RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. selected Wireless Services Corp. to serve as its network interoperability provider, enabling Nextel customers to send and receive text messages to and from subscribers of other U.S. wireless carriers.WSC said its service allows message confirmation, 500-character length messages, real-time delivery...
BELLEVUE, Washington, United States-T-Mobile USA, which is known as VoiceStream Wireless in most of the country, launched its T-Mobile-branded Windows Powered Pocket PC Phone Edition for its T-Mobile and VoiceStream customers.The US$600 voice-enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) is powered by Microsoft's software, allowing users...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone and consumer groups in Ireland are once again at odds over the price of calls following the publication of figures showing that average revenue per user (ARPU) in Ireland is significantly higher than the other European countries in which the company has...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Currently known as VoiceStream, T-Mobile today broke into the U.S. market, launching voice and data services in California and Nevada. T-Mobile's Get More services, promoted by spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones, work over a GSM network that promises "more minutes, more features and more services...
ZUG, Switzerland-Swiss carrier Sunrise will use BMD Wireless' Wireless Application Messaging Server in its core network infrastructure to offer services based on the short messaging service standard."Mobile originated text messaging to interactive applications and services is a major driver for Sunrise to secure new...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) reported an increase in the number of consumers complaining about unsolicited text messages. The organization said it upheld six complaints about SMS-based promotions this year, compared with none the previous year. Most of the complaints, according...
ATLANTA-Ahead of its planned launch of wireless service in New York City next month, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. opened a Cingular Zone in Rockefeller Center allowing potential customers to try out the carrier's service and announced title sponsorship of the Nam June Paik art exhibit...
LAKE CHARLES, La.-Wireless operator US Unwired launched its Big Mouth calling plan, allowing customers to make unlimited monthly calls for $35 per month. Customers can also purchase additional features, including call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling, voice mail, voice mail notification, caller ID and...
The text messaging industry in the United States is growing by leaps and bounds, and most agree it has the potential to be huge. The application is really the first major win for the nascent and struggling U.S. wireless data market for consumers, and...
ATLANTA-Ahead of its planned launch of wireless service in New York City next month, Cingular Wireless opened a Cingular Zone in Rockefeller Center allowing potential customers to try out the carrier's service and announced title sponsorship of the Nam June Paik art exhibit Transmission.At...
LAKE CHARLES, La.-Wireless operator US Unwired launched its Big Mouth calling plan allowing customers to make unlimited monthly calls for $35 per month. Customers can also purchase additional features, including call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling, voice mail, voice mail notification, caller ID and...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesSony EricssonSony Ericsson Mobile Communications introduced several new handsets, including the T61d, T600, ...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Red-M announced a collaboration with Commtag to develop always-on wireless push corporate networks to securely deliver real-time information and mission critical data to mobile devices at this week's Bluetooth Congress in Amsterdam."We believe that wireless push will be a significant driver for...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to promote the use of multimedia messaging service (MMS), Vizzavi Deutschland, the wireless portal jointly owned by Vodafone and Vivendi Universal, has requested Alatto Technologies to supply consumer applications that will be delivered via the local Vodafone's MMS offering....
ATLANTA—U.S. Cellular Corp. deployed Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s IP-based Versera Large Solution platform in Milwaukee. Under the agreement, Glenayre's platform will help U.S. Cellular customers manage their voice, fax and e-mail messages from a single, centralized mailbox. In addition, Glenayre said the platform will enable...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology will not bring killer data applications, at least during this year in Indonesia, according to industry executives.Rudiantara, head of the country's cellular association, said Indonesia's cellular subscribers experienced many new short message service (SMS)-based applications last year,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) said it will continue its free General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offering until the end of April, with an additional extension possible. IM3 originally set its free GPRS services schedule for November 2001 through February.Sumedi Kirono, IM3's director of...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility announced the commercial availability of Sierra Wireless' AirCard 555 Wireless Network Card on the carriers 1x network.Sierra Wireless said the device will allow Bell Mobility customers to access the next-generation network at speeds up to 144 kilobits...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Following the massive interest in cross-carrier text messaging in the United States, Motorola Inc. released its own interoperability product.Motorola's new Short Messaging Service Gateway, which is an extension of the company's SMS center product, routes messages from one carrier to another, or...
MobileSpring Inc. and InphoMatch Inc., rival vendors for short message service interoperability solutions, have been working together during the past few months to ensure their cross-carrier messaging systems are themselves interoperable.The teaming comes as no real surprise. By making sure their systems can work...
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Through a deal with message interoperability company InphoMatch, Verizon Wireless is now the last of the nationwide, consumer-focused carriers to allow its users to send short message service (SMS) messages to subscribers of rival carriers using only a phone number.Verizon...
ORLANDO—VeriSign was busy at CTIA Wireless 2002, making five announcements plugging new partnerships and services.First, VeriSign outlined its telecommunications strategy, since its acquisition of Illuminet Holdings Inc. and H.O. Systems Inc., for delivering services that carriers can use to expand their data and voice...
LONDON—Currently representing 10 percent of total carrier revenues, short message service (SMS) is the dominant data contributor to carrier average revenue per user (ARPU), and its value is expected to continue to grow, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan study.Frost & Sullivan credits...
