CAMBRIDGE, England-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. said its latest trial results show enhanced observed time difference systems are making progress, with 81 percent of calls now being located to within 150 meters.The Federal Communications Commission requires that by next year, 95 percent of calls must...
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to introduce its MobileMarkets application on the carrier's mMode data service.SmartServ said the application will allow customers to access real-time stock market information, provide news, customizable alerts, symbol searches and watch list...
SAN DIEGO-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile said it will begin selling its new high-end SX56 Windows-powered Pocket PC Phone through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. starting this month.The GSM/GPRS device features a color screen, text messaging capabilities, an MP3 stereo player and an infrared data...
WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. agreed on Wednesday to pay $2 million to the U.S. Treasury following revelations that it was not deploying enhanced 911 Phase II in the manner that it had said it would.The $2 million fine represents a slight reduction from the...
PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services told a conference in Paris that it is currently seeing no demand for W-CDMA-based service in the United States, and the carrier could take four or five years to look at the technology."We don't see anything in the market driving demand...
PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s technology future was brought into question last week as were the carrier's upcoming third-quarter financial results.Speaking at the UMTS and Mobile Internet conference in Paris, Leo Nikkari, AT&T Wireless' director of 3G industry relations, said the carrier had yet to...
Several analyst firms have highlighted Asian carriers-and not the highly watched Japanese operators-as being in the best positions to capitalize on the current mobile industry dynamics. While Europe, Japan and to some degree the United States have been market leaders until recently, the current...
PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it will discontinue service for Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in California, Nevada and Washington after the contract related to the service expired last May. The Cingular contract accounted for approximately 5 percent of Metro One's...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Romanian GSM operator Connex and Zapp Mobile, the country's CDMA 450 MHz operator, announced that users of the two networks now can send each other text messages.The new service is an extension of the text messaging services offered by the two mobile-phone operators...
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...
NEW YORK-With the possibility of being released from its obligations to the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 35 fiasco, Verizon Wireless Inc. is reported to be interested in purchasing Cablevision Systems Corp.'s Northcoast PCS wireless division, according to the New York Post.The report said talks...
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Mobile communications services company IMC Inc. launched a GSM wireless network in Iceland through its subsidiary IMC Island ehf, and has already negotiated bilateral roaming agreements with more than 100 wireless network operators around the world under the Viking Wireless brand.IMC said...
NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and InnerWireless Inc. partnered with Rockefeller Group Telecommunications Services Inc. to deliver in-building wireless coverage to the lower level of the Rockefeller Center Concourse, which connects one of New York's busiest subway stops and several office buildings including 30...
PLANO, Texas-The latest Mobinet study found that while 61 percent of mobile-phone users in 15 countries are aware of the service capabilities associated with third-generation mobile technology, only 29 percent plan to upgrade.The study of 6,000 mobile-phone users is conducted twice annually by global...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Instead of trying to sell off its U.S.-based VoiceStream Wireless Corp. holdings, analysts said German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG may choose an early public offering of its T-Mobile unit to help the company reduce its more than $60 billion debt load." want...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is marking the final phase of the rollout of its GSM/GPRS network across the country with an unlimited calling plan, allowing customers to make all domestic calls while on-network for $100 per month. The AT&T Wireless Charter Plan, which...
PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. announced the nationwide rollout of its MetroDex personalized phone directory service.MetroDex allows AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers to upload personal contact information via the Internet. Subscribers can then dial 411 on the AT&T Wireless network and a Metro One...
While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to deploying third-generation (3G) networks. Those models...
BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-A class action lawsuit has been filed against telecom analyst Jack Grubman, Citigroup Inc. and Sanford Weill, Citigroup's chief executive officer, on behalf of purchasers of AT&T Corp. stock and/or AT&T Wireless Services Inc. stock from Nov. 29, 1999, to Aug. 22.The...
NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. confirmed it received a subpoena from the New York Attorney General's office in regards to an investigation into whether Citigroup's Salomon Smith Barney unit artificially raised its rating on AT&T Corp. prior to its initial public offering in 1999 of AT&T...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to eliminate approximately 2,500 to 3,000 jobs in a reorganization the carrier said would better serve customers in today's segmented marketplace. The cuts are expected to cost the company $70 million in one-time pre-tax costs.The job cuts are scheduled to...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. completed the re-branding of its recently acquired TeleCorp PCS markets by expanding service in Puerto Rico. TeleCorp previously operated in Puerto Rico under the SunCom brand name.AT&T Wireless said it has 25 stores across the island and...
NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom AG has proposed merging its VoiceStream Wireless Corp. operations with Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which is owned by BellSouth Corp. and SBC Communications Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.The newspaper said unnamed sources close to both companies confirmed...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the launch of the 3G Today Web site, www.3Gtoday.com, which highlights commercial third-generation CDMA wireless services and products.The site features a wireless device database that features more than 145 3G CDMA wireless handsets and devices in categories like brand, country,...
