PARIS—France Telecom and Gerhard Schmid, chief executive of German company MobilCom, entered a conditional agreement, finally resolving the feud between the two groups. Schmid and his associates will sell their shareholdings in MobilCom to a group of financial institutions in a deal that appears...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Cingular Wireless announced at CTIA's Wireless 2002 conference and exhibition its plans to roll out its advanced wireless services in California by the end of the second quarter and in New York City during the third quarter.Cingular already markets General Packet Radio Service...
RESTON, Va.—America Online Inc., continuing its wireless strategy of partnering with carriers to distribute its content, announced a deal with Nextel Communications Inc. to offer its popular AOL instant messaging and e-mail programs over Nextel's packet-data network.AOL has signed content agreements with numerous wireless...
NEW YORK—PWC Consulting, part of New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers, introduced to the North American market its New World Networks Mobile IP Solution, designed to allow carriers and enterprises to bring advanced services to market quickly using currently available network infrastructure. "The two critical questions carriers...
ORLANDO, Fla.—The Yankee Group and Sentori Inc. announced an emerging niche within the MVNO wireless market space during a press conference at CTIA Wireless 2002 earlier this week.The new niche players, mainly affinity and specialty channel MVNOs, offer billing and customer care options to...
CULVER CITY, California, United States—Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment formed Wireless Services, a new group that will focus on developing and distributing new mobile-specific entertainment applications, games and services featuring Sony Pictures Entertainment properties.Wireless Services also will work with Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment Europe to...
HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the agreement,...
HANNOVER, Germany—Deutsche Telekom and Microsoft Corp. are presenting mobile solutions for business customers at this week's CeBIT trade show in Germany and announced the companies will cooperate in developing devices for next-generation mobile phones.The first offerings should be available by the third quarter.Under the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Qualcomm's BREW platform scored another major developer deal, this time with Walt Disney and its ESPN-branded sports games.Under the deal, Walt Disney Internet Group said it will develop games like ESPN's 2-Minute Drill for the Qualcomm platform. Verizon Wireless recently announced its...
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 agreement, which DoJ and Federal Trade Commission planned to announce Jan. 17 but...
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 addition to wireline, cable, ISP and paging functionality. It includes: the capability to add and...
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 Bluetooth capability. It operates on 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz GSM networks 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.RadeIM works on RIM handhelds and Palm-powered devices and allows for unlimited services plus instant...
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 follows AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless in making it possible for wireless...
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 showing through to the exhibition halls or the company-rented yachts that line the harbor...
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 Wireless delivers next-generation capabilities to its subscribers on schedule.The call was made using Ericsson...
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 additional common shares and assuming US$2.1 billion in net debt and approximately US$221 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 customers begin using their wireless phones to communicate in new ways—from text messaging and swapping...
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 task forces to help develop the wireless data market.The association said its phase two...
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 rural areas.The company said its service will allow wireless paging and cellular carriers to...
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 Corporation. The deal is worth US$2.1 million.The network upgrade is part of a planned...
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 cast were in favor of the merger," said Gerald Vento, chairman and chief executive officer...
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 on all 2-way text messaging capable phones, with no additional charges beyond those of AT&T...
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 Canadian population with its GSM/GPRS network, with plans to match its analog coverage of 93...
