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SINGAPORE-Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.-backed mobile phone company One.Tel announced its intention to pull out of the Singapore telecommunications market, citing Singapore Telecom as creating an unfavorable environment. One.Tel will move …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

WESTBORO, Mass.-TeleKnowledge and Tundo Corp. have entered a joint marketing alliance under which TeleKnowledge’s e-software will be integrated with Tundo’s Network Telephony System to provide new billing solutions, the companies …

Wireless service providers looking to reduce customer churn have relied on potential revenue-losing means to keep customers loyal, including offering discounted service plans with contracts or giving away new phones …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Veritas Software Corp. and Corsair Communications Inc., a provider of real-time billing and mobile commerce systems, plan to deliver integrated and optimized application solutions to wireless carriers. The …

Congress approved legislation that will increase to 600,000 the number of visas issued to skilled foreign workers during the next three years. The measure also includes provisions funding scholarships for …

Amdocs will integrate its IAF Horizon billing, rating, customer-care and service management solution with Comptel plc’s MDS mediation software to provide mobile Internet Protocol service providers with an integrated billing …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tibco Software Inc., which provides real-time infrastructure software for e-business, is deploying Nokia Corp.’s WAP technology for its Tibco MobileConnect third-generation networks, enabling mobile access to personalized services and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, having recently declared that state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from awarding monetary damages in wireless consumer fraud lawsuits, has now been asked to …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs, a customer care, billing and order management solutions supplier, reported an agreement with Sprint PCS to provide and support billing systems. The initial phase of the agreement calls …

VILNIUS, Lithuania-Lithuanian GSM operator UAB Omnitel awarded Motorola Inc. a contract to supply and deploy GPRS mobile data services on Omnitel’s GSM network. The GPRS solution includes Motorola’s Smart Mediator, …

At the GSM Association we believe third-generation Global System for Mobile Communications (3GSM) will truly mean an exciting worldwide revolution in human communications. It will be a revolution that enables …

WASHINGTON-From the beginning, the stickiest issue with the implementation of wireless enhanced 911 has been who would pay for what and when. This issue has come to the forefront again …

With all the wireless enabling solutions, wireless application service providers, devices, software and networks available today, it’s not too difficult to see how dot-coms and corporate entities mulling wireless extension …

NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting released its Mobile Micropayments prototype, illustrating how consumers can purchase items using an Internet billing solution from a wireless phone without incurring charges on their phone bills …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

BUCHAREST, Romania-At the end of August, the prime ministers of Lithuania and Latvia met to discuss the possibility of granting just one Universal Mobile Telecom-munications System license across the Baltic …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs expanded its Ensemble customer care, billing and order management system installed at Pacific Bell Wireless to provide full support for GPRS services. Amdocs completed initial deployment of the …

Voice traffic carried over Western Europe’s cellular networks will increase more than fivefold between 1999 and 2005 to reach 1.1 trillion minutes per year, according to a new study from …

MEXICO CITY-Since paging services started in Mexico in 1993, carriers have made large investments in advertising and marketing strategies. Biper, the country’s largest messaging company, has focused its marketing efforts …

BUCHAREST, Romania-As European wireless penetration rates increase, operators are looking to new services, including short message service (SMS) and fax and data transmissions, to increase profit margins. Another application, mobile …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-In a cash-strapped society and an environment where wireless technology is expected to supplant fixed telephony, prepaid has become a panacea for new African operators-so much so that …