After talking with several operators from North and South America last week at the CDMA Americas Congress, it seems they have similar to-do lists heading into 2003. As 1x uptake increases, operators are looking to 2003 as the year for return on investment (ROI),...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Telus Mobility said it has expanded its cdma2000 1x network throughout Canada via a combination of network buildouts in Western Canada and the implementation of a reciprocal roaming and resale agreement with competitor Bell Mobility in Ontario and Quebec.Telus Mobility claims its 1x...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Telus Mobility said it has expanded its cdma2000 1x network throughout Canada via a combination of network buildouts in Western Canada and the implementation of a reciprocal roaming and resale agreement with competitor Bell Mobility in Ontario and Quebec.Telus Mobility claims its 1x...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility reported an agreement to collaborate on developing and marketing advanced CDMA handsets, applications and services. The companies said the agreement will drive the deployment and extension of synchronized and seamless services and technologies across...
TORONTO-Canadian operator Bell Mobility launched the Audiovox Thera, a high-end mobile phone/personal digital assistant running on Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC operating system."Many customers have been seeking the convenience of a single device that can be an extension of their office with access to their...
TORONTO-Financially strapped Canadian wireless carrier Microcell Telecommunications said two of its rivals are poaching its customers and has asked Canada's telephone regulator to order a cease and desist of the marketing practices.A complaint filed with the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission alleged that Rogers...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—The worldwide field of mobile payments continues to grow—albeit more slowly than previously forecast—with increasing interest in standards bodies and payment services popping up.The Mobile Payment Forum, which was formed late last year by several major credit card companies, announced it added board...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless corporate access provider Veratium Software Ltd. changed its name to Motivus Software Ltd. and promptly announced a new carrier partnership with Bell Mobility.Bell Mobility will offer its customers the Motivus Mobile Desktop Enterprise Edition, which provides real-time wireless access to desktop...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility announced the commercial availability of Sierra Wireless' AirCard 555 Wireless Network Card on the carriers 1x network.Sierra Wireless said the device will allow Bell Mobility customers to access the next-generation network at speeds up to 144 kilobits...
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec in the third quarter and in its national coverage area throughout this year. The carrier originally introduced 1x service in Toronto...
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec this summer and in its national coverage area throughout this year. The carrier originally introduced 1x service in Toronto earlier this...
TORONTO—Canada's Bell Mobility launched the country's first 1x wireless network in the greater Toronto area, with plans to extend the coverage throughout the year to cover most of the country.Bell Mobility said the new network will deliver "cruising speeds" of up to 86 kilobits...
TORONTO—Bell Mobility has launched a new service that will read news, weather and e-mails to subscribers over their mobile phones. The service, called VoiceNet, also understands thousands of different accents. It is the latest product to emerge from BCE's C$70 million (US$43.7 million) convergence...
SEATTLE—Canada's Bell Mobility announced it will offer a service through ViAir Inc. that will allow mobile professionals to wirelessly access their personal and corporate e-mail, calendar and contact information.The service supports Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes and Internet-based e-mail services. ViAir said almost 30 million...
TORONTO—Bell Canada introduced its VoiceNet voice recognition service allowing its customers to have their e-mail messages and other Sympatico-Lycos Web content read to them through the use of voice commands. The carrier said the service will be offered in English and French to digital...
DENVER, United States, and TORONTO—In the first such announcements from operators for second-generation (2G) networks, two separate network sharing agreements were announced this week—one between two U.S. operators and one between two Canadian carriers.In the United States, Cingular Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless entered into...
TORONTO-Canadian wireless carriers are bracing for tougher times as they gear up for faster 2.5-generation (2.5G) services. The four national carriers-Bell Mobility, Microcell, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Telus Mobility-posted disappointing second-quarter results, reflecting the overall slowdown in the market."Canadian pricing is even more competitive...
DALLAS, Texas, United States—WebLink Wireless said it reached a deal with Mexican wireless carrier Digitel to offer two-way messaging services in Mexico."Expanding our two-way services into Mexico is something we are very excited about and have been looking forward to providing to our customers,"...
In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now the CDMA operators and manufacturers seem to be gloating, sometimes quietly and sometimes on rooftops, that they are a few...
Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago with its advanced phone/personal digital assistant offering.While the company hadn't yet filed as of Friday in the bankruptcy court that...
NEW YORK-In an effort to appeal to global service providers, MobileQ, a software and solution provider, launched the MobileQ MyScape, a multilingual product that enables wireless Web users to customize the content they access on their wireless devices.The product, based on the MobileQ flagship...
NEW YORK-Wireless data is like a diamond in the rough, waiting for ways to smooth out its rough edges into sparkling facets that will attract growing numbers of consumers into increasing amounts of usage.Where there is a business problem, so too exists a business...
As they launch their enhanced data networks, carriers are also planning for the third generation (3G).Carriers that choose cdma2000 have direct paths to 3G because there are no interim overlays and no new networks to build. The first evolutionary phase, cdma2000 1X, is a...
NEW YORK-Rogers Wireless Inc., Toronto, has raised $400 million through a 10-year issue of senior secured notes, which it will use to finance the costs it anticipates through 2003 for construction of a new third-generation network.Formerly known as Rogers Cantel, the carrier recently acquired...
