wireless data

Pinnacle Holdings Inc. painted a grim picture during its third-quarter earnings call last week, as executives tried to offer some hope that the company is going to survive even though …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Amdocs customer and billing platform Ensemble, which the carrier expects will improve customer service and reduce customer retention costs. The implementation is part of a …

TORONTO-In a joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers announced they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service use by creating an interoperable messaging service. Under …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company’s short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application Performance (Wireless DNA Performance) service, which …

BELLEVUE, Washington, United States—VoiceStream Wireless officially unveiled its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-enabled iStream wireless data network nationwide. VoiceStream said the service, which has been advertised on the carrier’s Web …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. launched Amdocs customer and billing platform Ensemble, which the carrier expects will improve customer service and reduce customer retention costs. The implementation is part of a …

SAN FRANCISCO—Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company’s short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application Performance (Wireless DNA Performance) service, which …

TORONTO—In a major joint announcement, four of Canada’s wireless carriers said they are joining forces in an effort to stimulate short messaging service (SMS) use by creating an interoperable messaging …

RESTON, Va.—Motient Corp. announced a deal that could add as many as 40,000 new subscribers over four years to its network through a deal with Airespring Wireless, which will sell …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Motorola Inc.’s global telecom solutions sector has signed a multi-year agreement to license XACCT Technologies’ mobile platform for its Aspira total communications solutions. “This will allow service providers …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals. Sonera said it will close down or sell its …

TOKYO—Japanese wireless operator Tu-Ka launched wireless packet data services over its PDC system in the Kanto and Tokai regions, allowing subscribers to access Internet services at speeds up to 28.8 …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS launched an enterprise distribution channel for its wireless data product, Sprint PCS Business Solutions Program, which will include distributors, system integrators, value-added resellers and original equipment …

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

The wireless data industry started as a dream and a nationwide network almost 30 years ago. As the years slowly passed and people began to recognize the value of mobile …

BEIJING—Ericsson is to deliver a Mobitex mobile Internet network to the Sky Networks Communication Group to serve 500,000 subscribers in Beijing and northern China. The network is expected to be …

NIEUWEGEIN, The Netherlands—Philippino mobile operator Globe Telecom contracted with CMG Wireless Data Solutions for additional storage and a forwarding facility for its popular short message service (SMS). Globe’s SMS volume …

SAN DIEGO, United States—PacketAir Networks said it has entered a reseller agreement with Rikei, a broadband system integrator based in Japan. According to the agreement, Rikei will promote PacketAir’s recently …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—The 20 million users of Hotmail e-mail services in Europe might shortly be able to receive their messages via short message service (SMS) following a deal between MIGway, …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Electronics manufacturing service provider Solectron Corp. has set plans to offer Sierra Wireless design support, prototype, pilot and volume manufacturing services for wireless data product development. “Establishing a …

PHILADELPHIA—ALC Environmental announced its plans to provide its environmental inspectors with wireless data capture and reporting systems. Numoda Corp. will provide ALC inspectors with a solution that is an extension …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—InfoSpace Inc. has teamed with Verizon Wireless to allow baseball fans to follow this year’s playoffs on their digital wireless phones. Verizon Wireless subscribers can sign up on the …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.—Aether Systems Inc., proving it can still sell in a tight economic environment, announced yet another wireless data sale, this time to motor carrier Oester Trucking. The trucking …

ALAMEDA, Calif.—Following the trend of many other wireless data companies in recent weeks, mobile data infrastructure provider Geoworks Corp. said it will cut its work force by 45 percent and …