WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless said it plans to hold a "Wireless Data Symposium" March 30 in Burlington, Mass., in an attempt to familiarize the community with the carrier's data service offerings including those designed for public safety.The carrier said the symposium will focus on its...
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Ratings Service Inc. has placed all entities related to Verizon Communications Inc., including Verizon Wireless, on CreditWatch with negative implications.The move follows S&P's decision last month to place SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., including their Cingular Wireless L.L.C. affiliate,...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said Verizon Wireless has licensed its Infinys rating and billing software called Geneva.The software will be implemented by the two companies and integrated within Verizon's systems portfolio, said the companies."The software will augment our technology to provide broader wireless data services," said...
ATLANTA-Research In Motion introduced its color BlackBerry 7750 wireless handheld at the CTIA Wireless show. The Java-based device is scheduled to be available from Verizon Wireless in April.Features of the 7750 include:a large, high-resolution color screen that supports more than 65,000 colors,support for 800/1900...
ATLANTA-Wireless application and technology company Air2Web announced it acquired European wireless software company Wokup SA. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are very excited about the merger with Wokup," said Sanjoy Malik, Air2Web's president and chief executive officer. "Air2Web is already providing significant...
Verizon Wireless ended 2003 in the same position as it began the year, as both the nation's largest carrier as well as the highest ranked wireless provider based on five operating metrics measured by N. Moore Capital Ltd. during the fourth quarter. The rankings...
LONDON-Network performance company Actix announced its GPRS IVS product, which the company said supports the troubleshooting and optimization of push-to-talk services. Further, the company said Nextel Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS use the company's products to optimize the performance of PTT services."Combining...
IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless named Oscar Madrid associate director of Multicultural Marketing for the carrier's 12-state West Area, which includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, where he will oversee a team focused on the Verizon Wireless'...
ATLANTA-Wireless application and technology company Air2Web announced it acquired European wireless software company Wokup SA. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."We are very excited about the merger with Wokup," said Sanjoy Malik, Air2Web's president and chief executive officer. "Air2Web is already providing significant...
In addition to the freedom of keeping your cell-phone number when switching between carriers, local number portability has also brought frustration for some porting customers who-after finally freeing themselves from one carrier with their number-have been faced with the unenviable task of porting contact...
Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company said takes the headache out of distributing wireless applications."We're not trying to sell a platform, we're trying to sell a...
When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why the carrier's bankruptcy filing came as such a surprise."Personally, I'm very, very sorry to...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s presence in the wireless industry is set to come to an end sometime later this year when Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s pending $41 billion acquisition of the nation's third-largest operator is set to close. Along with the reduction in number of...
As mobile-phone makers gear up for what likely will be their biggest year ever, Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and several other manufacturers kicked off the season with a glut of new, advanced handsets. Indeed, the pace is likely to quicken with...
CLEVELAND-Greeting card giant American Greetings announced it will form a wireless division headed by Bryan Biniak, a former executive from Moviso."We plan to exponentially raise the bar in the wireless space by leveraging the massive distribution network, marketing prowess and existing customer base of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the United States further into a controversy that domestic and international wireless carriers would rather see settled by overseas regulators and...
CLEVELAND-Greeting card giant American Greetings announced it will form a wireless division headed by Bryan Biniak, a former executive from Moviso."We plan to exponentially raise the bar in the wireless space by leveraging the massive distribution network, marketing prowess and existing customer base of...
WASHINGTON-Consumer Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, said nearly 8,000 letters from wireless consumers were delivered this week to wireless companies by the organization's EscapeCellHell.org campaign calling for better contract terms, improved coverage information and the ability to move handsets between carriers.The organization noted...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company's news came on the heels of new phone news from a variety of players.Sony Ericsson's...
As the market heats up for wireless instant-messaging services, a handful of vendors are touting their rapid implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance's IM specifications as a way to drum up carrier business.ACL Wireless, Colibria, Comverse Technology Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Followap, MessageVine Inc., Nokia...
After nearly six years of semi-autonomous trading on the open markets, Sprint Corp. decided last week to rein in its wayward wireless division by folding in Sprint PCS' tracking stock under the company's wireline-based FON common stock symbol. Sprint PCS' stock has been trading...
WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Kevin Martin indicated Thursday there might be other ways besides rebanding to solve public-safety interference in the 800 MHz band."Ultimately some kind of rebanding or pulling the spectrum apart and putting it back together in a different manner may be the most...
A quick Google of the acronym "TSI" can turn up at least 10 different companies, all using the same three letters to sell wildly differing products and services. However, Googling the word "Syniverse" turns up only one company-Syniverse Technologies Inc."It's like an alphabet soup,"...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer.The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the VX8000 EV-DO mobile phone from LG. The phone features Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6500 CDMA...
