Sprint signed international 4G roaming agreements with Digicel in Jamaica and Global Mobile in Taiwan. The agreement will allow certain Sprint devices to automatically detect the Digicel and Global Mobile networks and allow customers to connect and roam onto the networks. Pricing and launch details are not yet available.
Picochip and Wavesat together announced they have successfully completed interoperability testing between Picochip’s PC960x LTE small cell base station solution and Wavesat’s Odyssey 9000 family of UE chipsets. The companies earlier this year announced a memorandum of understanding involving end-to-end LTE interoperability testing for their products.
Digital entertainment publisher American Mobile Ventures Ltd. and adult content provider Cherry Media signed an exclusive partnership agreement to produce, develop and distribute digital content to customers via mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and Internet-enabled devices worldwide.
iQmetrix announced a partnership with TIO Networks that calls for TIO’s new and existing wireless retail customers to be able to choose TIO’s Web-enabled point of sale platform or iQmetrix’s RQ4 platform for bill payment processing.
NetOne, a carrier in Zimbabwe, signed two contracts with Convergys to upgrade the carrier’s real-time rating platform and to implement a loyalty solution.
nPhase, which is a joint venture of Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless, announced a partnership with Terremark to address machine-to-machine enterprise management software. The partnership leverages nPhase’s M2M cloud platform and Terremark’s IT infrastructure services with the goal of delivering 99.999% uptime.
Brightstar said it expanded its distribution agreement with Research In Motion to include Africa. The company said it will begin distributing BlackBerry products in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Code D’Ivoire, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique.
TomTom Automotive selected Sierra Wireless’ AirPrime Intelligent Embedded Modules to provide cellular connectivity for its integrated navigation systems that are used in Renault and Mazda vehicles.
