OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS is offering its voice-dialing service for no charge to users who are blind, visually impaired or physically disabled, the carrier said Thursday. The free service, which works on any Sprint phone, allows calls to be dialed by speaking the desired...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions announced a new mobile virtual network operator bundle based on its X-treme Mobility Suite. The network-independent bundle includes an intermediation proxy, service logic and activity management, and content and VASP management, said the company. The intermediation proxy allows segmentation of...
Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine their efforts if they...
DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, according to a survey commissioned by billing and customer-care company CSG Systems. More than...
DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, according to a survey commissioned by billing and customer-care company CSG Systems.More than 67...
Verizon Wireless expanded its popular "IN" network calling plans to its text and multimedia messaging services, allowing customers to send and receive unlimited messages between other Verizon Wireless customers beginning at $5 per month. The plan includes the carrier's Mobile TXT text messaging, PIX...
Two key lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would authorize the Justice Department to use wiretaps to investigate and prosecute criminal antitrust conspiracies. Somehow I cannot not see Big Brother listening in on a day in the life of Ivan Seidenberg, whose Verizon Communication's Inc....
WASHINGTON-Public-safety advocates Tuesday told President George W. Bush that Voice over Internet Protocol services need to be required to have access to enhanced 911 services regardless of how VoIP is otherwise regulated. "The public has an expectation that telephone services will provide 911 and...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless reported that its customers can participate in this weekend's National Basketball Association All-Star festivities from their wireless handsets. The carrier said interested customers can send a text message to 622, which will register them for participation in voting for the All-Star...
CANNES, France-The wireless market in India counts 47 million subscribers, according to a report conducted by Ovum and presented by the GSM Association this week. According to the report, the Indian wireless market grew by 87 percent between September 2003 and September 2004.However, more...
Around the world, carriers are looking to boost wireless data sales to offset razor-thin profit margins from voice services. And they're getting a lot of help. NMS Communications last week launched a framework that allows carriers to manage subscriber relations, track information from wireless...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications launched a framework that allows carriers to manage subscriber relations, track information from wireless data transactions and target marketing strategies, the mobile technology company said Tuesday. NMS unveiled Mobile Place, which is designed to allow operators to leverage mobile entertainment content...
WASHINGTON-Acquisition news continues its frantic pace with InPhonic Inc. and SmartServ Online Inc. both announcing purchases. First, Internet phone retailer InPhonic said it bought privately held A1 Wireless USA Inc., which also sells mobile phones over the Internet, for $20.9 million in cash and...
Acquisition news continues its frantic pace with InPhonic Inc. and SmartServ Online Inc. both announcing purchases.First, Internet phone retailer InPhonic said it bought privately held A1 Wireless USA Inc., which also sells mobile phones over the Internet, for $20.9 million in cash and stock....
Unsatisfied with the same old phone selection from your local wireless provider? Shopping for a unique device that will amaze your friends and colleagues? Look no further than the world of online phone auctions. Ebay and other online Internet auctions offer a staggering range...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. enjoyed both a boost in its stock price as well as the release of its Voq smart phone in Canada.Sierra Wireless' stock jumped from around $19 per share to $21 in trading Wednesday. In Thursday trading the company's stock...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision that it has jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol matters will increase pressure on Congress to pass legislation next year to reform the universal-service program, said the top lobbyist for state regulators. "The two things that people were predicting...
Vodafone Group plc launched its UMTS-based Vodafone live! service across its operations in 13 countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In connection with the "global" launch, Vodafone also announced the availability...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Messaging provider Jinny Software released two new product bundles designed to deliver short message service, multimedia messaging service and other offerings to mobile operators.VAS2GO is targeted at mobile operators with small customer bases looking to launch or expand existing messaging systems. It includes...
KONIGSWINTER, Germany-At a forum in Germany, Siemens AG tested a mobile network with data rates of up to 360 megabits per second (Mbps) using a combination of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multi-hop technology, a new infrastructure concept, the supplier said.Siemens said it previously...
LONDON-European wireless operator Orange plc commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive results with 58 percent of users declaring they would change their handsets to...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecommunications offerings would see...
European wireless operator Orange commercially launched its push-to-talk Talk Now service on its U.K. network following nine months of customer trials across Europe. The carrier said the trials produced positive results with 58 percent of users declaring they would change their handsets to use...
It's a bird-it's a plane-it's a Stratellite high-altitude airship that enables wireless communications from the Earth's stratosphere?Sanswire Networks L.L.C.'s vision for a national wireless broadband network began as just that-a vision that wireless high-speed Internet access could be available from anywhere in the world.To...
