WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. said it has signed a contract with Coastel Communications of Lafayette, La., to provide its Voyager Billing and Customer Care offering, which BCGI said includes a solution for customer management, including retail operations and inventory management, network provisioning, inter-carrier...
An Aug. 25 news brief on Page 7 regarding a patent lawsuit between Boston Communications Group Inc. and Freedom Wireless Inc. was incorrect. It should have been reported instead that the court denied a motion from BCGI and its carrier customers to reconsider the...
PHOENIX-Freedom Wireless Inc. received a favorable ruling in its patent infringement lawsuit against Boston Communications Group Inc. and several wireless carriers. Freedom Wireless alleged that two of its U.S. patents relating to prepaid platforms were infringed by BCGI and certain of its wireless carrier...
PHOENIX-Freedom Wireless Inc. has received a favorable ruling in its patent infringement lawsuit against Boston Communications Group Inc. and several wireless carriers, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Freedom Wireless alleged that two of its U.S. patents relating to...
WOBURN, Mass.-Despite positive second-quarter financial results from Boston Communications Group Inc., the company's stock was down nearly 35 percent Thursday on news that its largest customer, Verizon Wireless, might transition from the BCGI prepaid solution to its own in-house platform. BCGI said its contract...
Despite positive second-quarter financial results from Boston Communications Group Inc., the company's stock was down nearly 35 percent Thursday on the news that its largest customer, Verizon Wireless, might transition from the BCGI prepaid solution to its own in-house platform. BCGI said its contract...
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported record first-quarter earnings of $23.1 million, a 53 percent increase from the same period a year ago.The telecommunications billing and transaction processing company, known best for its prepaid wireless services, earned net income of $3.3 million, or 18...
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 quarter of 2001. For the year revenue increased from $66.3 million in 2001 to...
WOBURN, Mass.- Centennial Communications Corp. has signed a multi-year contract with Boston Communications Group Inc. for BCGI's Prepaid Connection solution.Centennial Wireless has implemented the prepaid solution in U.S. markets serving approximately 6 million people across Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, in an...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile L.L.C., which offers telecommunications services targeted at the youth market, has selected Boston Communications Group Inc. to implement its prepaid wireless program.Nextel Communications Inc., which offers Boost Mobile service on its iDEN network, formed Boost Mobile with the founders of Boost,...
PHOENIX-Freedom Wireless Inc. announced two favorable rulings in its patent infringement suit against Boston Communications Group Inc. and several wireless carriers including Verizon Wireless Inc.One ruling concluded that Freedom had not violated a settlement agreement by bringing the patent infringement suit, as Verizon Wireless...
WOBURN, Mass.-Positive earnings, a new contract and a new business line were among Boston Communications Group Inc.'s announcements this week.The company said its net income for the second quarter totaled $1.4 million, or 8 cents per share-well above the projected 3 to 4 cents...
WOBURN, Mass.-Cingular Wireless signed a multi-year contract with Boston Communications Group Inc. to expand its implementation of BCGI's prepaid wireless service offering in all of Cingular's TDMA markets nationwide.BCGI said the expanded offering would include support for nationwide roaming, caller identification, call waiting, voice...
ARLINGTON, Va.—E*TRADE Group Inc. announced that its subsidiary, E*TRADE Access Inc., which boasts one of the most extensive ATM networks in the United States, will participate in Boston Communications Group Inc.'s Distribution Partnership Program that provides universal access to prepaid wireless airtime.The agreement will...
WOBURN, Mass.-Prepaid wireless service provider Boston Communications Group Inc. reported a fourth quarter profit ahead of analyst expectations, but issued a warning on 2001 results.Fourth-quarter revenues increased from $17.1 million in 1999 to $19.3 million last year, with net income rising from $534,000 in...
NEW YORK-Domestic wireless operators have begun to take prepaid services seriously, although it will be awhile before they approach the successful benchmark set by their European counterparts.Comfort with credit is a key distinction between American consumers and those abroad, where cash is king. Prepaid...
WOBURN, Mass.-Prepaid service provider Boston Communications Group Inc. and Cincinnati Bell Wireless announced their plans to launch a mobile commerce trial program for online shopping.The companies will test whether Cincinnati Bell's prepaid service will allow subscribers to make purchases through proprietary content added to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched its National Prepay Wireless service.A specially-priced starter kit now is available. Customers who purchase a starter time card beginning at $30 and one of several tri-mode mobile phones get a mail-in rebate for two $30 prepay cards.Replenishment cards come in...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications Systems Inc., an Annapolis, Md., network developer, priced its initial public offering of 4.7 million shares last week at $17 each. The issue began trading the next day on Nasdaq at an opening price of $22.50.Chase H&Q was lead underwriter for the...
NEW YORK-With an estimated 5 million American customers today, prepaid wireless services have yet to fulfill their promise, but that potential is getting closer to realization.Within the next several years, analysts from The Yankee Group, the Strategis Group and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities...
WASHINGTON-The leading provider of prepaid wireless services believes one main reason the United States is falling behind Europe in wireless customer take rates is the lack of calling party pays service."We are substantially behind Europe . That's not forward effort but backwards efforts even...
Crown Castle InternationalCrown Castle International Corp. announced Michael G. Ramke has been named vice president of business development for the United States and Philip M. Kelley has been named vice president of business development internationally. Ramke served as vice president since April 1998 and...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Celumovil, the largest cellular service provider in Colombia, chose CellStar to provide distribution and value-added services.Under terms of the two-year agreement, CellStar will serve as the exclusive provider of cellular phones and accessory inventory to Celumovil and its distribution network....
WOBURN, Mass.-Cable and Wireless Caribbean Cellular launched its prepaid service under the brand name "Freedom Prepaid Cellular" and selected the Systems Division of Boston Communications Group Inc. as the preferred system provider, with multi-island deployments in the Caribbean, said BCGI."This implementation of the BCGI...
