NEW ORLEANS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said its wide area- and local area-based wireless data networks now cover more than 250 million potential customers with EDGE technology and nearly 4,000 Wi-Fi hot spot locations. In support of the expanded data coverage, Cingular said it now offers...
David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the company's revenues from $0 five years ago to between $315 million and $325 million...
Wireless carriers' spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes have been driven mostly by the country's larger operators, which-in addition to supporting an increasing number of wireless subscribers-are being...
Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to 137 million. The move is not totally unexpected-Motient has been bleeding customers and revenues for years, and has lately been...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has implemented Convergys Corp.'s Infinys rating and billing software within its systems architecture to support its growing wireless data offerings. Convergys added that the Infinys solution would allow Verizon Wireless to customize its software to meet specific billing and...
Qualcomm Inc. has appointed Paul E. Jacobs as its new chief executive officer. He succeeds his father, Irwin Jacobs, who will retain his position as chairman of the wireless company.The company also appointed Steven R. Altman as president, replacing Tony Thornley, who is retiring."I...
In the world of digital marketing, Will Hodgman sees himself as a kind of safe-cracker. Hodgman was the marketing savvy behind AdRelevance, a Seattle-based firm he co-founded with University of Washington computer science professor Dan Weld. AdRelevance quickly established itself as a leading online...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched an all-inclusive, flat-rate messaging offering, allowing users to send and receive text, picture and video messaging at one monthly price. The carrier said the plans are unique in allowing users to send and receive any combination of messages in...
SBC Communications Inc. reported Wi-Fi roaming agreements with Airpath Wireless and Boingo Wireless that will add 3,300 nationwide and international hot-spot locations to SBC's FreedomLink service and open the company's network to Boingo's Platform Services partners. SBC said the roaming deals will provide revenues...
Regional wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. has reportedly agreed to sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the San Francisco Basic Trading Area to Verizon Wireless for $230 million. The carriers also signed a nationwide roaming agreement that will allow MetroPCS to expand its regional offering,...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. launched an all-inclusive, flat-rate messaging offering, allowing users to send and receive text, picture and video messaging at one monthly price.The carrier said the plans are unique in allowing users to send and receive any combination of messages in any...
After years of mostly futile efforts to exploit the largely untapped wireless e-mail market, wireless companies are thinking small. Instead of working to put high-tech devices in the hands of every road warrior and high-level executive, messaging companies are targeting consumers and low-end business...
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be on the cutting edge, the NBA also recognizes it needs a wireless presence. "It's important ... that the NBA be...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of a company's information technology network to provide enhanced and secure wide-area connectivity for data...
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said Alltel will use its wireless data connectivity solution to support its high-speed data customers.Smith Micro will customize its QuickLink Mobile and QuickLink Mobile Phonebook software for Alltel's data connectivity kits to support all CDMA2000 1xRTT handsets that...
ST. LOUIS-U.S. wireless operators will slowly migrate from CDMA networks to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology as they move from third generation to fourth generation, according to a report from the Rysavy Research and Datacomm Research Co. The study predicts that wireless local area...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of a company's information technology network to provide enhanced and secure wide-area connectivity for data...
CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications. The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME), which is expected to comprise 200 mobile technology companies including...
CANNES, France-An industry group of marketing executives announced an effort to drive consumer uptake of new mobile applications.The Chief Marketing Officer Council announced it formed the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME), which is expected to comprise 200 mobile technology companies including wireless...
The multi-billion dollar wireless industry remains a good bet for investors despite the cutthroat nature of the market and the always-evolving technology, according to reports. However, the sector will continue to have its share of winners and losers. According to a report from investment...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has entered into CDMA2000 agreements with two companies, while a carrier has launched CDMA2000 EV-DO technology in Venezuela. The CDMA proprietor said it entered separate licensing agreements with BenQ Corp. of Taiwan and Axesstel Inc. here to develop, manufacture...
SAN DIEGO-PC card and wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. reported fourth-quarter results in line with its reduced guidance, news that sent the company's stock up almost 10 percent to $13.16 per share. The announcement comes as Novatel's main rival Sierra Wireless Inc. faces...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with BIO-key International Inc. to provide an integrated wireless solution to the Massachusetts Port Authority that will connect law enforcement officers at Boston's Logan International Airport to mission-critical information. The two companies also said they will provide a...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Corp. announced it will up its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures to 49 percent, just under what it needs to control the company. Motient's stock was up more than 10 percent on the news to about $32.35 per share.Motient said it closed...
