Vodafone Group plc reported its strongest quarter since 2000, posting 5.4 million net customer additions to bring its worldwide subscriber base to 151.8 million. Vodafone's announcement also offered a glimpse into Verizon Wireless' fourth-quarter results to be announced Thursday. According to Vodafone's numbers, Verizon...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-Kodiak Networks reported that Montana-based rural wireless provider 3Rivers Wireless plans to deploy Kodiak's Real Time Exchange System and accompanying push-to-talk service. Kodiak noted its RTX System is network technology agnostic and is compatible with both digital and analog networks. Kodiak added...
McDonald's restaurants in the Pacific Northwest will give away ringtones, wallpaper and coupons to wireless handsets during a Web-based promotional campaign, the fast-food chain said Wednesday. McDonald's will use the Web site www.mobilestr33t.com as a focal point for the campaign to offer ringtones from...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Thanks to a deal between operator CoTeCal and ZTE Corp., the country will witness its first CDMA 450 MHz network, according to the Chinese vendor.ZTE said the carrier will provide services such as voice, G3 fax and high-ratio packed data through ZTE's...
MILAN, Italy-Italian carrier Telecom Italia said it plans to sell its 54.76-percent equity stake in Entel S.A. to Almendral S.A., a holding company listed on the Santiago stock exchange in Chile and controlled by a consortium of entrepreneurs. Entel owns Entel PCS, a mobile...
TAMPA, Fla.-Wireless retailer and Wi-Fi hot-spot provider FTS Wireless Inc. said it plans to begin marketing Alltel Corp.'s wireless products and services next month. The company currently distributes wireless products from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Corp. in select markets."Alltel has a solid footprint...
The nation's three largest wireless operators have the highest percentage of customers under contract for more than 12 months, according to consumer data research compiled by Stax Inc. The research firm noted that 43.1 percent of Verizon Wireless customers, 42.9 percent of Cingular Wireless...
SEATTLE-M-commerce software developer Qpass announced Tuesday that it had acquired ucp morgen, a Vienna, Austria-based developer of content delivery software for network operators and content providers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Qpass said it will use the acquisition to broaden its product line...
Despite a rash of operational difficulties during the past several years that led to its eventual sale to rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Forrester Research Inc. found that AT&T Wireless Services Inc. was the leading wireless provider of next-generation business services, according to a survey...
ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose the value of the contract, but said it will provide circuit and packet core...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy's third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value of the contract was not disclosed, but Ericsson noted the deal's importance. "This is...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will expand its Spanish-based "Nextel. Ya." advertising campaign to Hispanic communities in Orlando and Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Philadelphia; Fresno and Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The campaign, which was created by Accentmarketing, builds on the carrier's "Nextel. Done."...
WASHINGTON-Homeland security-as an overarching national policy and an omnipresent mindset created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks-has been a mixed blessing for a wireless industry which already had a good thing going generating hundreds of billions of dollars annually from...
WASHINGTON-Several Supreme Court justices appeared not to buy arguments that municipalities are liable for attorneys' fees and damages when they lose antenna-siting court cases. The case has huge monetary and indirect policy implications, but it will not settle the divisive federal-state issue of antenna-siting...
Mobile workers are discovering there's nothing more tethering than wireless devices. As advancing technologies enable 24/7 communications and monitoring capabilities, the once-clear lines between "company time" and "private time" are blurring. Employees are wrestling with how to be accessible without sacrificing their personal lives,...
As the nation's largest wireless carriers consolidate, large questions remain about what these companies should do with their existing wireline businesses. And carriers are talking openly about potential plans to shed these slow-growing parts of their operations in favor of the explosive wireless business.Indeed,...
Don't be alarmed by those Canadians who seem to be wrestling with their cell phones. They're probably just fishing. More accurately, they're likely playing "Swordfish," a new game that allows players to locate their quarry, drop a virtual line and reel in the big...
WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company trying to muscle or possibly buy its way into that country's mobile-phone market, has crashed the party here by breaking with U.S. and foreign mobile-phone carriers that do not want any further American intervention into rates charged by...
WiMAX may be one technology, but the players involved with it are issuing a number of discordant notes. While some news outlets published reports last week that the certification date had been postponed from this month to July, and that therefore a WiMAX standard...
Sprint PCS tower assets are creating industry buzz again as the carrier affirmed it is talking with potential buyers. With its 6,200 towers up for sale, Sprint seems poised to get enough money to fund its merger with Nextel Communications Inc. and other technology...
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...
Convenience store 7-Eleven Inc. added the low-end Nokia Corp. 1100 handset to its lineup for its Speak Out Wireless prepaid offering. The phone will sell for $40 after a $20 rebate. "The Nokia 1100 phone is an ideal 7-Eleven Speak Out Wireless handset for...
Following a rather uneventful holiday season in which wireless operators favored handset subsidies over aggressive rate-plan changes, the new year has seen numerous adjustments. Industry observers note that the changes could reflect operational trends within the operators as well as showing that despite fewer...
SEATTLE-M-commerce software developer Qpass is partnering with Sonim Technologies to enable operators to manage push-to-talk and other next-generation services. Through the alliance, Qpass operator customers can integrate Sonim's Voice over Internet Protocol applications into their business systems, allowing subscribers to provision services via their...
