EMERYVILLE, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. and Paymentech announced they entered a two-year transaction processing agreement under which Paymentech will offer wireless credit-card authorization services...
I love August. Things slow down. Congress is in "recess"-one of my favorite activities.And PrimeCo comes out with its "Flash From the Wireless Front: Fun...
PITTSBURGH-Schlumberger Resource Management Services Inc. won a contract to supply an advanced meter reading solution to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority.The product will...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. introduced a unified messaging service, called SkyTel Message Center, which notifies users on their two-way pagers when they receive voice...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. last week announced it created a new organization that will be responsible for building a broadband fixed wireless network in...
The economy is rolling along, wireless subscriber additions are climbing and merger and acquisition activity is heating up.This is good news for the personal...
WASHINGTON-Whether the spectrum cap should stay or go-one issue that distinguishes incumbent cellular operators and upstart personal communications services operators-"will hopefully" be decided by...
Sprint PCS's awaited introduction of nationwide commercial Internet-access services will begin in late September, announced the company.Targeting business users and a wide range of...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc. and Frontier Communications, a unit of Frontier Corp., announced they have joined forces to provide "sophisticated, outsourced messaging software...
NEW YORK-Citigroup and Sonera Ltd. announced last week they are taking an undisclosed ownership stake in 724 Solutions, a Canadian software company that is...
CAMBRIDGE, England-Element 14, a U.K. developer of digital signal processor chips, said it has raised $13 million in first-round financing led by Atlas Venture."Element...
WASHINGTON-One of the core goals of the Federal Communications Commission in the 21st century is to effectively manage radio-frequency spectrum, the FCC said last...
News that Nextel Communications Inc. received government approval to pursue 95 personal communications services licenses held by bankrupt designated entity NextWave Telecom Inc. dumbfounded...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its participation in high-speed packet data trials on Korea Telecom Freetel's Interim Standard-95B Code Division Multiple Access technology network.Qualcomm's MSM3000-based...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced its shares began trading Aug. 10 on the Nasdaq National Market.The company's shares previously traded on the Nasdaq...
HELSINKI-Finnish telecommunications operator Sonera posted profits before taxes and extraordinary items of $238.9 million (EUR224 million), a 19-percent increase over the same period in...
Spotcast Communications Inc., Silver Spring, Md., is billing itself as the world's first provider of localized, advertisement-sponsored mobile communications.The company recently completed a beta...
MEXICO CITY-Telefonos de Mexico reported significant subscriber gains in its second-quarter earnings results. The company said the subscriber base for cellular subsidiary Telcel had...
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said Turkish telecommunications operator Turkcell signed an agreement for Ericsson's WISE high-speed Internet solution, a five-component system designed to provide fast connections...
LONDON-Virgin Group and Britain's One2One reportedly have confirmed plans to form a joint venture to sell Virgin-branded cellular phones, according to a Reuters report.The...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. and Razorfish Inc. have joined joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.Wireless Knowledge said it also intends to support all existing...
ATLANTA-Alltel Corp. said it implemented its electronic bill presentment and payment application with Frontier Cellular of Rochester, N.Y.The system allows Frontier Cellular customers to...
