short message service

The California wildfires that have scorched more than 500,000 acres and claimed at least 15 lives have also had a limited effect on wireless services in the region. Cingular Wireless …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Wireless solutions provider TellShare announced the launch of mLogs, a free audio/video/photo blogging service that allows users to put images from their camera-enabled cell phones directly onto their Web-based …

LAS VEGAS-Digit Wireless said its Fastap technology was used by the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association at its keynote session at the I.T. show in Las Vegas. The company said …

SEATTLE-Mobile application company Mobliss announced two new marketing campaigns around its premium short message service and downloadable mobile services. Fox Broadcasting Co. will offer premium SMS and downloadable services called …

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Legend Mobile said it has entered into an agreement with LogoManager of Cambridge, United Kingdom, for the development of branded mobile products based on certain properties under license …

FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOP Technologies L.L.C. recently announced it has signed multi-year service partnerships with Cellcom, First Cellular of Southern Illinois and thumb Cellular to provide short message service short-code functionality. …

LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp. is introducing its CDM-9900 series of wireless handsets featuring video capabilities at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas. “The CDM-9900 and 9950 …

WASHINGTON D.C.-Growth continues in the wireless industry, according to the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s newly released mid-year 2003 data survey results. The survey showed data service revenues jumped 70 …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled its new Modalyst platform, a set of development tools and technologies the company said will allow those interested in selling wireless applications to do so more …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it has released a new product known as Global Applications Management Architecture to help operators develop and deliver new data services. The company said GAMA …

ULYSSES, Kan.-Rural telecommunications provider WestLink Communications signed a deal with Nokia Corp. to replace the company’s existing GSM network with Nokia’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE core and radio access network equipment and expand …

Out of the ashes of failed Wi-Fi startup Mobility Networks rises a new effort, Azaire Networks Inc., a company with much of the same technology and staffing but with a …

Out of the ashes of failed Wi-Fi startup Mobility Networks rises a new effort, Azaire Networks Inc., a company with much of the same technology and staffing but with a …

BEIJING-Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals said it will supply Zhejiang Unicom with Simgo, its Java-based over-the-air service management solution. Zhejiang Unicom will be the first China Unicom subsidiary to commercialize …

European operator MmO2 reported strong customer and data growth across its operations at the end of June. The mobile carrier added 504,000 customers, a 2.8-percent increase over the previous quarter, …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse announced the addition of the Notify Me call management solution to its ImPact product portfolio. According to Comverse, Notify Me can increase average revenue per user by generating …

Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it won $70 million worth of GSM network expansion contracts from the Philippines’ Smart Communications Inc. Deliveries of equipment and services have already begun, the Finnish …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched Samsung Telecommunications America’s SGH-s307 Java-based handset on its network. Cingular said the handset, which is compatible with Cingular’s GSM/GPRS network using both the 850 MHz and …

BOSTON-Vodafone U.K.’s Vodafone Speaking Phone, which features an application based on technology from SpeechWorks International Inc. and Brand & Grober Communications GbR, allows visually impaired customers to access mobile communications …

BIRMINGHAM, U.K.-Developer Silicon Village has launched its Fortress SMS encryption application for sending secure end-to-end short message service messages on Series 60 and Symbian platforms. The solution encrypts SMS messages …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The United States’ wireless short message service and instant messaging markets are poised to grow to 75 million and 63 million subscribers, respectively, in 2007, according to research analysts …

DENVER-Instant messaging technology provider Jabber Inc. said it will introduce a range of products and services aimed at the wireless industry, including a gateway the company said will allow mobile-phone …

Starent Networks calls its solution voice instant messaging-with emphasis on the word “instant,” thereby distinguishing itself from the prominent voice solutions already in the marketplace, including push-to-talk service and more …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular said it launched GSM services in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic earlier this week under the Tango brand name. Tango is the fourth entrant in Laos’ …