NEW YORK-Carriers, resellers and handset makers involved in domestic prepaid wireless services have much in common with ancient mariners navigating the narrow Straits of Messina where the mythical monsters of Scylla and Charybdis threatened them on either shore."Carriers recognize there is something to this...
Like their counterparts in the wireless service and infrastructure arenas, telecom equipment vendors are consolidating and reorganizing at an increasing pace.Most segments seem to be affected, from tower companies to semiconductor manufacturers. One segment that has been particularly active during the last several months...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Several leading voice messaging companies in North America have formed the TeleMessaging Industry Association, aimed at better educating the public about the benefits of voice mail and messaging services, and thereby increasing their use.Founding members include Ameritech Corp., Bell Atlantic Corp., Bell Canada,...
Paging Network Inc. announced it signed an agreement with SmartRoute Systems to offer SmartRoute's real-time personalized traffic information system to paging subscribers. PageNet said it initially will roll out the SmartRoute service in eight markets, expanding to additional markets throughout next year.Comverse Network Systems,...
CTIAChristopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide variety of law-enforcement issues and served as Democratic staff director and chief counsel for Sen. Joseph R....
Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the first vendor exclusively dedicated to providing network operators with enhanced services platforms to join WAP. WAP is a non-profit organization,...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone selected Comverse Network Systems to supply a voice/text messaging system for the SFR network in France, announced Comverse.The N.J.-based company completed an initial phase of installations in the SFR network, with systems now providing call answering and short message...
CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., said it is developing a new set of mobile unified messaging applications for the Global System for Mobile communications smartphone market.The new applications will give subscribers visual access via the Internet...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. have merged in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. As a result of the merger, each share of Boston Technology common stock was converted into 0.65 of a share of Comverse Technology common stock.The combined company will operate...
Corsair Communications Inc. appointed Dr. Donald R. Oestreicher vice president of engineering. Oestreicher will direct Corsair's efforts in product engineering, research and development. Oestreicher's background includes engineering management with Dow Jones & Co., Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Valid Logic Systems and Xerox Corp....
