ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a mobile communications services provider in turkey that serves 10.1 million subscribers, introduced a new tariff package called "Super On Net."The company said the new tariffs are aimed at continuing subscriber growth, encouraging subscriber loyalty with discounts on Turkcell-to-Turkcell calls and increasing...
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems made an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to license the Windows Media Audio and Video Format using the Emblaze-based solution for video over wireless 2.5-generation and third-generation networks, mobile phones and other low-resource handheld devices.According to the agreement, the companies will also...
The Federal Communications Commission has extended the preliminary determination period for wireless carriers wishing to comply with the digital wiretap act from March 31 to Sept. 30. The public notice lists those carriers that have satisfied the requirements to warrant an extension and those...
LAS VEGAS-Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wireless 2001 show, offering up opinions and advice about the comparatively new wireless industry that is becoming an integral part of the desktop, laptop and wired Web world.Jerry...
LAS VEGAS-Sonera's zed portal service won a major victory last week as wireless carrier Vodafone U.K. adopted the services for use in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group plc offers its own portal service to carriers in conjunction with Vivendi, called Vizzavi, and the carrier...
LAS VEGAS-Spectrum issues were at the forefront of discussions during the opening keynote speech at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show in Las Vegas Tuesday. Highlighting the industry's spectrum woes were CTIA president Thomas Wheeler, CTIA Chairman and Voice-Stream Wireless Corp....
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks announced that its board of directors re-elected Jorma Ollila, chief executive officer, to chair the board and also decided Paul J. Collins will continue as vice chairman of the board.Nokia's board of directors also elected members to the committees of the...
LAS VEGAS-Sprint PCS used the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show to finalize its widely rumored plans to roll out next-generation services using cdma2000 later this year. While the carrier's 3G plans surprised few, its claim to have enough spectrum to cover...
LAS VEGAS-Telcordia Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with CTI Squared Ltd. to offer robust, carrier-grade, scalable IP-based Unified Communications services for wireless and wireline carriers, ASPs, ISPs and other providers.Telcordia's Unified Communications offering has been enhanced with CTI2's W.W. Office, and now offers end...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-Nuance, which provides voice Web software, has signed an agreement with Cisco Systems to incorporate its speech recognition and voice authentication software into Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data products.According to the agreement, Cisco will integrate Nuance's speech software into...
NEW YORK-Nexthaus Corp., Raleigh, N.C., plans to help wireless carriers "squeeze as many dollars as possible from existing 2G networks" with its new SyncSuite synchronization software, said Rob Lease, co-founder and vice president.The company based its product on the premise that people will continue...
NEW YORK -Paragon Networks International, Brookfield, Conn., wants to take wireless carriers on a walk across "BROADway" to bridge the gap between today's circuit-switched networks and tomorrow's packet-based networks.Introduced at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 in Las Vegas last week, the...
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
Vodafone Group plc has contracted with Cable & Wireless "to facilitate a European General Packet Radio Service data roaming trial," the companies said March 20.Cable & Wireless will provide the Internet Protocol-based network connection among nine Vodafone-affiliated wireless operators in Europe that are taking...
NEW YORK-China Mobile Hong Kong does not need 3G to take advantage of opportunities in a populous country with rising per capita income and low penetration by personal computers and second-generation wireless, said Wang Xiaochu, chairman and chief executive officer of the company.At the...
DALLAS-Sendo Plc has chosen Texas Instruments Inc.'s high performance, low power OMAP technology to power its new Z100 Multimedia Smartphone.According to the company, TI's OMAP architecture will give the phone greater functionality, performance and battery life.The Z100 Multimedia Smartphone, which will be available this...
BEIJING-The complaint center of China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) last year received 6,588 complaints about phone services. Of the 1,025 cases it investigated, fixed-line operator China Telecom accounted for 732, while China Mobile received 163 complaints and China Unicom 67.China Telecom until very...
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc. and Korea Telecom Freetel, a Personal Communications Services operator, will partner to commercially launch cdma2000 1xEV in major cities in Korea during the second quarter of 2002. Successful technical trials of the 1xEV have been completed.
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now.International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed several end-user segments to determine what the most popular mobile Internet applications would be if...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Greek GSM operator Panafon announced three new services for its customers. The services can link customers to the Internet through their mobile GSM phones.The Panafon NetOffice package of services now allows users to send and receive e-mails through mobile phones and/or receive e-mail...
NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc. announced it will partner with Coola Inc. to provide corporate intranet access to mobile professionals through the YadaYada Wireless Corporate Services Program. Coola's InterChange platform, which enables workgroups to integrate standard and customized handheld applications and facilitate two-way transfers of information,...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc., a company that uses Java technology to create of semiconductor-based solutions, and Plazmic Inc., a provider of mobile media solutions for the wireless Web, announced a partnership whereby Plazmic will integrate its Media Engine with Zucotto's Xpresso Java technology-based processor."Plazmic's...
PHOENIX-Conexant Systems Inc. has licensed LSI Logic Corp.'s ZSP400 digital signal processor core for integration across its product lines supporting wireless mobile and communications applications. Conexant joins IBM, Broadcom and Virata in supporting LSI Logic's ZSP open architecture strategy.
LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001.The company signed a technology agreement with AT&T Wireless Services supporting simplified international roaming capabilities. The agreement will enable AT&T Wireless...
