Leap Wireless International Inc. has expanded the availability of its Travel Time roaming service to all of its Cricket markets. The roaming service allows Cricket customers to use their phones outside of their home calling areas on a prepaid basis for 59 cents per...
REDMOND, Wash.-Vodafone Group plc and MSN will launch an instant messaging service between mobile phones and PCs, the companies said Thursday. The offering will allow users to exchange messages between the PC-based MSN Messenger and the carrier's mobile IM service, and will include standard...
NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. launched an integrated messaging offering that combines instant messaging and e-mail services for wireless users.MIMail, which is designed to mimic a PC user experience, includes IM features like status indication, multiple dialogues, icons and a chat-like interface from IM providers...
LAVERSTOKE, United Kingdom-NewVoiceMedia, which provides computer telephony integration solutions, said it acquired International Communications Systems Ltd.'s secure instant messaging technology. The acquisition allows NewVoiceMedia to provide its call center and enterprise customers with a secure and recordable instant messaging service, said the company.NVM said...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Followap Inc., which provides presence and instant messaging solutions, announced it has released its iFollow Presence Platform for next-generation networks.The latest release of the platform is designed to operate on Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem core networks, said the company. The platform supports...
Verizon Wireless subscribers have downloaded more than 120 million applications during the past year, nearly doubling the number of downloads from the previous 12 months, the carrier announced at the BREW Developers Conference Wednesday. Verizon said the total number of downloads through its Get...
Verizon Wireless is bolstering its phone lineup with high-end devices from PalmOne Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Meanwhile, T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to be fleshing out its EDGE offerings with the release of its second EDGE-capable phone, the Motorola Inc. V330. First up,...
Nokia Corp. introduced a new Internet-browsing device that represents a new market for the world's largest handset vendor as well as an entirely new software strategy. Nokia's new personal digital assistant-sized 770 Internet Tablet supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and features an 800 by...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. restructured its prepaid offering with a pair of services using the GoPhone brand name it acquired when it purchased AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last year. The GoPhone plans include a traditional prepaid service, as well as a monthly recurring charge service...
T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to be fleshing out its EDGE offerings with the release of its second EDGE-capable phone, the Motorola Inc. V330. The phone joins Nokia Corp.'s 3220 in T-Mobile's EDGE line-up.T-Mobile is selling the clamshell-style V330 for $150 on its Web site....
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Internet-based digital radio network Mercora said it is bringing its user-contributed streaming audio service to Windows Mobile-based handhelds. The company launched IM Radio Mobile v1.0, featuring more than 20,000 commercial-free radio channels, near-CD quality sound and instant messaging and chat capabilities. The...
Alltel subscribers can send and receive mobile instant messages through two of the world's most popular IM services, the carrier announced Thursday.Alltel said it support AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger through its new Axcess Instant Messaging plan. A basic package of 300 incoming...
Air2Web will launch an updated version of its instant-messaging offering this week, targeting on-the-go workers who use desktop clients like IBM's Lotus Sametime, Microsoft LCS and Jabber. The new product builds on Air2Web's 18-month-old 2IM, which seeks to extend enterprise-targeted desktop IM applications onto...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Nortel Networks Ltd. unveiled several enhancements to its Office Anywhere product, adding instant messaging and e-mail capabilities and expanding accessibility to internal business applications for mobile workers.The technology company teamed with Research in Motion Ltd. to launch new versions of its Multimedia...
Gaming is the fastest-growing category of mobile data services, with more than 6 million wireless users downloading a game in February, according to a new report from Seattle-based consumer usage measuring firm M:Metrics. The number of downloaded games increased 8 percent from January, the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and in a separate announcement announced the availability of the CDM-8930 handset, a swivel clamshell...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is testing the SMT 5600 smart phone from UTStarcom Inc. for use on its network and plans to release the device by May. The device initially was introduced by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. before Cingular acquired the carrier, and due to...
Cingular Wireless is testing the SMT 5600 smart phone from UTStarcom Inc. for use on its network and plans to release the device by May. The device was initially introduced by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. before Cingular acquired the carrier, and due to customer...
Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and in a separate announcement announced the availability of the CDM-8930 handset, a swivel clamshell camera...
NEW ORLEANS-America Online Inc. is expected to expand on its mobile offerings this week, adding picture messaging, traffic data and premium services to its portfolio of instant messaging services. The picture messaging application allows users to send photos from desktop AIM clients to any...
OSLO, Norway-Colibria AS said it has assembled a three-man advisory panel to provide high-level technological expertise to the mobile messaging company. The group will lend its knowledge in "presence," which allows consumers to know the availability of fellow users, as well as other instant...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Carriers and technology companies continued to court the mobile instant messaging market with two announcements Tuesday.Sprint PCS said it will launch new Java-download IM applications designed to replicate a desktop PC experience for its AOL and MSN users. The applications are offered...
CHICAGO-Concourse Communications Group said it acquired Ingate Technologies L.L.C., which specializes in installation and management of airport-based cash-pay Internet terminals.Concourse said the acquisition will allow it to broaden its base of potential users to include business travelers who aren't carrying Wi-Fi-enabled laptops, as well...
As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week's Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will unveil three new devices. Prices for the phones were not...
