BOCA RATON, Fla.-Telefonica Moviles (Peru) selected Datumcom Corp. for A-GPS support and location-based services deployment engineering services. The company is providing its LOC-AID.net location services, including friend finder, fleet management, location dating and location gaming, as well as engineering services for validation, calibration and...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. and Telefonica Moviles S.A. said they have completed the transfer of BellSouth's ownership interest in five wireless operations in Latin America. Telefonica Moviles has taken control of the operations of BellSouth's properties in Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, effective immediately. BellSouth...
BellSouth Corp. said it has completed the $1.2 billion sale of its ownership interest in three Latin American wireless operations to Telefonica Moviles, which BellSouth said it would use to help fund its financial obligations for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it has signed a long-term contract to provide its Atlys billing solution to Vivo, a joint venture led by Portugal Telecom and Telefonica Mobiles SA that provides wireless service in Brazil.Convergys will license its Atlys billing solution and use its local...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
MIAMI—The CDMA Development Group announced winners of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards this week at the CDMA Americas Congress taking place in Miami. Among the winners were: c Wang Jianzhou of China Unicom, who received the industry leadership award for his "dynamic leadership...
MIAMI-The CDMA Development Group announced winners of the 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Awards this week at the CDMA Americas Congress taking place in Miami. Among the winners were:Wang Jianzhou of China Unicom, who received the industry leadership award for his "dynamic leadership in third-generation...
DUBLIN, Ireland-M-commerce moved a step closer to becoming reality with two separate announcements this week.Payment software company Valista announced Orange has chosen its payment technology to provide connectivity to Simpay. Simpay, which was founded by Orange, Telefonica Moviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone, focuses on enabling...
BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by its wireless subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C. JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it plans to offer $3 billion aggregate principal amount of five- and 10-year senior notes to help finance its share of the pending acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by its wireless subsidiary Cingular Wireless L.L.C.JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Goldman Sachs...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging suppliers Comverse and Tecnomen both announced multimedia messaging service center contracts Wednesday.Comverse said Telefonica Moviles Espana selected its MMSC to be deployed with a third-party MMSC to support high-volume personal and application-based multimedia messaging in Spain.Telenor Pakistan and its infrastructure provider Siemens...
SAO PAULO-Brasilcel, the company jointly owned by Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom, has launched a plan to buy additional stakes in the other Brazilian subsidiaries partially owned by the two European telecom companies in a $508 million deal. Brasilcel intends to launch voluntary public...
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
MINNEAPOLIS-Fair Isaac Corp. said Telefonica Moviles Peru, the largest wireless services provider in Peru, selected Fair Isaac's RoamEx roamer data exchanger to gain near-real-time visibility of roaming call records generated by subscribers on other carrier networks.Fair Isaac said the use of RoamEx will enable...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-MoviStar Puerto Rico has completed the initial deployment of Phase II E911 services via technology from Telecommunication Systems Inc. MoviStar is certified by the public-safety answering point in Puerto Rico as being live with Phase II E911.MoviStar Puerto Rico is managed by Telefonica...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell said it has agreed to integrate Qualcomm's BREW offering into its CDMA system. This will allow the carrier's customers to access a slew of applications including e-mail, screen savers, games and ring tones on their wireless devices."In Iusacell, we want to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless gear supplier L.M. Ericsson announced a series of contracts around the world, assuring its place as the world's premier infrastructure player.In the context of the CommunicAsia conference in Singapore, Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Carl-Henric Svanberg emphasized the increasing importance of hosting services...
Wireless gear supplier L.M. Ericsson announced a series of contracts around the world, assuring its place as the world's premier infrastructure player.In the context of the CommunicAsia conference in Singapore, Ericsson Chief Executive Officer Carl-Henric Svanberg emphasized the increasing importance of hosting services among...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier's ninth partnership for the wireless Internet technology.Telstra is licensing the i-mode brand, technology and patents. Financial details were not disclosed."Telstra will work with content partners...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier's ninth partnership for the wireless Internet technology.Telstra is licensing the i-mode brand, technology and patents. Financial details were not disclosed."Telstra will work with content partners...
Tim Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the World Wide Web, has spoken out against the wireless industry's attempts to create a ".mobi" mobile-specific Internet domain listing. Further, the World Wide Web Consortium's Technical Advisory Group echoed Berners-Lee's criticism's by voting to endorse his position."Dividing...
Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe last week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various countries.In Italy, Telecom Italia Mobile launched its EDGE and UMTS services May 24. The...
