BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-Sendo has released its multimedia smart phone, the Sendo X, featuring video, audio, camera, connectivity and Internet functionality. The release comes amid the company’s legal battle with Microsoft …
BOSTON-Mobile multimedia platform provider Acotel is making its U.S. debut at the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in Las Vegas this week. The company announced the opening of its …
LAS VEGAS-VeriSign announced MetroPCS will use its upgraded speedSUITE billing and customer care solution. In addition, MetroPCS will implement SmartPay, VeriSign’s secure database solution for debiting and crediting prepaid user …
LAS VEGAS-Sprint Corp. is testing its broadband service for high-speed wireless Internet access in Nevada’s southwest valley, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review Journal. The carrier is …
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOP Technologies L.L.C. recently announced it has signed multi-year service partnerships with Cellcom, First Cellular of Southern Illinois and thumb Cellular to provide short message service short-code functionality. …
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. said it enjoyed a net income of $447 million, or 25 cents a share, for the third quarter. This contrasts with the same period last year …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wireless data sales training company The Wireless Experience has been selected by Canada’s Bell Mobility to create and implement a sales training program for its enterprise salespeople and …
HONG KONG-Wavecom SA was selected by TCL Mobile Communication to supply its Compact Phones Development Lab solution for use in several of TCL’s new handsets. The contract reinforces Wavecom’s four-year …
LAS VEGAS-Access Systems announced at this week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show that Handspring’s newly-released Treo 600’s Blazer Web Browser will use Access’ NetFront v3.0 as its core browser …
LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp. is introducing its CDM-9900 series of wireless handsets featuring video capabilities at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas. “The CDM-9900 and 9950 …
BARCELONA, Spain-PeopleSoft Inc. and IBM announced the expansion of their Customer Loyalty and Retention (CLR) program into the European telecommunications service provider market. The solution integrates revenue management data with …
IRVING, Texas-Cingular Wireless’ recently announced multimedia messaging service is based on Nokia Corp.’s MMS center, the companies announced. Nokia has managed to claim the lion’s share of the MMS center …
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Communications test solutions provider Acterna emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week as a private company with a new board of directors. “Acterna has continued to serve its …
Samsung Electronics Co.’s upbeat third-quarter results added to growing optimism for recovery in the wireless industry. The company’s profit rose 7 percent to $1.57 billion dollars in contrast with $1.46 …
NEW YORK-Lessons learned during the past three years have brought a sense of reality to the telecommunications industry, according to the newly released “Deloitte Telco Index,” which examines the worldwide …
HELSINKI, Finland-L.M. Ericsson said it signed a contract with Finnish 2G to extend their frame agreement on infrastructure deliveries. The agreement will enable the operator to build a third-generation network …
Twelve of the nation’s top wireless carriers have joined forces to launch a common short codes, a service that will be commercially available next week. The program will allow TV …
WASHINGTON-A consumer group says the $12 million fine imposed on Cingular Wireless L.L.C. by the California Public Utilities Commission is inadequate, while other mobile-phone carriers in the state worry they …
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-The Infrared Data Association (IrDA) announced the latest edition of its “Worldwide Market of Infrared-Enabled Products” report is now available. According to IrDA, nearly half of the 500 …
Nokia Corp. again warned against using batteries from other providers and blamed non-Nokia batteries for recent reports of exploding Nokia phones. Nokia said its investigation into an exploding phone incident …
IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its North America’s Choice rate plans, extending home airtime rate areas across sections of Canada and Mexico. The plans, which Verizon Wireless said would initially be …
Following the release of stronger than expected third-quarter results, Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to redeem the remainder of its 9.95-percent senior serial redeemable discount notes due 2008 and …
AUSTIN, Texas-Dobson Cellular Systems has chosen Axalto, formerly Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, as its primary supplier of subscriber identity module (SIM) smart cards to support the carrier’s conversion to …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it plans to develop software for mobile phone to protect from wireless viruses, including multimedia-style bugs that travel through e-mail. DoCoMo …
LONDON-Emerging wireless technologies are threatening to change the economics and competitive dynamics of the wireless data market, according to a new report form Sound Partners and Analysys Research. According to …
