LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp., which provides network-edge real-time accounting and billing technologies for the wireless industry, announced it expanded its agreement and joint marketing efforts with SchlumbergerSema.Beyond developing and marketing SchlumbergerSema Telemac-enabled SIM cards for GSM wireless devices in North America, the companies will also...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless and Amdocs announced that Cable & Wireless Regional will implement Amdocs Ensemble for billing and customer care for its mobile operations in the West Indies and Macau.With the Ensemble billing platform, Amdocs will provide Cable & Wireless with customer hierarchy capabilities,...
NEW ORLEANS-Petroleum Communications, which provides cellular and broadband satellite communications to drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, will use the speedSUITE billing and customer relationship management system of VeriSign Inc., Mountain View, Calif., under an agreement announced August 22.
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Disposable phone manufacturer Hop-On announced it selected Infea L.L.C. for prepaid airtime and replenishments.Under the non-exclusive agreement, Infea's distribution subsidiary will provide airtime, fulfillment, number management and replenishments for Hop-On's disposable CDMA phones in select initial geographic regions in the United States.Infea's...
NEW DELHI, India-Thai Mobile, the joint venture between the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) formed to operate a 1900 MHz mobile-phone system, has signed Samart E-trading and International Engineering Company (IEC) for marketing, billing and customer services.The...
TOKYO-With its competitors' next-generation services clearly outpacing its own offerings, NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it will cut i-mode packet transmission fees for PDC and FOMA customers beginning Sept. 1 and will introduce a new pricing structure for both services.The new plan will see PDC...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-The Intelligent Network-based "Prepaid Solution" of Comverse has secured approval for interoperability with Nortel Networks' IS-41P, a proprietary IN signaling protocol for CDMA and TDMA mobile switches.Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology, said in its August 19 announcement that it is the first...
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Tessco Technologies Inc., which supplies integrated products and supply chain solutions to the wireless industry, and Airpath Wireless Inc., which specializes in the creation, deployment and interconnection of Wi-Fi hot spot Internet access, announced they will partner to offer Airpath's Wi-Fi solutions.Under...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-A new report from Probe Research identified several characteristics of next-generation broadband mobile terminals that are at odds with the current preferences expressed by consumers, and consequently make the design and marketing of advanced mobile terminals a challenge for vendors."Current voice-centric mobile...
WALTHAM, Mass.-NetCracker Technology announced telecom infrastructure services provider TelNet Worldwide has chosen the NetCracker OSS solution suite, which includes Order Management, Inventory Management and Trouble Ticketing, as the foundation for its back office.With the NetCracker solution, TelNet customers will have: real-time, Web-based access to...
BEIJING-Nortel Networks said it signed a US$26.8 million GSM contract to supply China Mobile with equipment for the carrier's cellular network in the Shaanxi province.The equipment, which will include radio access and core switching equipment, is designed to increase network capacity and services, such...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has completed its $1.9 billion purchase of local telephone properties in Kentucky from Verizon Communications Inc. and its $1.6 billion dollar purchase of CenturyTel Inc.'s wireless assets.The wireless properties include more than 700,000 customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Michigan,...
MANKATO, Minn.-Kerrville, Texas-based Concho Cellular Telephone Co. Inc. signed a contract with HickoryTech Corp. to use its Write2k billing solution in its central Texas markets.Financial terms of the contract were not released.
NEW DELHI, India-Indian cellular operator Bharti Cellular launched a mobile-phone service in Mumbai (Bombay) on 23 July. The operator unveiled a number of value-added offerings to its service, including free roaming and 30-second billing rates-a first in the Indian market. The operator hopes this...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Data optimization company Bytemobile Inc. made a series of new announcements, including new partnerships and licensing agreements.Bytemobile said it gained access to image compression technology through a licensing deal with AirZip Inc. and event-based reporting and billing technology through a similar deal...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-WaterCove Networks and Ulticom Inc. have aligned to combine Ulticom's signaling capabilities with WaterCove's Mobile Data Services System.According to the companies, the combination will offer carriers a way to protect their current-generation voice switching, services and billing equipment while they migrate to integrated...
JOHANNEBSBURG, South Africa-MTN South Africa announced its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) pricing strategy and some of the initial applications that will be available at the time of commercial launch. However, the pricing will not be implemented until October.The operator is currently offering free...
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 to show off the GoodLink system at Microsoft's annual industry partner event, Fusion 2002, taking...
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 and licenser of billing systems for voice and data services to 19 million telecommunications customers...
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 report explains: "Prepaid customers already account for 63 percent of active mobile users in Western...
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 billing product, while Logica will provide the consulting and implementation services."The Inter-mediatE solution is replacing...
for mModeREDMOND, 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 bills or credit cards. The carrier said the billing platform, which is powered by Qpass,...
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. The Orange operator has deployed Tecnomen's integrated push feature."The trials will give 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 memorandum circular, mandating, among other things, a minimum six-second charge for cellular phone calls....
