Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has launched service in Americus, Ga., as part of a multimillion-dollar expansion of its Georgia network. The new coverage includes eight cell sites covering more than 990 square miles and provides enhanced service in Sumter, Lee and Macon Counties....
MONROE, La.-Regional telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc. said that network coverage issues have delayed its plans to begin offering wireless services using Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s network under a mobile virtual network operator arrangement. CenturyTel noted that it was trialing the service with Cingular in a...
Regional telecommunications provider CenturyTel Inc. said that network coverage issues have delayed its plans to begin offering wireless services using Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s network under a mobile virtual network operator arrangement. CenturyTel noted that it was trialing the service with Cingular in a pair...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless enhanced its online My Account customer service and billing option with text-messaging capabilities, allowing customers to have personalized alerts notifying them of specific account and billing activity sent to text messaging-enabled handsets.The personalized alert categories include informing customers when their bills...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has launched service in Americus, Ga., as part of a multi-million dollar expansion of its Georgia network. The new coverage includes eight cell sites covering more than 990 square miles and provides enhanced service in Sumter, Lee and Macon...
Three of the industry's six largest wireless operators posted first-quarter financial results in line with analysts estimates and ahead of 2004 results, demonstrating there is still plenty of growth left in the wireless industry. Building on its industry-leading customer growth during the fourth quarter...
CallWave Inc. is looking to break into the wireless market with Voice over IP technology, but not exactly in the way some would expect. CallWave is not a VoIP carrier like Vonage Holdings Corp. The company does not transmit or connect calls, nor does...
WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated two challenges to the Federal Communications Commission's recent truth-in-billing decision in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The FCC in March extended truth-in-billing to wireless carriers, but rejected a consumer group's request to...
Last year marked somewhat of a turnaround for the worldwide wireless industry-carrier capex spending increased by 18 percent in 2004 compared with 2003 levels after several years of declines, according to UBS. The same was true in North America, where capital expenditures increased 7...
LONDON-Mobile software developer Amplefuture unveiled a new offering that allows music providers to market and deliver tunes directly to wireless users.Amplefuture said it will market Pocket Player to companies looking to launch their own branded digital music download services to handsets and PCs. The...
WASHINGTON-Challenges to a Federal Communications Commission decision extending truth-in-billing to mobile phone carriers-without banning line-item regulatory recovery fees-are now pending in two federal appeals courts. The Vermont Public Service Board is contesting the FCC's truth-in-billing order-which also pre-empted state regulation of line-item fees-in the...
TURKEYTurkish carrier AVEA Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. selected Nokia to supply a commercial Push to Talk over Cellular solution. The deal also includes Nokia's Presence solution. The vendor will provide installation, commissioning and project management services, in addition to consulting work to integrate PoC to...
WASHINGTON-Legislation to make a bill of rights for telecom consumers a state law has moved forward in the California legislature, countering efforts by a state regulator to revise-and possibly overhaul-new mobile-phone carrier regulations approved last year but not yet effective. The Senate Energy, Utilities...
Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, end users can enjoy services such as music downloads and file sharing, video on...
MusiKube broke an almost year-long silence last week, resurfacing to launch a mobile music identification application that allows users to purchase ringtones directly over their handsets. With the service, called SongLink'd, a mobile user can play a tune directly into a phone and receive...
NEW ORLEANS-VeriSign Inc. said its push-to-talk service is now available for evaluation by North American and Latin American CDMA operators. "Consumers and enterprise users are demanding instant and secure access to voice and content via their wireless devices," said Vernon Irvin, executive vice president...
Sprint PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. said it plans to acquire fellow affiliate Horizon PCS Inc., creating the third-largest network affiliate. The deal calls for Horizon shareholders to receive 0.7725 iPCS shares for each Horizon share owned, with iPCS stakeholders owning approximately 57.5 percent of...
CINCINNATI-ESPN announced it will use billing services from Convergys Corp. for its ESPN Mobile mobile virtual network operator offering."We continue to focus on serving fans and creating the best experience we can, and we want to ensure the billing process runs smoothly for fans,"...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Bytemobile Inc. said it has acquired ProQuent Systems Corp. in a stock-for-stock exchange.The companies did not, however, disclose the value in dollar terms.ProQuent provides multiple-services switching platforms for intelligent tracking, analyzing, authorizing and enforcing solutions for operators.Bytemobile also said T-Mobile UK has...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has implemented Convergys Corp.'s Infinys rating and billing software within its systems architecture to support its growing wireless data offerings. Convergys added that the Infinys solution would allow Verizon Wireless to customize its software to meet specific billing and...
WARWICK, R.I.-Wireless broadband service provider ICOA Inc. said it signed a three-year agreement with the Norfolk Airport Authority for ICOA's subsidiary Airport Network Solutions to provide public and private Wi-Fi services throughout the Norfolk, Va., International Airport terminal. ICOA noted that with the latest...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile messaging and billing company mBlox Inc. scored $7.5 million from Orix Venture Finance L.L.C. The company to date has raised more than $25.8 million in funding. "Orix chose to fund mBlox because it believes in our business plan and in the strength...
WASHINGTON-The City of San Francisco and a consumer group asked the California Public Utilities Commission for a rehearing of the agency's decision to suspend the telecom consumer bill of rights while the new guidelines are re-examined."The commission's decision staying the bill of rights is...
WASHINGTON-New California Public Utilities Commission member Dian Grueneich signaled she is not prepared to throw out the bill of rights for telecom consumers, saying the agency should reinstate some guidelines that are now on hold as a result of a decision earlier this year...
