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 "Joe 2 Go" that promote its new TV show "The Next Jo Millionaire: An...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. introduced Cellphone Service Station, a new mobile phonebook management solution for wireless retailers and enterprise telecom mangers to allow for the transfer, backup, restore or print out of phonebook and contact information. The application works on more than 140 mobile-phone models...
Twelve of the nation's top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV stations, movie studios and virtually any other business to purchase a five-digit text messaging...
LONDON-T-Mobile in Europe announced an innovative new service that further expands the bounds of wireless data services and pushes the carrier one step closer to full over-the-air control over wireless phones. Under the offering, T-Mobile users will be able to download new user interfaces...
The wireless industry continues to move closer to a universal short code service, with mobile marketing company M-Qube announcing a new TV voting deal with Universal Domestic Television.Under the deal, the station will offer a text messaging campaign through its "The 5th Wheel" dating...
Less than a week into what is traditionally the busiest quarter of the year, Sprint PCS rolled out a handful of modest rate plan changes bolstering the carrier's low-end and mid-priced offerings and providing more competitive price-per-minute rates as the industry prepares for the...
Longtime wireless modem maker Sierra Wireless announced a significant new business direction with the unveiling of its Voq phone-a device that marks the arrival of a new smart-phone player and another Microsoft Corp. backer.Investors seemed cheered by the bold move, sending Sierra's stock up...
Independent testing of Verizon Wireless' recently launched BroadbandAccess 1x EV-DO network found that while the service fell short of the multi-megabit speeds often used as marketing hype, the service consistently delivered speeds in line with what both the carrier and its infrastructure providers said...
CDMA2000 1x EV-DO launches in two U.S. markets have shoved its rival protocol to the margin. But EDGE promoters say they aren't worried.Tapping into the footprint of EDGE's predecessor GSM/GPRS, which accounts for the preponderance of subscribers around the world, EDGE could be on...
LUXEMBOURG-T-Mobile Netherlands and Gemplus announced results from their deployment of a short message service-based information-on-demand service for T-Mobile's Dutch customers. After five months of the service, volumes for SMS ring-tone downloads increased fivefold, the companies said.T-Mobile Netherlands offered a range of subscriber identity module...
The world's handset makers are ramping up their holiday season devices, with Motorola Inc., Siemens and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. joining the fray.Motorola and Siemens both released new W-CDMA devices for the European market. Motorola will sell its new A835 through operator 3. The...
Sometime in the future, wireless users may never again have to mail in their phones to get a software glitch repaired. If such a vision holds true, users won't even know there's a problem."Subscribers just want to make these things work," said Gene Wang,...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Customer retention is a top priority for wireless carriers, according to J.D. Power and Associates' new 2003 U.S. Wireless Regional CSI Study.Slowing penetration and upcoming wireless local number portability are making customer retention more important than ever according to the study. J.D....
Roy Miniel is a video gamer. He knows his way around a joystick and is on a first-name basis with Lara. Lara Croft, that is, professional tomb raider. Indeed, it's Miniel's job to know such things-he runs a Denver-area video game store called U...
LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice and data solutions for businesses and consumers across the Continent.MmO2, which operates in the...
Customer retention is a top priority for wireless carriers, according to J.D. Power and Associates' new 2003 U.S. Wireless Regional CSI Study.Slowing penetration and upcoming wireless local number portability are making customer retention more important than ever according to the study. J.D. Power said...
LONDON-In the second such European alliance aiming to gain power in numbers, nine second- and third-tier mobile operators joined forces in a new mobile alliance to provide seamless, enhanced voice and data solutions for businesses and consumers across the Continent.MmO2, which operates in the...
LEAWOOD, Kan.-Electronic transaction company Euronet Worldwide Inc. announced it purchased the assets of Austin International Marketing and Investments Inc., which sells prepaid wireless services via point-of-sale terminals throughout the United States.Euronet said it purchased the assets on an "earn-out" basis, with $1.9 million of...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Furthering the hype surrounding Nokia Corp.'s new mobile-phone/video game device, T-Mobile USA Inc. said it will sell the N-Gage starting Oct. 7 for $300.T-Mobile said it will sell the device with free wireless game play for 30 days and a combined total of...
The mobile commerce industry saw several new announcements and partnerships in conjunction with the Mobile Commerce World Europe 2003 event in London, but the most notable event included a teaming of perhaps the biggest names in the wireless and commerce industries.Nokia Corp. and Visa...
WASHINGTON-As the House and Senate this week prepare to vote on a $29.4 billion homeland security spending bill, the wireless industry remains left in limbo on priority access service and emergency warning capabilities even as it makes headway on other fronts.The appropriations bill agreed...
Last week's brush with Isabel aside, wireless local number portability-combined with other man-made turbulence-is the perfect storm.Never in the brief, spectacular history of the mobile-phone industry has there been a rule change with the potential to paradoxically cause so great disruption and rationalization in...
Siemens AG announced it won a contract with Germany's E-Plus to expand its GSM/GPRS network. The two-year contract is worth a "two-digit million euro amount," Siemens said. Siemens will install GSM base stations and necessary components to offer GPRS services. The expansion will increase...
Following more than 15 months of trials, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. plans to commercially launch its Easyedge data service today, providing customers with access to the carrier's expanding CDMA2000 1x network and throwing its hat into an increasingly competitive data market that...
