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ST LOUIS, United States-Amdocs said it will provide BCP in Brazil with a billing and customer management platform for current and future voice and data services. Amdocs said its upgrade …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. issued separate announcements on their programs that help software developers in the wireless arena. Lucent unveiled a new software development kit to enable …

KANATA, Ontario-Bridgewater Systems will demonstrate the latest addition to its suite of 802.11 offerings, the Wi-Fi Service Manager, a managed wireless local area network service for enterprises, at CTIA Wireless …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Wireless Internet users could increase by 300 percent by 2007, with demand on the rise from this year forward, according to the “Wireless Internet Year-End 2002 Review and …

HUNTINGTON, N.Y.-CirckaMedia Inc. has released a Web service application programming interface for management of promotions and campaigns delivered to desktop computers and mobile communications devices. The CirckaAPI defines how developers …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Latin American subsidiaries of Telef

CHICAGO-PCTel Inc. has made commercially available its new Segue Roaming Client, which it said would help “resolve the problems that service providers and subscribers encounter when roaming (between) wide area …

DULLES, Va.-Core Communications, a managed network services provider for the hospitality and meeting industries, has selected NetAccess, a broadband subscriber management solution developed by San Diego-based IP3 Networks Inc. for …

CANNES, France-Intrado Inc. said it teamed with location-services provider Mobilaris to offer a bundled location-service solution, which the companies said will be capable of sophisticated service-based billing and support new …

CANNES, France-The Open Mobile Alliance standards body said it completed two interoperability tests in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress, and that it approved two new sets of specifications. The …

CANNES, France-TSI Telecom Services Inc. said it has launched GSM network transport and conversion services known as SCCP gateway services and has signed up Japanese carrier J-Phone as its first …

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. has restated its financial results for 2001 and 2000 following an internal review. Qwest said its revenue for full year 2001 was $18.37 million, down $1.325 …

PARIS-Alcatel will launch version 2.0 of its Multimedia Messaging Services at the upcoming 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The products feature a high-performance ratio per cost per unit; interoperability …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge sent back to state court a lawsuit to stop Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint PCS from listing charges on mobile-phone bills that Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported $21.1 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2002, a 48-percent increase compared with the $14.3 million the company reported for the fourth …

WASHINGTON-Maryland State Sen. Brian Frosh (D) and two other lawmakers have introduced legislation to step up regulation of mobile phone carriers, continuing a growing trend of state activism throughout the …

IRVINE, Calif.-Continuing their 10-year relationship, billing company Primal Solutions Inc. said it signed a new $13 million agreement with paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Inc. for customer care and billing …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN Nigeria announced it will begin to bill its prepaid customers based on seconds. Adrian Wood, chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria, said the board …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. named Wayne Wisehart chief financial officer effective Jan. 30 and promoted Theresa Gillespie to vice chair. Wisehart spent 16 years at Palmer Communications and Palmer Wireless, …

WASHINGTON-The states are preparing to crack down on the mobile-phone industry. Twenty-two attorneys general, who have been collecting information from wireless carriers during the past two years, are laying the …

WASHINGTON-The states are preparing to crack down on the mobile-phone industry. Twenty-two attorneys general, who have been collecting information from wireless carriers the past two years, are laying the groundwork …

WASHINGTON-One of the most contentious wireless issues in Europe-mobile phone termination fees-is has landed in the United States as Bush administration trade and telecom officials investigate whether U.S. telecom carriers …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. demonstrated the seamless Internet session hand-off between two base stations using its i-BURST technology near its San Jose, Calif., headquarters. During the demonstration, an ArrayComm team …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-EBay Inc., the online auctioneer, has selected as its exclusive billing platform the Kenan/BP solution from CSG Systems Inc. Under the agreement, eBay also will deploy the CSG Kenan …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The Ugandan Consumer Protection Association (UCPA) has called on mobile network operators to begin billing subscribers by the second and not by the minute. Mobile calls in Uganda …