Wireless Services

WASHINGTON—The Bush administration today announced an overhaul of antitrust procedures and responsibilities, a move giving the Department of Justice full oversight of wireless services and equipment sectors. The memorandum of …

ALBANY, N.Y.—Telecommunications industry billing and customer care systems provider CommSoft Inc. released a new version of its flagship CommVergence product. CommVergence 8.0 allows customers to provide for wireless services in …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it added the Sony Ericsson T68 and the Nokia 8390 handsets to its portfolio of GSM/GPRS devices. The T68 has a color screen and …

LAS VEGAS—Boundless Depot, which offers wireless services to the deaf and hearing-impaired community, announced its new RadeIM instant messenger service, available for $4.95 per month plus a $10 activation fee. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—VoiceStream Wireless now offers inter-carrier text messaging to all its subscribers, regardless of handset type or service plan, the company announced.VoiceStream is using InphoMatch Inc.’s InphoXchange technology platform. VoiceStream …

CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial downturn the industry is currently enduring …

NEW YORK—AT&T Wireless Services and L.M. Ericsson said they completed the first live UMTS voice call in the United States as part of a testing process to help ensure AT&T …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services completed its all-stock acquisition of the 77-percent of TeleCorp PCS it did not already own. The deal involved AT&T Wireless issuing approximately 146 million …

WASHINGTON–AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal after completing a comprehensive certification process. “Consumer education about privacy issues is critical to establishing consumer confidence. As our …

CANNES, France—The GSM Association continued to move forward with its wide-ranging M-Services Initiative, announcing the second phase of the program, broad support from the supplier community, and a series of …

PHOENIX, United States—After years of quiet work, Space Data finally officially announced its plan to operate as a carrier’s carrier by using weather balloons to offer wireless services to vast …

NEW DELHI, India—Lanka Bell, a fixed wireless local loop (WLL) telecommunications service provider in Sri Lanka, decided to install a new broadband wireless access system, ClearBurst MB, from U.S.-based Harris …

ARLINGTON, Va.—TeleCorp PCS Inc. shareholders approved the company’s proposed merger with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which is expected to be completed on Feb. 15. “Over 94 percent of the votes …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched America Online Inc.’s Instant Messenger services on select AT&T Wireless phones allowing customers to access their AOL Buddy List. The AOL service is available …

REDMOND, Washington, United States—AT&T Wireless Services and Canadian operator Rogers Wireless introduced cross-border GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) roaming for their respective customers. Rogers currently covers 85 percent of the …

BEIJING—Nokia has partnered with Chinadotcom to launch a platform for short message services (SMS) and other wireless services such as ringing tone download, picture message download and operator logo. “Owners …

WAYNE, N.J.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Audible Inc. have been testing a jointly developed automated wireless download capability designed to extend Audible’s content delivery platform to compatible handheld devices via …

NEW YORK—A trio of wireless carriers tapped the deep well of the debt markets last week, collectively raising nearly US$2 billion. Korea Telecom was first out of the starting gate, …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Cellular operator Smartcom PCS has launched its 2.5-generation (2.5G) service in the city of Santiago de Chile using 1XRTT technology. Thus, Smartcom PCS follows the path initiated by …

MUMBAI, India—Qualcomm Inc. said it has invested $200 million to support the introduction of CDMA wireless technology for Reliance Communications Ltd. to provide basic telephone services, wireless local loop and …

NEW YORK—A trio of wireless carriers tapped the deep well of the debt markets last week, collectively raising nearly $2 billion. Korea Telecom was first out of the starting gate, …

NEW YORK—Subscriber growth for U.S. wireless services companies for fourth quarter 2001 may fall below previous Wall Street expectations, according to analysts from Merrill Lynch. The research company cut its …

1. Jan. 29 Re-auction brings in record $17B to FCC After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. …

The personal digital assistant and wireless data device markets shook last week under a series of major announcements that served to puzzle, jar and-in most cases-hearten Wall Street and the …

Nokia Corp. continued its massive open mobile architecture standards push last week by signing up some of the world’s largest infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA Systems Inc., Borland …