Handsets/ devicesMitsubishiMitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up to 86 kilobits-per-second data speeds. It has several features for business users. The phone allows users...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia's telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide telecommunication services, has received positive market response. Many new players, mostly cellular and wireless...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-The discussion surrounding m-commerce includes questions such as whether m-commerce will be a success and what kind of services will be purchased via a mobile phone. Research shows that the "m" not only stands for mobile but also for micro-commerce.Believing customers will order...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has been able to excel in wireless communications.Similar to several other countries around the world,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Many eyes in the wireless industry have recently focused on the emerging market of Africa with a lot of attention going to the recent auction of four mobile network licenses in Nigeria. The road to victory for Nigerian mobile prosperity has not...
NEW YORK-A noteworthy dynamic has developed in which major players like AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS are actively promoting prepaid services, while smaller providers like Dobson Communications Corp. and TeleCorp PCS want to minimize its role."The irony is not lost...
IBM Corp. announced plans to bring its considerable weight to the world of wireless instant messaging, a service that is quickly gaining additional users and big-name players.The equipment giant made its entrance through its Lotus Development Corp. company last week, which released the Sametime...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today scored a major sale, announcing that all six Hong Kong mobile operators will use the company's Intelligent Short Message Service Center to support SMS messages among the carriers' networks.Comverse said its ISMSC product will allow all of the city's 5.4 million...
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...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., announced its Intelligent Short Message Service Center (ISMSC) was selected by Airtel Mobil, a mobile operator in Spain and part of the Vodafone Group.Airtel will implement Comverse's short message service solutions, which is based on a...
NEW YORK-To help wireless carriers assess the quality of service as it is delivered to their customers via the Internet, Agilent Technologies Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., introduced at Supercomm its Firehunter/mobile Web monitoring product.It is available now to monitor Wireless Application Protocol, short message...
BOSTON-Mobile services company Sonera Zed U.S. Inc. announced it plans to offer a variety of ring tones and icons in addition to its WAP and short message service offerings for mobile phones."There are a lot of great wireless services on the horizon, and carriers...
LONDON-SchlumbergerSema, a business group of Schlumberger Ltd. has been awarded a contract to install its mobile messaging solutions at Libertel-Vodafone, enhancing the company's existing messaging service capabilities and adding a prepaid short message service offering.SchlumbergerSema will provide Libertel-Vodafone with an additional Sema Short Message...
Some of the world's largest wireless vendors are working to bypass carrier interoperability issues by supporting a standard they say will let users send advanced short message service messages back and forth between phones, regardless of the network."This is a way to help carriers...
UXBRIDGE, U.K.-Unisys Ltd. and Airborn, a part of the M-Cell group, are joining to offer mobile Internet service to wireless users.As per the agreement, Airborn's Remote Interactive Voice Response will run on the Unisys Communication Application Platform. According to Ross Macdonald, chief executive officer...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., has been authorized by the Ministry of Information and Industry to sell voice mail and short message service technologies to service providers in China.Six Chinese mobile operators including Guangdong Mobile, Shanghai Mobile, Liaoning Mobile, Hei Longjiang...
LONDON-More than 50 billion short message service text messages were sent over the world's GSM networks in the first three months of 2001, the GSM Association reported. The association said the growth in SMS-from 1 billion messages per month in April 1999 to an...
NEW YORK-As part of its wireless data strategy, TeleCorp PCS officially launched two-way short message service in all its markets May 18 and is offering its customers free three-month trials, Gerald T. Vento, chief executive officer and board member, said at the Lehman Brothers...
Heinz Corp.Heinz Corp., which provides services to wireless carriers, has promoted Rick Vogt to senior project manager. In his new position he will be responsible for Heinz's projects for Cingular Wireless. Vogt has been with Heinz for about a year, and most recently supervised...
GoBeam Inc.GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible through the GoBeam Web site and requires no software to run. The GoBeam Dashboard includes...
NEW YORK-The Wireless Advertising Association released the first few parts of its standards and measurements for mobile advertising, which the association hopes will become accepted as industrywide guidelines.The standards cover advertising through short message service messages sent over GSM networks. The standards define the...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With a growth rate above 50 percent during 2001 and a 20-percent penetration, cellular telephony has proven itself as the main communications vehicle in Paraguay.Four operators compete nationwide. Telecel and Personal together control 95 percent of the market share, offering traditional cellular...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Streaming video is a technology that is often mentioned in conjunction with third-generation (3G) networks, but users may see its possibilities sooner than 3G network rollouts.Streaming media is the ability to receive video alerts, wireless games, short video clips, and news and sports...
NEW DELHI, India-The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing a rapid growth of short message service (SMS), which is not only beginning to contribute significantly to operators' revenues, but is also setting the stage for future mobile data services. The Philippines continues to be the most...
