BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. selected Global Wireless Data to participate in its National Master Agent Program, which the carrier said will broaden the customer distribution network for its Express Network data offering.As part of the distribution network GWD will offer current and future channel...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Re-route Corp. said they have begun migrating current Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN service offering that was jointly developed by Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp.Verizon Wireless noted Mobile Web users can...
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless Inc. reported 1.2 million net customer additions for the third quarter of this year compared with 752,000 net customer additions for the same quarter last year. The increase came despite the carrier's loss of all of the 308,000 former WorldCom Wireless...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network in 2004.The company is working to alert all its CDPD customers of the change, and is offering them incentives to...
LAS VEGAS-Personal technology retail giant Gateway Inc. launched its Mobile Wireless Solution that uses Verizon Wireless' Express Network this week at CTIA Wireless I.T. & Internet 2002.The service will be available this week in Las Vegas, Dallas and Houston, in additional markets later this...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Eyematic Inc. said it has built what it describes as the first wireless animated messaging service known as "Shout Messenger" on Verizon Wireless' BREW-enabled Get It Now service."Eyematic's multimedia software platform provides messaging services like Shout Messenger with capabilities such as still...
ORLANDO-XcelleNet Inc. said that over the past month its mobile infrastructure solution, Afaria, has been chosen by Intel, Verizon IT, Computer Associates and Fujitsu PC Corp. for use in various mobile solutions."Through these partnerships, XcelleNet continues to power enterprises that want to capitalize on...
PLANO, Texas-Terion Inc. extended its existing contract for wireless communications supporting its FleetView trailer monitoring system with Verizon Wireless Inc. until 2005. Financial terms of the extension were not released.Terion said its FleetView design integrates GPS and cellular technology to provide coverage throughout the...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-Verizon Communications has sold most of its 21.5-percent stake in Telecom New Zealand. Verizon sold its stake to Merrill Lynch, which then sold the shares to global institutional investors.There was heavy demand from investors in New Zealand, Australia and internationally, Telecom New...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced America Online Inc. Instant Messenger service allowing customers to send short messages to everyone on their Buddy List from their wireless device. The two companies previously announced a deal providing wireless access to AOL Mail and other AOL services...
NEW YORK-With the possibility of being released from its obligations to the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 35 fiasco, Verizon Wireless Inc. is reported to be interested in purchasing Cablevision Systems Corp.'s Northcoast PCS wireless division, according to the New York Post.The report said talks...
TORONTO-Canadian operator Bell Mobility launched the Audiovox Thera, a high-end mobile phone/personal digital assistant running on Microsoft Corp.'s Pocket PC operating system."Many customers have been seeking the convenience of a single device that can be an extension of their office with access to their...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on whether bidders in the re-auction of bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc.'s PCS C- and F-block licenses should be able to withdraw entirely from the re-auction or choose to keep certain licenses and discard the rest."Since the commission...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Summus Inc. launched ZIO Interactive's Nineball billiard game on Verizon Wireless' network. The game is powered by Summus' BlueFuel architecture and runs on Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW platform.
FRANKFURT, Germany-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. parent Deutsche Telekom AG are apparently close to agreeing to the size and stake of a proposed merger between the two companies and could begin merger proceedings as early as next month, according to a story...
GREEN BAY, Wis.-Verizon Wireless entered a long-term agreement with the Green Bay Packers to be one of the major gate sponsors at Lambeau Field.The seven-year sponsorship will run though the 2009 National Football League season and give Verizon Wireless prominent signage throughout the stadium;...
PHOENIX-Freedom Wireless Inc. announced two favorable rulings in its patent infringement suit against Boston Communications Group Inc. and several wireless carriers including Verizon Wireless Inc.One ruling concluded that Freedom had not violated a settlement agreement by bringing the patent infringement suit, as Verizon Wireless...
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. launched Sharp Mobile Services, the consumer edition of wireless data service for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant.Developed in partnership with Aether Systems Inc., the service will run on Verizon Wireless Inc.' CDPD network. Sharp Mobile Services allows consumers...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and Verizon Wireless have filed a joint petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to review the Federal Communications Commission's denial of Verizon's petition for forbearance from Wireless Number Portability (WNP)...
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. unveiled a consumer edition wireless data service for its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant designed to run on Verizon Wireless Inc.'s CDPD network. The Microsoft Pocket PC powered device includes a color screen, integrated QWERTY keyboard and dual expansion slots...
WARREN, N.J.-Virgin Mobile USA is the latest U.S. carrier to open its network to cross-carrier text messaging-a business that is doubling every eight to ten weeks, according to messaging interoperability company InphoMatch Inc.InphoMatch manages the cross-carrier text messaging systems for AT&T Wireless Services Inc.,...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to eliminate approximately 2,500 to 3,000 jobs in a reorganization the carrier said would better serve customers in today's segmented marketplace. The cuts are expected to cost the company $70 million in one-time pre-tax costs.The job cuts are scheduled to...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Analyst predictions of a groundswell in wireless gaming seem to be coming true, with a variety of companies making gaming-related announcements.Perhaps the most important news comes from Sprint PCS, which is continuing to expand its application portfolio for its new Vision network....
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. reported the sale of its wireless assets to Verizon Wireless Inc. is complete. In exchange for its sixteen licenses covering approximately 3.4 million potential customers in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, Price received a preferred limited partnership interest in...
