New wireless Internet browsing technologies may be giving rise to new business models for wireless content developers, and it appears the nation's No. 1 wireless carrier, Verizon Wireless, is looking to spur the market.At this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas, Verizon...
Maybe it's because of the imminent local number portability deadline, maybe it's because of the holiday shopping season launch, maybe it's because wireless data is starting to gain some traction, but advertising by wireless carriers has moved from the mundane to the entertaining.Gone is...
CHANDLER, Ariz.-Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to continue its rollout of its weather balloon-based wireless data telemetry services."This is extraordinarily...
The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink in a $21 million deal. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90...
With much fanfare at this year's Comdex electronics show in Las Vegas and multi-page advertisements in nationwide newspapers, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its high-speed EDGE-based service last week, claiming it now operates the highest-speed nationwide wireless data network in the country. The launch...
Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to continue its rollout of its weather balloon-based wireless data telemetry services."This is extraordinarily valuable...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. unveiled enhancements to its mMode wireless data service, which the carrier said are designed to provide customers with faster and easier access to content with an increased level of simplicity and personalization.RCR Wireless News in October first reported that AT&T...
The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90 percent of the U.S. population...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. reported its wireless operations posted a 15.1-percent drop in revenues from $179 million during the third quarter of 2002 to $152 million this year. The decrease was attributed to both a year-over-year loss in customers from 1.1 million last year...
Premium text messaging is now a reality in the United States-essentially creating a new market in the U.S. wireless industry.Most of the nation's wireless carriers have installed the necessary billing and management systems to offer the service-including all of the nationwide operators-and already a...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in October 2003.China. With China Mobile to expand its GSM networks.Value: $50 millionComorian Union. With SNPT to roll out the country's first GSM network.Value: UndisclosedEricssonFinland. With Finnish 2G for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA mobile services.Value: UndisclosedLithuania. With...
RESTON, Va.- Nextel Communications Inc. announced late Friday it will upgrade its iDEN network using Motorola Inc.'s WiDEN network technology, which the carrier said will quadruple its data speeds.Nextel said its investment in the new WiDEN technology will be reflected in the carrier's capital...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company L.M. Ericsson announced a new music product through a partnership with Sony Music Germany that delivers bundled packages of artist pictures, ring tones, music clips, artist news, and music recommendations. Swisscom Mobile launched the service, dubbed M-USE, as part of...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Visto Corp. announced it scored another major carrier deal, with KPN Mobile in the Netherlands planning to use Visto's technology to offer wireless e-mail services over its i-mode wireless data platform.Visto currently counts a handful of carrier customers in the United States,...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Sprint PCS affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. reported 13,200 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year compared with 18,800 net customer additions during the third quarter of 2002. UbiquiTel added that despite the drop in customer growth, its net subscriber mix improved...
SAN DIEGO-Technology giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will sell streaming video technology to handset makers, and heavy hitters such as Kyocera Wireless Corp., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sanyo Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Inc. have licensed the technology for future...
Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or just some heady hedges that may-or may not-lead to something big? There's enough of a history there to make recent...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it will expand its machine-to-machine services through a new deal with Aeris.net. Under the agreement, Verizon will offer Aeris.net's MicroBurst technology across its digital CDMA network."Verizon Wireless is pleased to expand our MicroBurst agreement with Aeris.net," said Ted Hoffman,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless said it will expand its machine-to-machine services through a new deal with Aeris.net. Under the agreement, Verizon will offer Aeris.net's MicroBurst technology across its digital CDMA network."Verizon Wireless is pleased to expand our MicroBurst agreement with Aeris.net," said Ted Hoffman,...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced U.S. Cellular has implemented its product-based billing platform for U.S. Cellular's wireless data services."Portal's billing solution will enable us to leverage investments in 1xRTT network technology and charge for the full value of easyedge, our innovative new wireless data...
Wireless data carrier Motient Corp. warned in Security and Exchange filings that it will soon lose its largest customer, UPS. Motient said it plans to counteract the loss by further lowering its network costs, beefing up its resale agreements with Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile...
With hundreds of wireless operators spread throughout the country, T-Mobile USA Inc.'s position as the sixth-largest carrier would seem to be one of the more enviable. The carrier has posted stronger customer growth in the past year than most of its larger rivals. Its...
How about a movie about a powerful House committee chairman with a $155,000 salary who buys a million-dollar piece of prime hunting property in Texas with guidance from a seasoned wireless lobbyist, all amid riveting rumors and dumbfounding denials about the lawmaker leaving Congress...
Following mixed third-quarter results from most of its nationwide competitors, Verizon Wireless put a stronger lock on its title as the country's largest wireless carrier with customer growth nearly double its nearest rival and year-over-year improvements in nearly every operating and financial metric.During the...
