ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless is managing a wireless trivia contest in conjunction with the MTV Video Music Awards. Users can opt-in to the trivia contest through MTV's Web site and can answer various text messaging questions for a chance to win $25,000 and appear on the...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless is managing a wireless trivia contest in conjunction with the MTV Video Music Awards. Users can opt-in to the trivia contest through MTV's Web site and can answer various text messaging questions for a chance to win $25,000 and appear on the...
DENVER-Consumer-friendly pervasive telephony technologies were the focus of last week's Zelos Group's Pervasive 2003 show here. Directory assistance and speech-recognition technologies, both hot topics in the wireless industry, took center stage.Converging those themes was TeleCommunication Systems Inc., which has expertise in enhanced 911 services...
A new consumer study finds that U.S. wireless users show little to no interest in advanced smart phones, and that handset makers and carriers would be better off selling specialized wireless devices.According to a new study from Jupiter Research, most U.S. consumers would not...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more.Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. and mobile marketing company Adversoft Inc., wireless users can be kept up-to-the-minute on all the...
NEWBURY, United Kingdom-U.K. company Cognito has launched a GPRS service called BusinessPhone that encourages users to text message other employees rather than talk directly to them and includes a personal digital assistant and integrated phone. Cognito said the service allows companies to control voice-call...
NEW YORK-Wireless entertainment company HipNTasty Inc. will provide wireless games at this summer's Lollapalooza rock festival.HipNTasty will offer a wireless scavenger hunt through its MobileHunt engine, allowing concert attendees to compete for points and prizes while learning about bands and attractions at the festival....
Telemarketing calls and junk mail have evolved. Now that consumers are used to dodging junk e-mail and Internet pop-up ads on their desktops and wireless messaging and mobile marketing are becoming more mainstream, mobile phones are quickly becoming the next vehicle of choice for...
LONDON-Software and solutions company MI International said it launched a new location service in the United Kingdom, allowing users to track mobile-phone owners.MI said it will sell the service exclusively through The Carphone Warehouse.The new service, named MapAmobile, locates mobile-phone users through wireless networks...
DENVER-Verizon Wireless launched its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network service in Colorado, providing customers with access to the wireless data network at average speeds between 40 and 60 kilobits per second and peak speeds of up to 144 kbps. The carrier said the launch is...
According to a new Harris Interactive survey, 86 percent of wireless phone subscribers believe they rarely or never engage in discourteous cell-phone use. However, 50 percent believe Americans are generally discourteous when using cell phones.More than half of those surveyed said they are uncomfortable...
In one fell funding swoop, the corporate wireless e-mail market has a new major contender.Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised an astonishing $50.4 million during an extended, three-month fund-raising round. The news comes shortly after Visto acquired fellow wireless corporate e-mail company...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said the wireless industry remains highly competitive, but concerns were raised about the quality of data collected by the agency and whether rural consumers are missing out on the benefits of service choice, lower prices and new digital features. ...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Thursday said the wireless industry remains highly competitive, but concerns were raised about the quality of data collected by the agency and whether rural consumers are missing out on the benefits of service choice, lower prices and new digital features....
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will sponsor the Lollapalooza 2003 Concert Tour, which is scheduled to begin a nationwide 30-show tour July 5 in Indianapolis.The carrier said it will be on site with text messaging contests, giveaways and interactive wireless demonstrations, and will allow...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-The wireless messaging and e-mail market continues its race toward consolidation with news of two new funding and acquisition deals, including a massive $50 million investment in wireless e-mail company Visto Corp.Visto said it extended its recent round of private equity financing...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry told the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that it would like text messaging spam to be covered by the CAN Spam Act that was passed by the committee on Thursday. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he expects the Controlling the...
The House of Representatives overwhelming passed spectrum relocation legislation, a major boost for industry efforts to secure military frequencies for third-generation wireless systems. "This is a big win for consumers and for government-spectrum users. The legislation ensures that sufficient airwaves will be available to...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Carolyn Maloney (N.Y.) on Wednesday said she plans to introduce legislation to integrate wireless and Internet technologies into the nation's emergency warning system. The Maloney measure is expected to closely track a bill introduced earlier this year by Sen. John...
DALLAS-Verizon Wireless will sell Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s new SCH-a530, which features Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download technology, as well as CDMA 1xRTT services and text messaging capabilities.Verizon will sell the a530 for $200 with a two-year contract.
BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry.First, marketing company M-Qube announced the next phase of its deal with radio company Clear Channel Communications, which involves a campaign with Boston radio station...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reinforced its wireless text messaging capabilities by announcing an extension of its personal computer to mobile messaging service that allows Yahoo Messenger users to send instant messages to Cingular Wireless devices. Cingular said that with the new offering, messages can be...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its TXT-411 text messaging-based directory assistant service that the carrier said provides text-access to the White and Yellow Pages. The carrier said the service will allow customers to send a text message with a directory assistance query to...
