Unisys | April 26, 2011 | Press Release
Innovative solution uses Unisys ClearPath ePortal technology to let CEDAE customers pay bills anywhere using their smartphones
Sao Paulo, April 26, 2011 – Customers of Rio de Janeiro water utility company CEDAE can pay their water bills using...
UTStarcom Inc.'s infrastructure business has gone private. The company, which also makes a range of cellphones, has sold its mobile solutions business unit to private equity firm OpenGate Capital for an undisclosed sum.UTStarcom's stock was up slightly on the news to around $5.62 per...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Sprint Nextel Corp. to BB from BBB- and removed the company's ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications. The downgrade moves Sprint Nextel out of the investment-grade category and into junk...
The chief executives of nine of the nation's high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to foster what they characterize as the resource's highest and best use. Through their public-advocacy group, the Technology CEO Council, these...
The chief executives of nine of the nation’s high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to foster what they characterize as the resource’s highest and best use. Through their public-advocacy group, the Technology CEO Council, these...
RICHMOND, British Columbia-eXI Wireless Inc., provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based asset management and security solutions, announced its eXI Systems subsidiary has completed an RFID Asset Tag Trial Program with 22 hospitals in the United States.The trial program demonstrated Assetrac, a single system for...
Partnership announcements were plentiful at the ninth annual SpeechTEK International Educational Conference and Exposition, which took place last week in New York City. The unions demonstrate a trend among vendors in the speech recognition technology field to offer end-to-end, quick-to-deploy, voice-application solutions to customers.Following...
NEW YORK-SandCherry Inc. announced it has entered several partnerships to address the increased demand for advanced speech services. Through partnerships with Apptera, Fortegra, speechvantage, Voxpilot, Voice Objects and 8Hertz, SandCherry plans to develop pre-packaged and customized application solutions to allow carriers and enterprises to...
ESPOO, Finland-As wireless operators in Europe and elsewhere work to launch multimedia messaging services, technology and infrastructure companies are looking to expand their market and their own offerings.For instance, Nokia Corp. announced worldwide information technology services and solutions company Unisys Corp. will resell its...
ESPOO, Finland-As wireless operators in Europe and elsewhere work to launch multimedia messaging services, technology and infrastructure companies are looking to expand their market and their own offerings.For instance, Nokia Corp. announced worldwide information technology services and solutions company Unisys Corp. will resell its...
ORLANDO, Fla.-The Smart Card Alliance announced it has admitted 26 new members."For the alliance to be gaining these highly respected commercial and government organizations as members, demonstrates there is real value here," said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the group.Included in the new members...
BLUE BELL, Pa.-Unisys Corp. and Iona Technologies have entered an alliance and reseller agreement according to which Unisys will provide systems integration and consulting services to support IONA's recently-launched Mobile Orchestrator, which enables mobile workers to wirelessly access company applications and data."This alliance is...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Digital signal processing resources from Aculab and speech recognition software from Nuance were used in the creation of Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor's new Talk2Call platform.Talk2Call, developed by Unisys for Telenor, is a business-to-business speech recognition solution that promises to make business tasks simpler....
CANNES, France—British carrier Mmo2 announced a deal with Unisys Corp. to jointly market and distribute a new range of mobile data services for corporate customers based on Microsoft Corp.'s wireless software and high-speed GPRS mobile data networks.Services will include remote access to e-mail, contacts...
NEW YORK-The mission of Pure Matrix Inc., a Boulder, Colo., start-up, is to make mass customization of mobile data nice and easy so customers will use it more and place greater value on its delivery and the carriers that transmit it.A European wireless carrier...
The Personal Communications Industry Association announced ten new companies plan to join its Global Initiative program for help in assessing and managing m-convergence opportunities. The program provides marketing, regulatory and technical business tools through various products and services, PCIA said. "Organizations need to know...
H.O. SystemsH.O. Systems has chosen Scott Berry as vice president of professional services. His 12 years of industry experience includes executive positions at Alltel, Convergys and Cellular One. At H.O., Berry will be responsible for streamlining and growing business operations for the company. Of...
UXBRIDGE, U.K.-Unisys Ltd. and Airborn, a part of the M-Cell group, are joining to offer mobile Internet service to wireless users.As per the agreement, Airborn's Remote Interactive Voice Response will run on the Unisys Communication Application Platform. According to Ross Macdonald, chief executive officer...
BLUE BELL, Pa.-E-business company Unisys Corp. and Nortel Networks announced they teamed up to develop a virtual private network aimed at allowing financial institutions, government departments and commercial businesses to conduct secure business over the Internet.The new VPN, called Secure VPN, will allow businesses...
Telcom GlobalChris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.'s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company's global resource pool. Carter has more than seven years of experience in wireless network design and...
PathnetPathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and independent telephone companies into the Pathnet network in under-served regions of the country. Rowen developed...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Brazilian mobile operator Global Telecom licensed Phone.com Inc.'s UP.Link Server Suite to provide Wireless Application Protocol-based wireless Internet access to subscribers through its Code Division Multiple Access network.Global Telecom, which covers states in Parana and Santa Catarina in southern Brazil, is a...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Several leading voice messaging companies in North America have formed the TeleMessaging Industry Association, aimed at better educating the public about the benefits of voice mail and messaging services, and thereby increasing their use.Founding members include Ameritech Corp., Bell Atlantic Corp., Bell Canada,...
Metawave Communications Corp. named Vito Palermo senior vice president and chief financial officer, with responsibility for the company's financial and administrative operations including accounting, treasury, financial planning, investor relations and human resources. Most recently, Palermo served as vice president and corporate controller for Bay...
