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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing possible...

Court prohibits U.S. Cellular from marketing Easyedge in select markets

BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing...

Edge Wireless deploys Alcatel MMS system

DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. deployed Alcatel's Multimedia Messaging Services system designed to enable Edge Wireless customers to send and receive MMS messages. Alcatel noted the service allows users to send messages to other MMS-enabled handsets and between e-mail addresses...

AT&T to swap EDGE card for rival card and contract

REDMOND, Wash.-Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for...

AT&T to swap EDGE card for rival card and contract

Through the end of January, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will offer business customers a free Sony Ericsson GC-82 EDGE wireless modem card when they trade in a similar modem card from any national wireless carrier and sign a two-year contract for unlimited...

Edge Wireless offers Hiptop for initial GPRS launch

BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. introduced Danger Inc.'s Hiptop device for the carrier's initial GSM/GPRS product launch in the Mendocino and Lake Counties, Calif., markets. Edge noted the device allows for over-the-air updates of applications and services, and it...

AT&T Wireless reaches out with roaming deals

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its joint venture American Cellular Corp. that will eventually add coverage to more than 11 million potential customers in parts of...

48 operators currently have EDGE plans

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Forty-eight operators around the world have announced commitments to EDGE technology, according to data released today by the 3G Americas association, which promotes the technology.In the United States, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., T-Mobile USA, Dobson Communications, Cellular One of Northeast...

Roaming pacts provide stop-gap measure since consolidation on hold

After years of claiming there are too many competitors in the wireless industry for anyone to make a profit, the federal government finally pulled off the leash, lifting spectrum-cap rules prohibiting any one carrier from monopolizing spectrum capacity in any one market.But since the...

AT&T Wireless signs roaming agreement with Edge Wireless

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with affiliate Edge Wireless L.L.C. Edge Wireless said it has begun construction of its GSM/GPRS network that will cover 960,000 potential customers and approximately 600 miles of Interstate and that once it commercially...

Perry resigns from AT&T Wireless board

REDMOND, Wash.-Wayne M. Perry, a member of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s board of directors since last July, resigned Wednesday.Perry said he decided to resign to focus on serving as chief executive officer of Edge Wireless L.L.C. AT&T Wireless said it intends to name a...

Edge offers Airbiquity GPS accessory to customers

BEND, Ore.—Edge Wireless L.L.C. announced it is offering its customers Airbiquity Inc.'s global positioning system accessory, which is compatible with Nokia handsets, in an effort to comply with Phase II of the Federal Communication Commission's E911 mandate.The service will be launched in the counties...

Glenayre wins carrier contract

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. scored a major, $750,000 sale for its @ctiveMessaging unified messaging platform to Edge Wireless Inc., an AT&T Wireless Communications Inc. affiliate.The deal comes shortly after Glenayre announced it would exit the paging infrastructure business and focus solely on its unified...

AT&T to use Sierra GPRS moªdems

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use Sierra Wireless' GPRS wireless modems for its plans to deploy GPRS, which expands the companies' previous $30 million agreement for EDGE wireless data devices."Sierra Wireless and AT&T Wireless have worked together to develop industry-leading wireless Internet...

AT&T Wireless gains affiliate

BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gained a new affiliate, Edge Wireless Communications L.L.C., which will provide mobile services to rural markets in four Western states and launch a personal communications services system in Idaho.Edge Wireless, headquartered in Bend, Ore., will roll out PCS networks...

Aether signs pact with ePhones

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. signed an agreement with ePhones to resell BlackBerry handheld devices using Aether Wireless' e-mail services through the ePhones Powered Network.Aether said its BlackBerry offering is an integrated package of hardware, software, airtime and customer services designed to provide wireless...

CELLULAR ONE TO ONE SERVICE STARTS

CHICAGO-Cellular One in the Great Lakes region introduced Cellular One to One service, which allows up to 30 different people to talk on a wireless conference call by dialing one group number. Up to 99 groups, with each group containing three to 30 users,...

CELLULAR ONE ENHANCES DIGITAL EDGE SERVICE

GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One here announced it is now offering an Information Services feature to its new Digital Edge wireless phone customers.Information Services includes hundreds of options for updates on sports scores, financial markets, weather forecasts, maritime reports, world news and leisure.The Associated Press, Fox...

NEW LEGISLATION INTENDS TO CURB CLASS-ACTION SECURITIES LAWSUITS

WASHINGTON-Following the House's lead, three Senate lawmakers have introduced legislation to curb frivolous class-action securities lawsuits against high-tech firms. Such cases have migrated to state courts since a 1995 law made it more difficult to bring such litigation to federal court.The Securities Litigation Reform...