DENVER-Consumer-friendly pervasive telephony technologies were the focus of last week's Zelos Group's Pervasive 2003 show here. Directory assistance and speech-recognition technologies, both hot topics in the wireless industry, took center stage.Converging those themes was TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which has expertise in enhanced 911 services...
The advent of packet-data networks and all the resulting applications-from picture messaging to push-to-talk services-creates a host of new issues that network operators and other wireless players must confront. And one important although potentially overlooked issue has absolutely nothing to do with making money...
PARIS-French supplier Alcatel Corp. said Thailand's TA Orange signed a $100 million contract with Alcatel for a network enhancement.Alcatel will supply base stations and related equipment to increase coverage and capacity in Bangkok and the provinces by January. The contract also includes the extension...
PARIS-The WLAN Smart Card Consortium has released a smart card specification to allow hot-spot operators to use subscriber identity module technology for wireless local area network authentication. The specification will allow mobile operators to securely use existing roaming, billing and back-office infrastructure in WLAN...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Global Wi-Fi use will grow at a record pace, reaching 707 million users by 2008, according to predictions from Pyramid Research. However, the research firm expects Wi-Fi prices to fall at an equally rapid pace, with average revenue per user dropping from $30...
Beaten back by a lackluster economy and ambivalent wireless users, an assortment of veteran wireless data players has sought refuge in the company of network operators. By targeting wireless carriers, these companies are looking to find a stable customer base amid a cutthroat business...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd., marking Convergys' first product deployment in China. Convergys will integrate its Activation Manager with the carrier's incumbent billing platform and support offerings in 17...
WOBURN, Mass.-Despite positive second-quarter financial results from Boston Communications Group Inc., the company's stock was down nearly 35 percent Thursday on news that its largest customer, Verizon Wireless, might transition from the BCGI prepaid solution to its own in-house platform. BCGI said its contract...
Despite positive second-quarter financial results from Boston Communications Group Inc., the company's stock was down nearly 35 percent Thursday on the news that its largest customer, Verizon Wireless, might transition from the BCGI prepaid solution to its own in-house platform. BCGI said its contract...
Convergys gets China Unicom contractCINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. has licensed its Activation Manager provisioning module to China Unicom Guangdong, a provincial operator of China Unicom Ltd., marking Convergys' first product deployment in China. Convergys will integrate its Activation Manager with the carrier's incumbent billing platform and...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Colombia Movil SA, an emerging wireless service provider in Latin America, has chosen Portal Software Inc.'s Infranet customer relationship management and billing solution for is GSM/GPRS network.Colombia Movil expects to grow to 1 million subscribers during the next two years and plans to...
TAMPA-Telecommunication Services Inc. (TSI) and Boingo Wireless plan to jointly promote wireless local and wide area network roaming in an effort to drive the adoption of wireless data and increase revenues from the services. "By combining TSI's authentication, billing and reporting expertise with...
As next-generation speeds make their way into the wireless world, operators face the challenge that the resulting deluge of traffic on their networks may be too much to monitor, setting the stage for a potential crisis.Operation support systems, which have eaten humble pie until...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-A pornographic newspaper in the United Kingdom said it has managed to develop a business around wireless porn by sending adult content to mobile-phone owners-bypassing the standard carrier sales channel.Users pay up to about $8 per month to access the content."We needed...
WASHINGTON-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon late last week reached a settlement with Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS that ends a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to trial in early October. The agreement requires both carriers to use clearer and more...
WASHINGTON-Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon today said Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS have agreed to settle a wireless consumer lawsuit that was to have gone to trial in early October. The agreement requires both carriers to use clearer and more explanatory language in...
A pornographic newspaper in the United Kingdom said it has managed to develop a business around wireless porn by sending adult content to mobile-phone owners-bypassing the standard carrier sales channel.Users pay up to about $8 per month to access the content."We needed an easy...
Catfish are jumpin'! Seems that Korn Ferry-a high falutin' company that puts folks in high-paying jobs in big cities-has Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) on the line for the top spot at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. How ya' like that.On paper, Pickering, who...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is negotiating with the California Public Service Utilities Commission to settle a year-long probe of the nation's No. 2 mobile-phone carrier's business practices, a development that could signal a strategy shift in industry as states contemplate landmark legal and regulatory action...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc will cut 480 jobs in the United Kingdom, according to international press reports.The cuts will be made at Cellular Operations, a provider of customer service and billing services. Vodafone bought the company earlier this year.About 50 specialized staff will be kept...
In an industry drowning in acronyms and meaningless catch phrases, few labels are as hard to pin down as the European-derived mobile virtual network operator. Separately the words are familiar and seem to have meaning, but when put together to describe a business model...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc will cut 480 jobs in the United Kingdom, according to international press reports.The cuts will be made at Cellular Operations, a provider of customer service and billing services. Vodafone bought the company earlier this year.About 50 specialized staff will be kept...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. and Touch America Holdings Inc. reported an agreement in principle to continue to provide services between the companies that maintain service quality and reliability for Qwest and Touch America customers during Touch America's bankruptcy proceeding.The agreement calls for Qwest to...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—Several more billing companies announced news as Billing World 2003 kicked off June 24 in Miami Beach, Fla. Portal Software Inc. said Microsoft Corp. will integrate Portal’s billing and subscriber management software platform with Microsoft .NET technologies to offer service providers a...
