WASHINGTON-Brian O'Connor, vice president for legislative and regulatory affairs at T-Mobile U.S.A., has resigned to pursue opportunities elsewhere in the private sector. O'Connor said his departure from T-Mobile, effective Jan. 2, was amicable and had been planned for some time. He said it is...
LONDON-MSN Mobile in the United Kingdom launched a new picture text messaging service through a partnership with FunMail Inc. and conVISUAL.The service will be available to subscribers of Orange UK, Vodafone UK, MmO2 and T-Mobile UK."We think FunMail is a great application that will...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from Keynote Systems, a finding that comes as many operators have installed text messaging interoperability and are looking to boost usage...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-According to international press reports, MmO2 is in talks with several operators, including Vodafone Group plc and T-Mobile International, for the sale of its Dutch subsidiary. The unit is reported to be worth around $210 million, although the price could increase with...
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Verizon Communications said its wireless division added more customers during the recently completed fourth quarter than the 803,000 net customer additions reported for the third quarter of last year and that it does not see any weakening in customer demand...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Communications Inc. said its wireless division added more customers during the recently completed fourth quarter than the 803,000 net customer additions reported for the third quarter of last year and that it did not see any weakening in customer demand for its...
Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators' third-quarter results rendered a top-five ranking that included carriers serving a nationwide business customer base, a Canadian operator, the region's largest carrier, a regional affiliate...
Showing off the diverse nature of the wireless industry in North America, a recent survey and ranking of operators' third-quarter results rendered a top-five ranking that included carriers serving a nationwide business customer base, a Canadian operator, the region's largest carrier, a regional affiliate...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. plans to release a "major new product" sometime next year, a device with wireless capabilities that will likely use the newest version of Palm Inc.'s operating system.The company first hinted of its plans during its third-quarter conference call,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their "lost" wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe's major telecom companies have launched wireless local area network (WLAN) hot spot services. France T
DUBLIN, Ireland-The music appears to have stopped on the game of managerial musical chairs at T-Mobile International, with Rene Obermann being unveiled as successor to Kai-Uwe Ricke, who has stepped into the top job at Deutsche Telekom. The incoming chairman will be joined on...
CLEVELAND-United Wireless now counts 22 locations throughout northeast and central Ohio, following the opening of two new retail locations in Streetsboro and Montrose.United Wireless offers wireless solutions from Alltel Corp., AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint PCS and T-Mobile...
DALLAS-Allgon announced it will supply solutions for in-building coverage in a new terminal at Munich's international airport."The new terminal at Munich's international airport will obtain a state-of-art multi-band solution providing coverage to GSM 900 and 1800 as well as UMTS to four mobile operators...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having deployed several thousand Panasonic GD87 cell phones, Vodafone Germany has confirmed the handsets can make billable calls without users being aware. The company said the software bug within the device could lead to fraud or unwanted charges.According to Vodafone, which has...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it intends to offer Research In Motion Ltd.'s voice-enabled BlackBerry 6750 handheld device on its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network during the first quarter of next year. The launch will be the first BlackBerry device offered on a 1x network...
WASHINGTON- National Communications System official John Graves said today T-Mobile USA will be awarded a government contract by early next week to provide basic wireless priority access service to federal, state and local officials around the country, but he cautioned that funding challenges could...
FRANKFURT, Germany-German telecommunications provider Deutsche Telekom AG reported plans to sell up to 120 million shares in its T-Online Internet subsidiary in a move designed to raise capital and reduce its more than $60 billion debt load to around $50 billion by the end...
America Online Inc. announced that it is launching an industrywide mobile developer program for its instant-messaging services. As flagship members, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens AG will work to develop, test and distribute licensed AIM clients for mobile devices. The...
It's time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we've decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced the industry in 2002? Enter your vote via the...
It is time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, RCR Wireless News, the sister print publication of GlobalWirelessNews.com, decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced...
In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group.The report said Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about US$800 million in the...
In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group.The report said UMTS equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about $800 million in the third quarter of this...
Once the domain of top secret British agents with licenses to kill, wireless handsets that include cameras are now available to the common man as wireless carriers and handset manufacturers continue to slowly introduce the devices.Like most high-tech electronic equipment, these hybrids got their...
The wireless industry's shift from focusing on growth at any expense to an emphasis on growing profitably has been reinforced recently with a number of operators deciding it will take different leadership to guide them through what many expect to be a trying time...
