LA JOLLA, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher Dwango Wireless has tapped M7 Networks, a wireless platform hosting company, to deliver short message service "wake-up" functionality to Dwango games.M7's SMS will alert gamers to developments, including initiating a chat session during a game or re-starting a multi-player...
BUSAN, Korea-High-speed mobile networks are taking hold in the Asia-Pacific region, providing a platform for multimedia services development, according to a new report from Telecommunications Management Group Inc.The report, "Asia-Pacific Mobile Multimedia Outlook," said the number of high-speed mobile subscribers rose 11.4 percent between...
Whether you're looking for true love or virtual love-or simply want to play hooky from work-your mobile phone can help.While handset manufacturers and carriers are scrambling to make space-age mobile devices that double as on-the-go entertainment centers, savvy wireless users are using phones for...
The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Simplewire, an SMS aggregator, said it is working with Guinness Beer to launch its first short message service cross-carrier short-code advertising campaign.The campaign uses television, radio and print ads to drive user interaction on mobile handsets via SMS, said the company. Customers...
Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The expansion is located adjacent to the carrier's existing 65,000-square-foot center that opened in 2002....
Thousands of protesters will use more than just placards, chants and giant puppets to gain attention at this week's Republican National Convention. They'll have specifically designed wireless communications too.As many as 5,000 of the expected 250,000 demonstrators at the RNC, which opens today in...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
The premium for using wireless voice services instead of wireline services is expected to drop from 100 percent or double the price last year to 42 percent by 2007, driving further wireline substitution in the voice market, according to a report from Frost &...
CHICAGO-M7 Networks and U.S. Cellular will partner to boost the carrier's wireless data services, the companies announced Tuesday.M7 Networks' SMS Hub Service will help deliver U.S. Cellular's easyedge service, improving the functionality of certain applications including a mobile Mapquest service and eBay's AwayAuction."We are...
FAREHAM, United Kingdom-Telsis Ltd. announced a new set of text services aimed at business users.The company said its new Text For Business services, which use the company's SMS Router platform, allow mobile operators to make their text message networks business-ready by providing fast and...
Following years of hype and financial promise, wireless data services are beginning to have a measurable impact on carrier revenues. During the recently completed second quarter, a number of operators cited the positive impact generated by non-voice services on their service revenues. The growth...
SAN FRANCISCO-ILoop Mobile Inc. will partner with sports information provider STATS Inc. to deliver sports-related premium short message service subscription services beginning this week.The service launched with Olympic content, alerting subscribers each time a U.S. athlete medals in Athens and providing a top-10 medal...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Singapore International Airlines customers will be able to wirelessly check in for their flights with short message service through a new agreement with VeriSign Inc.With the launch of SMS Check-in, SIA's frequent flyers and registered users of the airline's Web site can...
And I thought the acronyms of the wireless industry were unwieldy! In the age of text messaging there is a whole new language to be learned.Finally about a month ago I got up the nerve to inquire to my e-mail-addicted friend what LOL meant....
The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of the hiptop in...
WILMINGTON, N.C.-Alerts USA, LLC has expanded its service to include "near-instant" SMS alerts of threats of terrorism.Launched last year, Alerts USA provides warnings of domestic disasters, terror alerts and events, changes in the national threat level, and official responses to national emergencies. Subscribers to...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of...
Wireless consumers soon will have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced last week.Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access updates, photos and other features thanks to a deal between the Associated Press and Acotel Group Partners. The...
Simultaneously, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova demonstrated both the brilliance and the bane of wireless technology last week-after blowing by Serena Williams to become the women's champion at Wimbledon.Sharapova grabbed her father's cell phone to call her mom from center court. Only the call didn't go...
LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to search and purchase flight tickets up to eight hours before departure, using WAP-enabled mobile devices. The new service will be...
High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation...
LONDON-Online travel firm ebookers has launched a mobile service allowing U.K. customers to book flights via their mobile phones. Users will be able to search and purchase flight tickets up to eight hours before departure, using WAP-enabled mobile devices. The new service will be...
