Nextel Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Donahue admitted that while the wireless industry will encounter bumps associated with the impending local number portability mandate, he expects Nextel to gain market share following the Nov. 24 implementation date."We believe Nextel will be a beneficiary...
The last round of third-quarter results posted last week continued to show the growing operational gaps between the country's six nationwide carriers and the numerous rural operators that are finding a more difficult balance between customer growth and fiscal restraint.T-Mobile USA Inc. said it...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
Two of the world's most notable mobile commerce startups, Network365 Ltd. and iPIN, announced today they will blend into a new player, Valista, a move company officials said will create a dominate payment provider covering more than 150 million subscribers.The ambitious combination could pave...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said last week it was making progress on fixing a software glitch that has prevented the carrier from activating new GSM customers, converting current TDMA customers to its GSM network or accessing any of its current GSM customers' information since...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. posted a year-over-year increase in total revenues from $125.7 million during the third quarter of 2002 to $136.6 million this year, bolstered by an increase in local service revenue per customer from $42 last year to $45 this year....
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum announced it will form a special committee to handle over-the-air updates for wireless devices, and will work to promote the technology to the wireless industry. The group, which consists of members like Bitfone Corp., Gemplus, Motorola Inc., Orange...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it added 670,000 net customer during the third quarter, which was ahead of the 606,000 customers the carrier added during the second quarter of this year, but short of the 869,000 subscribers T-Mobile USA signed up during the third...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-Dell Inc. this week released its Dell TrueMobile 5100 Tri-Band GPRS PC Card with a choice of wireless access service plans from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. or T-Mobile USA Inc.The new GPRS PC card is designed for use with Dell Latitude or...
Despite claims by wireless carriers that they will be prepared for wireless local number portability by the Nov. 24 deadline, an industry analyst's report released last week called into question carriers' readiness for the WLNP mandate and suggested enterprise customers hold off on number...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless multiplayer gaming continues to capture the imagination of the industry, with Mforma Group Inc. announcing the latest effort. The company introduced its new multiplayer IHRA Drag Racing game, which is based on the popular PlayStation console game by Bethesda Softworks.The innovative game...
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...
Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. warned in Security and Exchange filings that it will soon lose its largest customer, UPS. Motient said it plans to counteract the loss by further lowering its network costs, beefing up its resale agreements with Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile...
With hundreds of wireless operators spread throughout the country, T-Mobile USA Inc.'s position as the sixth-largest carrier would seem to be one of the more enviable. The carrier has posted stronger customer growth in the past year than most of its larger rivals. Its...
With less than a month to go before the scheduled Nov. 24 implementation of wireless local number portability, few carriers have engaged in the cut-throat rate plan battles many expected and instead have taken more subtle approaches to retaining or acquiring customers.Late last month...
WASHINGTON-Five national mobile-phone carriers want California state regulators to adopt a plan to resolve the critical shortage of telephone numbers in the state's 909 area code.Cingular Wireless L.L.C, Nextel Communications Inc., T-Mobile USA, Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless told the California Public Utility Commission...
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 L.L.C., which also carries T-Mobile USA Inc.'s traffic on its network in the state, reported...
SEATTLE-Mobile application company Mobliss announced two new marketing campaigns around its mobile services. Fox Broadcasting Co. will offer premium SMS and downloadable services called "Joe 2 Go" that promote its new TV show "The Next Jo Millionaire: An International Affair." Depending on carriers and...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. launched an extended "free weekend" minute offering rate plan that included 600 anytime calling minutes and unlimited weekend calling minutes that now include Friday, Saturday and Sunday for $40 per month. The new plan does not include the unlimited night...
Wireless data service speeds-which for years have been cast aside as less important than the applications running over the networks-were again the topic of discussion for many carriers at this year's Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association IT & Entertainment 2003 show. The loudest discussions...
GERMANYU.S. company Danger Inc. announced its first European customer, reporting German operator E-Plus will soon launch Danger's Hiptop device. The German carrier also plans to offer an unlimited data plan that will enable customers to use the phone's e-mail, Internet and instant messaging features...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will begin installing "pico-basestations" on its network in an attempt to improve in-building coverage. The base stations, which were developed by TTP Communications plc subsidiary ip.access ltd., are expected to join a list of additional network enhancements, including...
As the Nov. 24 deadline to implement wireless local number portability closes in, carriers are hashing service level agreements to smooth the porting of consumers' phone numbers between them. The latest agreements are among T-Mobile USA Inc and the five other nationwide carriers.An agreement...
Within a year of the Nov. 24 implementation of wireless local number portability, 30 million consumers will switch providers, according to new research from The Management Network Group (TMNG) Inc.Of those, 18 million will switch because of WLNP, while 12 million who planned to...
