Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March:Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With MetroPCS for MMS equipment.Value: UndisclosedEricssonIreland With Meteor...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which filed an initial public offering statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this week, said it added 118,000 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter of 2003, ending the year with 977,000 total subscribers in its four launched markets of...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which offers unlimited local wireless service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., reported that its former chief financial officer, Dennis Spickler, has assumed the newly created position of vice president of business development where he will report to company President...
DALLAS-Alcatel has entered an agreement with MetroPCS Inc. to provide the carrier with its Alcatel Multimedia Messaging Services product suite, allowing MetroPCS customers access to multimedia messaging via wireless devices. Alcatel said it is its first MMS contract with a CDMA operator in the...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-MetroPCS has signed an agreement to deliver AccuWeather.com's BREW-enabled wireless weather application to its subscribers.MetroPCS will offer AccuWeather.com's Wireless BREW application for download on next-generation BREW-enabled handsets. The weather application includes 10-day local forecasts, hour-by-hour forecasts and regional and national satellite imagery.
DALLAS-Flat-rate wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. launched its @metro data and PictureTalk messaging service, allowing customers to download content to select BREW-enabled handsets and send multimedia messages using the Audiovox 8900 camera phone.The @metro service is available using either the Kyocera Corp. Rave handset or...
DALLAS-Flat-rate wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. launched its @metro data and PictureTalk messaging service, allowing customers to download content to select BREW-enabled handsets and send multimedia messages using the Audiovox 8900 camera phone.The @metro service is currently available using either the Kyocera Corp. Rave handset...
DALLAS-Marconi Corp.'s wireless business unit has entered a multi-year contract with MetroPCS Inc. to provide a solution to transition the carrier from Phase I to Phase II enhanced 911 services and compliance standards.Under the agreement, Marconi's E911 professional services team will provide services, including...
OAKLAND, Calif.-Verizon Wireless activated its 511 traveler information service in the San Francisco Bay Area providing customers with current information on traffic conditions, routes, fares and schedules for more than 60 public transit and paratransit operations, carpooling/vanpooling and bicycling.The service has been available for...
DALLAS-Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc., which offers fixed rate unlimited local calling plans in a handful of large markets, introduced an unlimited long distance and local calling service plan for $40 per month that does not require a contract. The carrier, which said it has...
LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution will be used by MetroPCS. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign's secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user accounts in real time. SmartPay provides MetroPCS with activity reports for easier...
LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced MetroPCS will use its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign's secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user accounts in real time. SmartPay provides MetroPCS with activity reports for easier accounting, market...
DALLAS-Wireless carrier MetroPCS Inc. reported a partnership with One Global Finance Inc. to offer its MetroPCS Wired Plastic MasterCard fully integrated stored value card, which the carrier said was reloadable and can be used anywhere MasterCard is accepted.MetroPCS noted the card has a direct...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. signed a service agreement with wireless multimedia and messaging solutions provider Ztango to provide downloadable ring tones to MetroPCS customers. MetroPCS said the service is available through select handsets and through the carrier's Web site.Ztango signed a similar deal last week with...
SAN FRANCISCO-MetroPCS Inc. said its customers now can access the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's 511 service, which provides transportation information in the San Francisco Bay area.MTC introduced the free service in December. It includes voice-recognition technology to allow for hands-free use and provides transit information,...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced two new CDMA phone deals, moves that follow on the company's promise to expand its CDMA phone business, but ones that do not involve big-name CDMA carriers.Nokia said it will sell its advanced 1xRTT-capable 3586i through U.S. Cellular, and its...
Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...
DALLAS-Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...
Although GSM proponent Nokia Corp. continues to profess plans to improve its CDMA phone sales, the company's efforts to date in the United States seem relatively unimpressive.Of the two major CDMA carriers in the United States-Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS-only Sprint sells Nokia phones....
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which provides flat-rate unlimited local calling service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., expanded its text messaging service offering to provide nationwide interoperability and introduced changes to its long-distance service plans.The carrier's text messaging service now allows customers to send...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell the new color-screen CDM-9500 phone, a tri-mode, CDMA 1xRTT-capable device built by Audiovox Communications Corp. and Toshiba.The phone will also include Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology to support Verizon's "Get It Now" downloadable application service.Verizon will sell the...
ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. will integrate its Versera Large Solution platform into its Miami market enabling the carrier to offer next-generation services including Dial-by-Voice and Constant Touch one number services.Glenayre has worked with MetroPCS to deploy value-added messaging services in...
DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. rolled out Sony Ericsson's T206 handset on its wireless network in Atlanta, Miami and Sacramento, Calif. The handset is available though MetroPCS retail outlets, Office Depot stores and authorized dealers.
DALLAS-Atlanta, Miami and Sacramento, Calif., area Office Depot stores now offer MetroPCS wireless service to customers interested in the carrier's flat-rate, unlimited local calling plans. MetroPCS said it expects to expand distribution to San Francisco-area Office Depot outlets after it launches services later this...
