BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has reorganized its Get It Now downloadable applications menu in an attempt to make it easier for customers to browse and select from the 500 unique applications the carrier offers from its wireless data service. The reorganization includes the...
PalmOne Inc.'s Palm.Net service is ceasing operations, effective Aug. 31, meaning Palm.Net handhelds, including the VII, VIIx and i705 devices, will no longer perform wireless functions. The company told customers to look to smart phones for replacement service.Current owners of the devices will be...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has joined the list of mobile-phone carriers offering wireless priority service to federal, state and local leaders, and first responders."WPS is an extremely important tool to provide to key national security and emergency preparedness personnel during disaster and emergency situations. Cingular...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have approved Verizon Wireless's purchase of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s New York license.The deadline for oppositions expired at midnight Aug. 9. "The Hart-Scott-Rodino period doesn't technically expire until midnight, but I think it is fair...
Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...
Regional carriers are swapping spectrum to shore up their strength in markets where they already operate and exit markets that are no longer a strategic fit.In the largest deal announced last week, Alltel Corp. said it would buy both wireless spectrum and assets from...
A publicly accessible directory of wireless numbers would generate nearly $2 billion in revenues in the United States by 2008, according to a report released last week-but only if the major carriers cooperate.The study, conducted by The Pierz Group, indicates that carriers and wireless...
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
The rush of companies joining the ranks of pseudo-wireless providers continued last week as mobile content and application provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced plans to begin offering its prepaid Uphonia wireless services using a yet-to-be named wireless operator's network. Unlike a number of companies...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-T-Mobile USA Inc. bested two-time winner Verizon Wireless in a recent report on customer care quality. T-Mobile achieved an A ranking in caller satisfaction and a B in call completion, while Verizon Wireless slipped to a B in both categories.Cingular Wireless L.L.C....
Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. customers will have access to e-mail and instant messaging on their handsets, thanks to two new agreements.Verizon, the nation's largest wireless carrier, inked a deal that provides MSN Mobile services to its customers with Get It Now-enabled phones....
WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. said it has exercised an option to purchase PCS spectrum from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. covering 4.1 million potential customers in Michigan and Indiana for $19.5 million. The 10-megahertz licenses cover Anderson, Indianapolis, Lafayette and Muncie, Ind., as well as...
MINNEAPOLIS-Verizon Communications Inc. and finger-based biometric identification and wireless public-safety solutions provider BIO-key International Inc. said they received a contract to build a regional mobile data network on Massachusetts' Cape Cod for law enforcement agencies using Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x-based network.The network will be...
The creation of a mobile directory-assistance database could mean billions in revenue within the next four years, according to a report released Tuesday."Adding Mobile Numbers to the U.S. Directory Assistance/Enquiry Database," a report by The Pierz Group, indicates that carriers and DA/DQ service providers...
Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 16-percent drop in second-quarter wireless revenues from $153 million in 2003 to $128 million this year, despite what it claimed was an improvement in its wireless division, including a gain of 2,000 net subscribers that reversed its customer...
Verizon Wireless added some much-needed fuel to a rather bleak-looking second quarter last week as the nation's largest carrier posted an industry-record 1.5 million net customer additions during the quarter and blew past the 40-million total-subscriber mark. With just T-Mobile USA Inc. left to...
Qwest Communications International Inc. unveiled nationwide wireless voice services to residential and small-business customers in eight Oregon cities as part of its mobile virtual network operator agreement signed last year with Sprint PCS. The agreement allows Qwest to offer wireless service in markets where...
Increasing its presence in the wireless high-speed data game, Verizon Wireless launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO BroadbandAccess service in Las Vegas, providing users in the greater metro area with access to average data speeds of between 300 and 500 kilobits per second. The carrier...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. late last week expanded its play in the mobile space, with a new service that allows consumers to post photos to their Yahoo Photo online accounts directly from their cell phones.The service is free to any registered Yahoo user that is...
JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless applications and services to BREW-enabled handsets.The carrier recently noted the completion of the overlay of its legacy TDMA network with...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. signed a contract with the National Communications System to provide wireless priority services to national security officials, emergency responders and critical infrastructure industries during times of emergency. The carrier said it would begin implementing WPS on a phased-in...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless signed a three-year general purchasing agreement with Motorola Inc. to deploy CDMA2000 1x radio base stations, Internet Protocol call processing platforms and an advanced messaging solution in a number of markets, including Denver; Minneapolis; Sacramento, Calif.; and the Carolinas.Financial terms of...
Verizon Communications Inc. reported that its wireless division added a company record 1.5 million subscribers during the second quarter of this year compared with 1.3 million net adds during the second quarter of 2003 and finishing the first half of 2004 with 40.4 million...
The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed wireless data services before the calendar turned over as it launched what it termed commercial UMTS services in four markets...
