SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile entertainment publisher M-Pedia Corp. released ScoreBuddy, a mobile application that allows golfers to track scores, view statistical analyses and e-mail scorecards, the company announced.M-Pedia partnered with Golf Magazine to develop the application, which is available to Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular...
Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecom offerings would see additional...
Verizon Wireless threw its considerable resources into the international roaming business earlier this month by expanding the availability of Samsung Corp.'s SCH-a790 Global Phone to the carrier's non-business customers. The handset, which retails for $350 with a two-year contract, and accompanying Global Phone service,...
Once lightly regarded as a true competitor for its larger nationwide competition due to its relatively small customer base, not-quite nationwide footprint and questionable network quality, T-Mobile USA Inc. has managed to stake its claim as one of the segment's leading operators in the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless customers can now access their account balances from their handsets by dialing #BAL where they will hear details of their last five payment transactions, including the dates payments were received and the total balance paid. Users can also receive text messages...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell called on Congress to codify the agency's recently adopted plan to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band.Such a move would mean that Nextel Communications Inc. would not have to approve the measure to swap spectrum so Nextel's commercial...
Verizon Wireless launched a pair of new games from Digital Chocolate Inc. and Modtones Gallery from Faith West for its Get It Now downloadable service, as well as adding a new service from M7 to enhance the offering for users and content companies.Digital Chocolate's...
WASHINGTON-A Minnesota federal court has upheld a new state law forbidding mobile-phone carriers from making significant changes to service contracts without obtaining written or verbal permission from subscribers, but ruled regulatory recovery fees can be passed through to consumers without notice.The Minnesota wireless consumer...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless users can send and receive Yahoo! instant messages though a new, full-color graphical interface, the companies announced Wednesday."Instant messaging has exploded in the U.S.," said Jim Ryan, vice president of data product management and business marketing for Cingular, "and this gives our...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecommunications offerings would see...
The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
Canadian athletes may not have matched the total number of medals hauled from Athens as its southern neighbor, but the Great White North did supply the top carrier during the second quarter of this year as Telus Mobility led 21 of its North American...
Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless have made the Samsung SCH-a790 global phone available to Verizon Wireless customers.The quad-band CDMA/GSM phone allows Verizon Wireless customers to roam internationally onto Verizon Wireless partial owner Vodafone Group plc's networks in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the...
CLEVELAND-Verizon Wireless is the first carrier to offer Univision Movil, a Hispanic-focused mobile content offering that was quietly deployed during the past couple of weeks.American Greetings Corp.'s AG Interactive will publicly launch Univision Movil at tonight's Latin Grammys Awards in Los Angeles. Six applications,...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. made good on its commitment to launch UMTS-based services in Dallas and San Diego following the carrier's previous network launches in July that included Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco and Seattle. The UMTS launches fulfill AWS' network obligations with technology partner...
Verizon Wireless will launch Verizon Wireless stores inside more than 570 Circuit City Superstores around the country via a new store-within-a-store concept meant to bolster its retail presence.Circuit City also noted that it will stop selling T-Mobile USA Inc. products and services in its...
A dual-band smart phone from Taiwanese manufacturer High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC) has been granted approval from the Federal Communications Commission, according to FCC documents.The CDMA 800/1900 phone, code-named Vivida, was reportedly designed for use by Verizon Wireless. The device will run a Microsoft...
BUFFALO, N.Y.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. today said its distracted-driving program reached 2.2 million more students this year.Cingular said the 7.8 million students from 18,500 high schools and professional driving schools in all 50 states are now using the program. About 5.6 million students were taught...
WASHINGTON-A judge in New Jersey has granted Verizon Wireless a permanent injunction against Jacob Brown, a text-message spammer from Rhode Island. "We got him and now he is permanently prevented from ever contacting our customers, and if he does, we will go back to...
No company is an island. With three major acquisitions last week, Cisco Systems Inc., ARM Ltd. and Eastman Kodak Co. have demonstrated that many firms are involved in the mobile world. The trend is not restricted to the smaller firms whose consolidation announcements flood...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to people...
Who is your wireless carrier?A question that used to be answered easily is becoming more complicated as mobile virtual network operators gain traction in today's market. It's good to be an MVNO as Virgin Mobile USA is showing, signing up more than 1 million...
Regulatory fees have been a contentious item for both wireless carriers that claim they are just passing along government-mandated charges and customers who have found up to 30-percent increases in wireless bills due to such fees. The fees first gained notoriety during the run-up...
Despite the continued financial uncertainty surrounding a number of Sprint PCS network partners, the carrier's largest affiliate by subscriber numbers-Alamosa Holdings Inc.-said last week it would be interested in further consolidation among the remaining affiliates.Speaking at the Raymond James Midwest Mini Conference in Chicago,...
