VANCOUVER, British Columbia-In Motion Technology Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they have joined forces to provide wireless service providers with solutions that integrate third-generation networks and Wi-Fi networks.In the deal, Lucent will provide its CDMA2000 and UMTS mobile networking equipment, while In Motion...
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Top Global to provide wireless service providers with a solution that links third-generation networks with Wi-Fi in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.Top Global will provide its hot spot solution known...
WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said since January 2002 consumers have paid $629 million in fees required by federal regulators for wireless services, including a charge for a local number portability option whose implementation was delayed for months because of legal challenges by the mobile-phone industry.The...
Alan Dick & Co. has acquired telecommunications infrastructure service company EXi Ltd., making Alan Dick & Co. a single-source supplier for the telecommunications industry. "Acquiring the resources and expertise that have driven EXi rapidly forward since its creation in 1995 will allow us to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-IBM has chosen to integrate SupportSoft Inc.'s Mobile Device Management Suite with its Device Management Solutions to offer wireless service providers an enhanced customer service solution. With the integrated IBM-SupportSoft solution, wireless service providers can provide automated customer self-service, self-healing functionality and...
CANNES, France-Intrado Inc. said it teamed with location-services provider Mobilaris to offer a bundled location-service solution, which the companies said will be capable of sophisticated service-based billing and support new models for revenue generation."We're pleased that together, Intrado and Mobilaris offer wireless service providers...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association and the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association announced cross-border, inter-carrier text messaging services enabling text messaging between customers of major U.S. and Canadian wireless service providers have been launched.Participating are Canadian service providers Bell Mobility, Microcell Solutions (Fido),...
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. received the highest overall customer satisfaction rating in 15 markets according to the J.D. Powers and Associates 2002 Wireless Industry Services Study. The survey of more than 17,000 households in the nation's top 27 markets found AT&T Wireless...
DENVER, United States-The solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus, operating at 65,000 feet over Hawaii, has successfully completed commercial tests of third-generation (3G) wireless video telephony, wireless Internet surfing via laptop computer modem and high-definition television (HDTV) broadcast. The three weeks of tests, which ended 21 July, involved...
EDISON, N.J.—LSSi Corp. launched its Jolt self-service mobile directory that allows Web-enabled wireless device users to look up telephone listings.Jolt users simply enter search information into their device through the keypad to receive the desired telephone listing, including name, phone number, street address, city,...
AUSTIN, Texas—Wi-Fi service provider Wayport Inc. said it is teaming with GRIC Communications to offer high-speed Internet service in U.S. airports and hotels, otherwise known as hotspots."Wayport joins the more than 300 ISPs, telecommunication companies and wireless service providers that make up the world's...
MINNEAPOLIS—Samsung Electronics has signed a licensing agreement to supply H.A. Technical Solutions' software for its B3 wireless base stations in South Korea, China, Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines. The deal, which involves 1,000 licenses, was inked through HATS' reseller, SamBoo System Corp."Our clustering software...
BLACKBSURG, Va.—LGC Wireless said it has successfully provided in-building systems for four wireless service providers in every indoor athletic venue in Salt Lake City.LGC credited Wireless Valley's SitePlanner design, measurement and archiving software for its success. "Designing in-building systems at this level is really...
During the past 20 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. The number of wireless customers has grown from less than 100,000 subscribers after the first full year of availability in 1984 to nearly 120...
NEW YORK-Trivnet, an Israeli software provider, has developed a system designed to answer questions and eliminate concerns that have slowed adoption of the wireless phone as a sales transaction device.Consumers are concerned about inadequate security and its potential to permit fraudulent use of their...
WASHINGTON-After hinting at such legislation all year, Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) last week introduced legislation aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile-phone users."If you have a cell phone in your pocket or OnStar in your car, somebody knows where you are at all times....
Handsets/ devicesMitsubishiMitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up to 86 kilobits-per-second data speeds. It has several features for business users. The phone allows users...
NEW DELHI, India-Wireless network operators the world over are preparing to move from offering voice-only services to data and content-based services. The transition means they will have to install real-time, flexible, scalable billing systems capable of handling complex third-party environments. A bigger challenge is...
NEW YORK-In an effort to appeal to global service providers, MobileQ, a software and solution provider, launched the MobileQ MyScape, a multilingual product that enables wireless Web users to customize the content they access on their wireless devices.The product, based on the MobileQ flagship...
GoBeam Inc.GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible through the GoBeam Web site and requires no software to run. The GoBeam Dashboard includes...
NEW YORK-The recent "Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo" brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy.Boston-based WebMap Technologies Inc. has developed a proprietary content mapping software that turns pixels into...
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now.International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed several end-user segments to determine what the most popular mobile Internet applications would be if...
The new CEO at Andrew Corp. is promising that the manufacturer of wireless communications equipment will double the company's revenues in four years.Guy M. Campbell, who succeeded Floyd English in October, announced at the annual meeting last month that he expects Andrew to reach...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
