MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will build a GSM network for Telenor Pakistan in the southern part of the country. The value of the order was not disclosed.The contract includes delivery and installation of all the infrastructure components for setting up the new network.Telenor...
ROCKVILLE, Md.-Telenor Interactive, a provider of mobile applications and messaging services, will provide nationwide mobile connectivity for interactive voice and text services provided by Voice Courier Mobile, owners of the service "Mobilehookup.""Text messaging is a fun, convenient way for people to connect and is...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Millions of European wireless phone customers can now download entire songs directly to their handsets, mobile music company Chaoticom, Inc. announced. European carriers Orange U.K., Eurotel and Telenor Mobile Norway have partnered with Massachusetts-based Chaoticom to allow customers to browse, preview and...
ROCKVILLE, Md.-Telenor Venture, the venture capital arm of Telenor Group, has acquired Telenor Mobile Interactive USA, a mobile applications and messaging service company.The company will now be called Telenor Interactive.
OSLO, Norway-Norwegian mobile carrier Telenor Mobil said it is upgrading its GSM network with EDGE technology, although it emphasized that EDGE is not a replacement for its ongoing UMTS rollout."By combining the two technologies, we will more quickly be able to offer a high-speed...
OSLO, Norway-Norwegian mobile carrier Telenor Mobil said it is upgrading its GSM network with EDGE technology, although it emphasized that EDGE is not a replacement for its ongoing UMTS rollout."By combining the two technologies, we will more quickly be able to offer a high-speed...
OSLO, Norway-CDMA 450 technology is making headway in various global markets, with Norway awarding a 450 MHz license in that country, and trials of the technology concluding in Brazil.The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority said it received a $161,000 bid from Nordisk Mobiltelefon AS,...
Wireless messaging applications in the United States typically involve voting for reality TV show contestants, participating in trivia contests or requesting some sort of information, and most cost a few dollars or less. But one company is hoping to expand the functions of text...
LAHORE, Pakistan-Space Telecom and Telenor will pay $291 million each for GSM licenses in Pakistan. The new licensees will join Pakistan's four existing mobile operators.The country has a total of about 3 million mobile users.Half of the license fees are due in the first...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Danish mobile carrier Sonofon is joining a European alliance of wireless operators. The Starmap Mobile Alliance consists of 10 small European mobile operators representing a total of more than 46 million mobile customers."Ideally, our customers should be able to access the same services...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Danish mobile carrier Sonofon is joining a European alliance of wireless operators. The Starmap Mobile Alliance consists of 10 small European mobile operators representing a total of more than 46 million mobile customers."Ideally, our customers should be able to access the same services...
LONDON-Top European mobile-phone companies have created a new alliance, Freemove, to promote global mobile services, and to take on Vodafone Group plc, according to several European reports.Partners in the alliance include T-Mobile, Orange, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile. The group is planning flat-rate...
ATLANTA-ABC Entertainment and Telenor have launched Soap Confidential, an information program for ABC soap fans to keep up with their favorite shows and characters through premium text-messaging service. ABC said fans who sign up for Soap Confidential will receive exclusive messages from the network's...
Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase II mandate. "We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with...
Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company said takes the headache out of distributing wireless applications."We're not trying to sell a platform, we're trying to sell a...
ROCKVILLE, Md.-ABC Radio and Telenor Mobile Interactive USA launched a cross-carrier premium wireless text messaging service on Detroit's WDRQ radio station.The service runs during the station's evening programming. Listeners are invited to vote on whether a certain song should become a hit or a...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-New research shows Vodafone's Live! wireless data service and NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service are both poised for growth outside of Japan.According to research and consulting firm Analysys Research, data services beyond text messaging will gradually take hold, but operators will have to...
NEW YORK-Telenor Mobile Interactive and ABC News said they launched a premium text-messaging alert service that will give mobile consumers major breaking news and political news updates on their mobile phones.The companies said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have agreed to...
EVANSTON, Ill.-Mobile marketing company Vibes Media released its new iRadio product, which the company said allows radio stations to conduct interactive polls and campaigns using text messaging. The company said radio station KTTB/B96 in Minneapolis launched the iRadio platform this summer and uses it...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. said it agreed to sell its stake in Danish wireless operator Sonofon for just more than $600 million to Telenor. BellSouth will receive about $501 million for its 46.5-percent stake and $103 million in repayment for its shareholder loan and accrued interest.Telenor...
Premium text messaging is now a reality in the United States-essentially creating a new market in the U.S. wireless industry.Most of the nation's wireless carriers have installed the necessary billing and management systems to offer the service-including all of the nationwide operators-and already a...
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...
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...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its continued defiance of its numerous skeptics, a Hutchison Whampoa subsidiary took on another European third-generation license. The Norwegian government awarded a third-generation license to Hi3G Access Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison's Swedish 3G subsidiary Hi3G Access AB. Hi3G...
