CHEYENNE, Wyo.-Western Wireless Corp. doing business as Cellular One said it is in the process of upgrading its Montana network with digital technology to provide customers with improved wireless coverage and access to its CDMA2000 1x-enabled data services, including BREW-based downloadable content, picture and...
I'm not-so-officially declaring 2004 the year of wireless data.Anyone who has been in the industry for a while knows that "next year" has been the year of wireless data since about the mid-1990s. But there are a couple of reasons I think "next year"...
And I thought the acronyms of the wireless industry were unwieldy! In the age of text messaging there is a whole new language to be learned.Finally about a month ago I got up the nerve to inquire to my e-mail-addicted friend what LOL meant....
WILMINGTON, N.C.-Alerts USA, LLC has expanded its service to include "near-instant" SMS alerts of threats of terrorism.Launched last year, Alerts USA provides warnings of domestic disasters, terror alerts and events, changes in the national threat level, and official responses to national emergencies. Subscribers to...
Internet dating sites have proven to be one of the most popular aspects of the Web, and as with the gaming, adult-content and music businesses, many matchmaking companies are eager to transfer their wired successes to the wireless venue.Webdate Inc. is launching its Webdate...
Verizon Wireless began offering PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone earlier this week to its business users, PalmOne confirmed.The device will eventually be offered through Verizon's consumer-user channel as well, said Jimmy Johnson, a PalmOne spokesman. Johnson declined to disclose specific pricing or product...
The high-speed wireless data field is filling up with contestants as most of the country's larger operators have announced plans to deploy services that in some cases will open up the door to additional competition from companies that either have resale agreements for wireless...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless, which is partly owned by U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc, said it has expanded the reach of its international text messaging service to include more than 28 countries, allowing customers to send and receive inter-country text messages to and from customers of...
SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will offer two new mobile phones through Cingular Wireless, further expanding the company's push into the GSM market.Cingular will sell LG's new tri-band L1200 clamshell phone for $150 with rebates. The phone features support for 850/1800/1900 MHz...
High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation...
Fans of "The West Wing" TV series with Sprint wireless service will be able to participate in text messaging polls due to a new offering from cable channel Bravo and wireless messaging company GoldPocket.Under the offering, "The West Wing" re-broadcasts on Bravo will feature...
Verizon Wireless launched its new Pay As You Go service bundle, which includes a Kyocera Corp. KX414 handset and flat rate pricing of 10 cents per minute with a 25-cent-per-call connection fee. The new bundle is expected to retail for $130 and includes the...
A youth-oriented consumer survey released by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation for Rural Service found that rural wireless customers between the ages of 18 and 24 could prove a more appealing target for rural telecommunications providers than their urban counterparts.The third...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will begin offering text messaging alerts from CNN.com, including breaking news and top stories, and financial information from CNN/fn and Money magazine. The service allows customers to register from 10 CNN News programs and further define the type of...
Rural wireless provider Cellular South said it has added more than 100 cell sites since last September as part of the planned expansion of its CDMA2000 1x-based network, which is an overlay of its legacy TDMA network. The carrier noted that with the recent...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text-message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show "American Idol." The carrier said the number is up from last season's total of 7.5 million text-message votes-a sign that...
DENVER and WASHINGTON-Arriving at the current state of post-deployed wireless enhanced 911 Phase II capabilities has been a feat in and of itself, but deployment does not mean success, and for many, the real work toward E911 starts now, said speakers at the May...
Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new SCH-a650 for Verizon Wireless. The device features support for text messaging and...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it recorded a total of 13.5 million text message votes cast during the past season of reality TV show "American Idol." The carrier said the number is up from last season's total of 7.5 million text message votes-a sign...
Older generations of consumers despise text messaging as a marketing channel almost as much as voice mail or direct phone contact, according to a study from FIND/SVP Inc.'s Guideline Research Division.The survey found that 65 percent of participants, who averaged 42 years old, most...
REDMOND, Wash.-Ahead of the final voting episode of "American Idol," AT&T Wireless Services Inc. unveiled a new text messaging package allowing customers to send 1,000 text messages and receive unlimited peer-to-peer messages for $20 per month. The company said the package is designed to...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint announced it will sell the new LG Electronics Co. Ltd. VI-5225 clamshell phone for $50 after rebates.The companies describe the phone as the "little black dress" of devices due to its small, sleek shape. The phone features a color screen and...
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...
In their spare time after work and on the weekends, three tech-savvy guys in Petaluma, Calif., in about six months have managed to surmount a technical hurdle that the multibillion-dollar U.S. wireless industry has not yet resolved after more than a year of effort.Paul...
