) co-chief executive officer (CEO), said, "The most important thing for us in inter-carrying...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. signed deals with Vodafone and Bell Mobility to offer its range of wireless content services, further moves by the company to expand its MSN services into the wireless world.Under the Vodafone agreement, MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger will be available to...
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
TORONTO-Canadian carrier Bell Mobility announced it will begin offering basic location-based services through its new MyFinder application and that it plans to expand the service with additional features.The service will first be available to users in Quebec and Ontario, and Bell Mobility said it...
