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SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Good Technology Inc. said it will partner with Microsoft Corp. to promote the GoodLink wireless corporate e-mail and data system to Microsoft industry partners and resellers. The companies plan …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced it has acquired the business and assets of bankrupt TelesensKSCL Ltd. of Edinburgh, Scotland, a subsidiary of TelesensKSCL AG of Cologne, Germany. TelesensKSCL, which was a developer …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Western European prepaid mobile phone users may be key to generating increased revenues from data services, according to a new report by Analysys. Emily Turnbull, lead author of the …

SANTIAGO, Chile-Chilean mobile operator Smartcom announced it will replace its current billing system from SchlumbergerSema with a new product from Intec Telecom Systems and Logica. Intec will provide its Inter-mediatE …

for mMode REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its e-Wallet integrated billing platform for its mMode service, allowing content providers to charge their digital services directly to customers’ wireless phone …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish supplier Tecnomen said it will begin multimedia messaging service trials in two countries, The Dominican Republic and Indonesia. The Dominican Republic trial will be with France Telecom Dominicana. …

MANILA, The Philippines-The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has asked the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) to affirm a Court of Appeals decision allowing it to proceed with the implementation of a …

HERZELIA, Israel-Formula Telecom Solutions said it completed installation of its billing and customer relationship management software for Bulgarian operator MobilTel. MobilTel is Bulgaria’s largest GSM operator with more than 1.3 …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless introduced its e-Wallet integrated billing platform for its mMode service allowing content providers to charge for their digital services directly to customers’ wireless phone bills or credit …

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MILAN, Italy-Italian greenfield operator H3G said it will use billing and customer care software from Mind CTI for its third-generation (3G) services.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Centennial Communications Corp. extended its information services outsourcing contract with Alltel through 2005. The contract calls for Alltel’s Information Services to continue to provide remote outsourcing of all …

ATLANTA—Intec Telecom Systems announced it has partnered with m-payment solution provider MoreMagic to develop a solution that delivers real-time m-commerce mediation between customers and content. The new technology can: facilitate …

ALBANY, N.Y.—CommSoft announced it will provide Armstrong, an owner and operator of several independent telephone companies, with the CommVergence billing and customer care system for use in a service bureau …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Cellular operators need to market mobile entertainment applications more aggressively if many more games applications developers are not to go out of business. This is the view of international …

HONG KONG—Verizon Wireless Inc. is the first customer for Lightbridge Inc.’s Mobile Data Manager, a new service that enables carriers to allow users to self-provision data services. Mobile Data Manager …

CUPERTINO, Calif.—Vodafone’s Sweden business announced it will replace its old billing system with Portal Software Inc.’s Infranet Wireless convergent billing software, for use with its messaging and voice services. Separately, …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.—Although a variety of companies are working toward creating a market for wireless streaming video, and carriers have talked up the technology, Probe Research in a new report …

ATLANTA, United States—U.S. company Inet Technologies said it deployed its short message service tracking and billing technology for Globe Telecom in the Philippines. The solution will help Globe validate interconnection …

BOSTON—Canadian wireless operator Microcell Telecommunications Inc. launched SpeechWorks International Inc.’s speech-activated customer service application for its Fido brand wireless service. The SpeechWorks service is designed to allow customers to automatically …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Some trends are beginning to emerge in the European multimedia messaging service (MMS) market following the launch of services by several operators. However, there is still a distinct split …

TORONTO—Wireless carriers Telus Mobility and Rogers Wireless Communications plan to charge new cell-phone users by the minute instead of by the second. This change in billing is expected to help …

CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom will reportedly exit the U.S. wireless resale business during the coming months. The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom’s general counsel to several key …

CLINTON, Miss.—WorldCom Inc. will reportedly exit the wireless resale business during the coming months. The San Francisco Chronicle said it obtained a letter from WorldCom’s general counsel to several key …

BERNE, Switzerland—Swisscom Mobile said it will begin offering multimedia messaging services on June 3, following MMS launches from Telecom Italia Mobile and Vodafone Telecel in Portugal last week. Swisscom Mobile …