AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is getting ready to award a large tower buildout contract and it appears incumbent service provider Bechtel Communications may have to share the contract it once solely held.Competition is the name of the game, said Bechtel President George Conniff. Earlier...
Operators are continuing to cut wireless prices in order to try to court new customers to capture a larger share of fourth-quarter subscriber additions. The fourth quarter historically has been the busiest time of year for the industry.After reporting it lost customers in the...
Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony's Music Digital Services division.Meanwhile, wireless application publisher Moviso L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA,...
Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile has expanded its U.S.-originated wireless local area network strategy to Europe, rolling out the service in hot spots in Germany and Austria.The service is currently available in airports, hotels and cafes. In Austria, there are already 200 access points, operated in conjunction...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Having returned T-Mobile to a pre-eminent position in the German mobile sector, Kai-Uwe Ricke has been handed the much greater challenge of reviving the fortunes of Deutsche Telekom as the company prepares to reveal record losses.Ricke is well regarded within the company, following...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA reported a company-record 869,000 net customer additions for the third quarter comprised of more than 1 million net contract customer additions and a loss of 190,000 prepaid subscribers. The quarterly net additions, which led the industry, were well ahead...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. reported a company-record 869,000 net customer additions for the third quarter comprised of more than 1 million net contract customer additions and a loss of 190,000 pre-pay subscribers. The quarterly net additions, which led the industry, were well ahead of...
BERLIN-A German news agency reported that Deutsche Telekom AG does not plan to sell its T-Mobile USA Inc. division and will instead look for other alternatives in reducing its more than $60 billion debt load.DT interim chief executive Helmut Sihler reportedly told the VWD...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled four new handsets for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s GSM and TDMA networks as well as T-Mobile USA Inc.'s GSM-only network. The pair of Cingular handsets includes the Motorola C331, which was co-designed by both companies and will be offered in...
TOKYO-The Financial Times reported German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG is unlikely to sell off its T-Mobile USA Inc. division when it announces its debt-reduction plans next week due to the delay in reaping revenue benefits in a timely fashion and DT believing it...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said it filed a report with the Federal Communications Commission with details of new tests of enhanced observed time difference mobile location technology.Results of the field trials CPS reported to the FCC showed accuracy levels of 46 meters...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the breadth of its HotSpot Wi-Fi service offering, T-Mobile USA Inc. reported agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to provide wireless broadband Internet access in each airline's clubs and lounges across the country. T-Mobile currently offers its HotSpot...
PALO ALTO-Danger Inc. announced it has hired Hank Nothhaft to serve as its chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding co-founder Andy Rubin who will remain president and chief strategy officer of the company.Danger recently began selling its mobile phone/Internet/messaging device through T-Mobile USA Inc....
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Pen&Internet LLC, creator of riteMail, a handwritten e-mail application, has teamed with T-Mobile dealer RACO Industries to market riteMail products and services through its reseller network and to T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition corporate users. "riteMail's unique handwritten e-mail communication capabilities will be...
LAS VEGAS-Vendors TTPCom, 7 Layers and Analog Devices and carriers AT&T Wireless, Cingular Wireless, and T-Mobile will take part in a seminar called "Making EDGE Real-Out of Development and into Mobile Device," on Thursday at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002.In addition to discussions...
LAS VEGAS-Moviso L.L.C. unveiled its new V4 technology platform, designed to support the production, presentation and distribution of mobile media content across all wireless networks, billing systems, handset protocols and electronic storefronts.The platform is currently in use by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile and...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the coverage of its Wi-Fi-based HotSpot service, T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a partnership with Borders Group Inc. to provide wireless Internet access in Borders Books and Music locations nationwide.T-Mobile currently offers its HotSpot service in more than 1,600 locations across the country...
PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s technology future was brought into question last week as were the carrier's upcoming third-quarter financial results.Speaking at the UMTS and Mobile Internet conference in Paris, Leo Nikkari, AT&T Wireless' director of 3G industry relations, said the carrier had yet to...
WASHINGTON-Skyworld Communications Inc., a minority-owned wireless dealer in Chicago, is bringing a $23 million lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Inc. for breach of contract and violation of the Illinois Franchise Act. The dealer also has filed a civil rights complaint with Justice Department against the...
NEW YORK-Citing increased competition and challenges integrating former WorldCom Wireless customers, Lehman Brothers lowered its net customer additions guidance for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s third quarter from 300,000 subscribers to 65,000 customers.Lehman Brothers analyst John Bensche said the increased competition concern was due to...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Mobile games aggregator nGame has been acquired by its U.S. partner Mforma. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company will become part of what its new owners claim will be the largest wireless content distributor in EuropeThe move coincides with a new report identifying mobile gaming...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. received the highest overall customer satisfaction rating in 15 markets according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2002 Wireless Industry Services Study. The survey of more than 17,000 households in the nation's top 27 markets found AT&T Wireless...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland said it is the first European operator to launch video messaging, which allows users to send video clips via mobile phones. Japanese operators have already launched video messaging service.Using the service, customers can record short films themselves and send them by...
