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NEW YORK-A noteworthy dynamic has developed in which major players like AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS are actively promoting prepaid services, while smaller providers like Dobson …

WASHINGTON-The mobile- phone industry last week opposed a proposed $1.4 million settlement in a health-related privacy lawsuit that provides funds for a registry to be headed by Dr. George Carlo, …

NEW YORK-The tail is wagging the dog when it comes to billing systems capable of meeting the needs of wireless network operators to enhance average revenue per subscriber by charging …

Portugal Oni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated billing solution. The solution includes …

As the Virgin Mobile rumor factory continues to pump out news stories, Sprint PCS finally brought some substance to the situation. The wireless carrier issued a brief, two-sentence release confirming …

NEW YORK-Carrier network sharing, which made headlines this month in Europe with regard to third-generation wireless, is nothing new and will not hurt the prospects of equipment providers, executives of …

Major hardware and software vendors are teaming up to reinforce their strengths and shore up their weaknesses as the wireless industry marches to the third-generation of Internet services. Involved in …

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it has singed a memorandum of understanding with IQ2 Communications Corp., a management and service company that specializes in software development, management, billing and administrative services. …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless introduced its national wireless micropayment billing service, Cingular DirectBill, allowing customers to bill purchases made by wireless phones or from the Internet to their current wireless phone bill. …

Dr. George Carlo has missed his true calling. Carlo, who led the six-year, $28 million effort to study any potential links between wireless phone use and cancer, should write self-help …

The use of affiliates to manage and operate local markets is common in the wireless industry. While the larger carriers use affiliates to help build out their national footprints, affiliates …

Brad Scott does not think one-way paging is dead. “We do believe there is still opportunity in paging, in one-way paging,” he said. “It is a challenging business. It’s certainly …

NEW YORK-As part of its wireless data strategy, TeleCorp PCS officially launched two-way short message service in all its markets May 18 and is offering its customers free three-month trials, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on May 25 denied a petition filed by litigants in a lawsuit complaining that certain of the former GTE Corp.’s billing practices were unjust and unreasonable, …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.LC., the organization headed by Dr. George Carlo that clashed with the cellular industry after researchers found genetic damage from mobile-phone radiation, has entered into a settlement …

NEW YORK-Amdocs Ltd., a St. Louis-based provider of telecommunications billing and related services and software, raised $500 million through the private placement of seven-year senior convertible notes paying 2 percent …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp., a provider of integrated billing and customer care services, signed a two-year contract with AT&T Wireless to provide integrated contact center services in support of AT&T Wireless’ fixed …

Verizon Wireless has signed an agreement with Triad Holdings L.L.C. to acquire Triad’s PCS licenses covering the Southern Oklahoma BTA of Ardmore and Lawton-Duncan. The new area, which covers total …

NEW YORK-Unplugged Games Inc., founded last year with $2 million in venture financing, made public May 15 an agreement reached last month to supply AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital PocketNet …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) is set to ask the General Accounting Office to investigate mobile-phone service problems and consumer complaints across the country, a probe that would be the most …

If the economy is going south for both vendors and operators in the United States, part of the solution may lie in going south, literally. According to a Strategis Group …

NEW YORK-The promise of intelligent networks will be realized in their convergence with the world of the Internet, said Paul G. Florack, co-author of a recently published book, Wireless Intelligent …

NEW YORK-Wireless carriers seeking to reduce customer defections would do well to pay close attention to the important but overlooked linkage between subscriber churn and rising turnover among customer service …

WASHINGTON-The North American Numbering Plan Billing and Collection Inc. has officially asked the Federal Communications Commission to justify bills for work done by an independent contractor. “To the best of …

NEW YORK-With up to seven competitors in some large markets, price wars have begun that are not sustainable as a long-term business case for carriers, telecommunications executives said last week …