MARLBORO, Mass.-Rogers AT&T Wireless will use Telica Inc.'s Plexus 9000 Gateway Mobile Switching Center application to handle network traffic more efficiently and to facilitate the operation of its dual TDMA IS-136 and GSM/GPRS networks."The deployment of the Gateway MSC architecture into our network is...
WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911 service as their urban counterparts, six senators told the Federal Communications Commission in a recent letter."The Sept. 1 deadline for...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.The research group believes uptake of unified messaging in the region is slow due to...
WASHINGTON-Rural wireless carriers are different; they use different technology, and they should not be held to the same accuracy standards for wireless enhanced 911 as their urban counterparts, said six senators recently in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission."The Sept. 1 deadline for...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Although the Latin American unified messaging market has developed more slowly than expected, potential still exists, especially in enterprise solutions, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan.The research group believes uptake of unified messaging in the region is slow due to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Messaging supplier Tecnomen Corp. said it began employee negotiations to reduce its staff by 80 people in different offices during 2003 and 2004. The company said productivity and financial issues have forced the reductions, which will save the company up to $6.5 million...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. signed a three-year GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. providing both companies with access to each other's networks throughout the United States. Dobson recently announced plans to overlay its legacy TDMA network with GSM/GPRS technology.Dobson said the agreement will...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. signed a five-year deal with Ericsson Inc. to provide CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS core and radio infrastructure and services as part of the carrier's previously announced overlay of its legacy TDMA network. Rural Cellular said the diverse network plans will...
Dobson Communications Corp. signed a three-year GSM/GPRS roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. providing both companies with access to each other's networks throughout the United States. Dobson recently announced plans to overlay its legacy TDMA network with GSM/GPRS technology.Dobson said the agreement will allow...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. signed a five-year deal with Ericsson Inc. to provide CDMA2000 1x and GSM/GPRS core and radio infrastructure and services as part of the carrier's previously announced overlay of its legacy TDMA network. Rural Cellular said the diverse network plans will...
When a technology era begins, infrastructure is king. But once the nuts and bolts are in place, it takes second place to peripherals.In wireless, it is no different. "Total wireless infrastructure contract values are down roughly 40 percent year-on-year from the first half of...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Wireless reported a five-year deal with L.M. Ericsson to provide GSM/GPRS and EDGE technology equipment for the carrier's planned overlay of its legacy TDMA technology network.The agreement calls for Ericsson to immediately begin installing EDGE-ready 1.9 GHz GSM/GPRS radio access equipment to...
Of the handful of rural carriers that reported second-quarter results last week, including Western Wireless Corp., Dobson Communications Corp., Rural Cellular Corp., Triton PCS Holdings Inc., Alamosa Holdings Inc. and US Unwired Inc., nearly all reported relatively flat roaming growth and all posted a...
Following a hastily retracted announcement earlier this month, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially announced last week it would purchase 34 PCS licenses covering 83 million potential customers from bankrupt license holder NextWave Telecom Inc. for $1.4 billion.The official announcement, which was strangely similar to a...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s rumored $1.4 billion purchase of 34 PCS licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. was semi-announced last week as NextWave's public-relations agency distributed a press release claiming the two companies had agreed on a deal that if approved by NextWave's bankruptcy court and...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has completed a previously announced swap of wireless licenses and properties with U.S. Cellular Corp. covering 15 states and more than 18 million potential customers.The deal, which was announced in early March, calls for AT&T Wireless to...
MANKATO, Minn.-Rural telecommunications provider HickoryTech Corp. reported $3.968 million in wireless revenues during the second quarter, which was a slight improvement compared with the $3.963 million the company reported for the second quarter of 2002. HickoryTech posted improved wireless revenues despite a drop in...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Somera Communications announced it has signed a master supplier agreement with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. under which Somera will supply equipment support for Cingular's TDMA and GSM networks."Operators are faced with the business imperative to support network growth while lowering the overall cost...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Brazil's Telecom Americas has chosen Harris Corp.'s NetBoss network management software to manage its TDMA and GSM networks, which cover a population of more than 140 million. NetBoss will allow Telecom Americas to view the status of all eight of its networks from...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continued to expand the reach of its GSM/GPRS service last week, signing roaming agreements with Dobson Communications Corp. and its joint venture American Cellular Corp. that will eventually add coverage to more than 11 million potential customers in parts of...
Centennial Communications Corp. selected Ericsson as the sole supplier for its planned GSM/GPRS technology overlay of the carrier's U.S.-based legacy TDMA network.Ericsson said it will immediately begin deploying EDGE-ready 850 MHz GSM/GPRS radio access and core network equipment onto Centennial's network under a five-year...
MANKATO, Minn.-Regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone."It's just amazing that what started about 13 years ago as an idea for connecting rural Minnesota has grown to all this," said Dennis Miller, president and chief executive officer of Midwest...
Turning wireless services from novelty to normal has engaged wireless players focusing on the emerging markets in the world.While advanced economies of North America, Western Europe and Japan grapple with saturation or near-saturation issues owing to preponderant adoption across social classes, emerging markets are...
MANKATO, Minn.-Two and a half years after hitting the 200,000 customer mark, regional wireless operator Midwest Wireless said it has reached the 300,000-subscriber milestone."It's just amazing that what started about 13 years ago as an idea for connecting rural Minnesota has grown to all...
