Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to retain customers. The most common retention method is to offer services that customers like to use so much that they are willing to stick with the carrier simply because they offer the service. With such desirable...
HELSINKI, Finland- Nokia Corp. has selected subcontractors to supply its 3G equipment around the world.The subcontractors are Skanska Telecom networks and Flextronics Network Services in Sweden; Boke and Walterfang GmbH and Pfleiderer AG in Germany; Landis Public Networks B.V., Electro Zwijsen-Mourik B.V. and Electron...
UTICA, New York, United States-Nearly two years since cessation of hostilities on 10 June, 1999, numerous roadblocks still stand in the way of any attempt to restore and expand telecommunications network services in post-war Kosovo. In a province roughly the size of Jamaica, with...
HandsetsSendoEuropean mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light phone include a variety of colors, short message service (SMS) picture messaging, ring-tone sharing and games....
CANNES-Wireless Facilities Inc. and Bechtel Corp. announced they formed an alliance that will provide turnkey network implementation services for GSM and 3G networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The companies also plan to pursue joint opportunities in select wireless mobility and broadband...
Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog that is at once nimble and naive, must frail aimlessly about for a share...
Like most other paging companies, PNI Technologies Inc. is working to pull itself out from under the shadow of the flagging paging industry. But while most carriers are tying to distance themselves from everything paging, PNI is redesigning technology it created for its paging...
FREMONT, Calif.-OnMobile Inc., which provides next-generation wireless Internet solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Nuance, a voice interface software provider.By integrating Nuance's speech recognition and voice authentication software into OnMobile's OnVox voice-data applications platform, the companies will be able to provide best-of-breed, carrier-grade, voice-enabled...
AT&T Wireless wasted little time in exploiting its relationship with Japan's NTT DoCoMo in an attempt to jump start its wireless Internet offerings. AT&T, which received nearly $10 billion from the Japanese telecom giant, signed an agreement with DoCoMo and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc....
MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke has more than 15 years...
Alltel Corp. awarded Motorola Inc. a third-generation CDMA 2000 1X contract for its Phoenix market, which is scheduled for commercial launch next year.The financial details of the standards-based hardware and software contract were not disclosed. In October, Alltel gave Motorola a contract for its...
TORONTO-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it will purchase airtime and services from Microcell Connexions Inc. to offer Canadian customers wireless data services based on GPRS technology over Microcell's GSM-based network."RIM is well poised to develop leading GPRS-based solutions," said Jim Balsillie, RIM's chairman and...
Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it selected Agere Systems as the new name for its microelectronics spinoff. The spinoff is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter. The name Agere has its roots in the Latin verb "ago," which means "to...
PARIS-SkyPoint, a Spanish telecom operator with a wireless access license in the 26 GHz band, selected Alcatel to supply its local multipoint distribution service (LMDS) equipment. The initial phase of the project is valued at US$84 million.SkyPoint's network is currently being deployed throughout seven...
PARIS-SkyPoint, a Spanish telecom operator with a wireless access license in the 26 GHz band, selected Alcatel to supply its local multipoint distribution service equipment. The initial phase of the project is valued at $84 million.SkyPoint's network is currently being deployed throughout seven major...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Wireless network services provider Paradigm4 Inc. will offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail solution to its customers, as well as offering a suite of services for government and commercial enterprise customers to access and exchange information in mobile work environments.Paradigm4 said...
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity and London-based TLcom Partners invested an undisclosed financial amount in privately held Xypoint, a provider of software and network services for wireless location services. XYpoint said the funds will be used to solidify its position in the market...
Enticed by the tremendous expected demand for wireless broadband services, Loop Technologies Inc., based in Ridgeland, Miss., soon will offer high-speed data-only service in several major cities around the country.Loop recently entered into a Business Unit Alliance agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. to purchase...
In a Dallas factory once used for making bombs during World War II, Stick Networks Inc. is building a new class of wireless Internet services it hopes will prove just as explosive.Much has been discussed about the convergence between the Internet and wireless networks....
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet Holdings Inc. completed its acquisition of prepaid wireless provider National Telemanagement Corp.NTC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Illuminet, with the combined companies providing Signaling System 7 network connectivity and intelligent network services to about 750 communications carriers, according to Illuminet."This...
WASHINGTON-An uncertain wireless industry realignment could be in store as a result of Justice Department's rejection last week of the WorldCom Inc.-Sprint Corp. merger and new legislation forbidding foreign government ownership of U.S. telecommunications firms."Instead of two wireless players for international buyers, you now...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-Signaling and intelligent network services provider Illuminet Holdings Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held prepaid wireless provider National Telemanagement Corp.In connection with the acquisition, Illuminet will issue 1.9 million shares of common stock and options, valued at $83.8 million, to...
Granite Systems Inc., a telecommunications network configuration management solutions provider, unveiled its Xperweb Portable Edition, which runs on a Palm VII wireless device and allows technicians to view and update network data information anytime wherever there is coverage.John E.P. Borden, president and chief executive...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks Inc., a provider of adaptive network services for the wireless Internet, and Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, will deliver a service-based network infrastructure designed specifically for adapting and delivering Web content to wireless devices.Under the agreement,...
