DUBLIN, Ireland—Trinidad and Tobago's operator, TSTT Mobile Service, will be the first Caribbean carrier to launch prepaid wireless data services on a GPRS network as it just signed a deal to allow Logica install the solution on its networks."In order to get the maximum...
DUBLIN—Logica is demonstrating the delivery of full color animated images, based on FunMail's wireless animated messaging technology, over a GPRS network via the Logica Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) this week at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.FunMail generates animation based on the context...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Multimedia messaging continues to make waves in the wireless industry, as two major messaging companies today announced MMS products for both wireless carriers and corporate customers.Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. released its MMS infrastructure solution, which is part of its instant...
LONDON—Logica announced it scored a US$2.3 million sale through its reselling deal with Ericsson.Under the deal, Ericsson sold Logica's Telepath short message service (SMS) product to a Latin American carrier. The sale marks Logica's first customer through Ericsson.Late last year, Logica and Ericsson announced...
LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe.The system uses Logica's integrated and customized real-time billing system, which is based on Portal Software Inc.'s Intranet...
LONDON—Logica, a wireless messaging company, said it will conduct a live trial of its Multimedia Messaging Service over United Kingdom wireless carrier Orange's GPRS network.Logica said its Multimedia Messaging Service Center enables the delivery of mobile messages containing audio, pictures, animation and real-time video...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Logica announced a live trial implementation of multimedia messaging service (MMS) over Orange U.K.'s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. The trial is the first step toward full implementation, Logica said.Orange will use the trial to develop and test a range of MMS...
READING, England—Western Wireless Corp. selected Logica's Radio Planning Odyssey product for RF planning, network optimization and digital migration programs.Financial terms of the agreement were not released.
BARCELONA, Spain-Logica said it demonstrated a mobile multimedia messaging system with Ezos at the UMTS 2001 Forum. Logica offers the Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC), and Ezos develops client software.The companies said they have installed trial versions of the technology on General Packet Radio...
CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. and Logica plan to demonstrate an integrated prepaid and postpaid billing system this week at the 2001 UMTS Congress in Barcelona.According to the companies, the demonstration will show how Convergys' Geneva Active Revenue Management software combined with Logica's Aethos PrePaid platform enables...
LOS ANGELES-Oberthur Card Systems acquired Logica Impresora, a manufacturer of banking cards in Spain, for US$9.06 million.Oberthur said the acquisition is in line with the projected migration to smart cards of the Spanish banking sector by 2003 and provides the company with a platform...
InfowaveThomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.'s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft's Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company's worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll also served as general manager...
Schlumberger Ltd. spent close to $6 billion across three technology acquisitions last week, proof the oil services giant is serious about moving into the technology sector, with special emphasis on wireless services and smart cards.But while some in the wireless and smart-card industry see...
SAN FRANCISCO-Critical Path Inc. and Logica announced they have extended their relationship in which they jointly provide wireless messaging infrastructure to wireless carriers.The two combine Logica's Short Message Service Center with Critical Path's InScribe Wireless Messaging Internet messaging infrastructure, allowing for two-way text messaging...
Two-way messaging equipmentMotorolaMotorola introduced its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, featuring a full Qwerty keyboard with a flip-top screen and a four-line, 80-character display. It supports two-way messaging, wireless Internet e-mail and on-demand information services. It also features a private-time feature, which users may...
LONDON-Within three years, mobile telecommunication operators will be sending 100 billion short messages per month, a 170-percent per year increase over current levels, according to computer consultancy firm Logica plc.At the predicted growth rate, short messages will surpass Internet usage over the same period...
GENEVA-With auction prices of the United Kingdom's five third-generation licenses beating even the most inflated analyst forecasts, all eyes are now on Italy, which is set to allocate five 15-year Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) licenses in a few months.Europe's largest mobile market with...
NEW YORK-With an estimated 5 million American customers today, prepaid wireless services have yet to fulfill their promise, but that potential is getting closer to realization.Within the next several years, analysts from The Yankee Group, the Strategis Group and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities...
British Telecom plc unveiled its mobile Internet strategy last week, setting up a new unit to offer global mobile Internet services by extending its existing Genie Internet services to Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones.BT said it will invest $250 million in WAP technology and form...
While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with scene-stealing flair.They include GiantBear.com, Strategy.com, SpyglassMobile. com, WiredCEO, Logica and Speedia.com.John Dorfman, analyst at...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Logica plc announced they launched a key component of the new general packet radio service mobile data systems solution, their jointly-developed "Smart Mediator" charging gateway for Global System for Mobile communications/GPRS network operators.According to Motorola, Smart Mediator addresses the operator-subscriber...
Scandinavian Softline to license WAPHELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavian Softline Technology has agreed to license Nokia Corp.'s Wireless Application Protocol technology to deliver value-added data solutions for wireless carriers.SST has developed several products for the short messaging service and smart messaging markets, and said it intends to...
Granite Systems Inc., a Manchester, N.H.-based provider of network configuration management systems for the telecommunications industry, plans to announce its Network Interface Module this week at SuperComm in Atlanta.The NIM is designed to facilitate automated discovery and reconciliation of network configuration data, said the...
CANNES, France-CDMA proponents have their voice in the CDMA Development Group. TDMA advocates have their say through the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. Now the GSM world has its own lobbying force with the formation of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).The GSA, comprising only...
