MELBOURNE, Australia-In a part of the world that still relies on word of mouth as a means to keep in touch, cellular communications-both digital and analog-is continuing to spread through the Pacific Islands as greater numbers of people in the region adjust to using...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo's iMode Internet service is winning attention around the world as the first success case for mobile Internet.Since the carrier launched the service in February 1999, it has attracted more than 2.8 million users. Subscribers are expected to reach 4 million by March...
Federal Communications Commission member Gloria Tristani criticized House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) for comments about FCC corruption and urged the lawmaker to provide any evidence of wrongdoing to the agency's inspector general. "I am greatly disturbed by statements attributed to you of...
CTIA Wireless 2000February 28-March 1Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842.Strategic Cellular and Wireless Communications SeminarMarch 2-3Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. Hotel InterContinental, New Orleans. (301) 589-2259.Billing Challenges in the Age of Converged NetworksMarch 6Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions....
NEW YORK-A federal appellate court handed the Federal Communications Commission a substantial victory Feb. 18 in a case that challenged the agency's health and safety standards and siting guidelines for microwave transceivers.In its unanimous decision, the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...
Approximately 318.6 million new cellular connections will be added in Europe by 2007, of which 160 million will be Global System for Mobile communications connections, according to The Strategis Group's report, "Western European Cellular/3G Markets 2000-2007."As a result of these new customers, the average...
HANOVER, Germany-Until demand for Wireless Application Protocol handsets increases, L.M. Ericsson won't manufacture WAP handsets in volume, the company said at CeBIT 2000.Carriers have criticized manufacturers for being too slow in shipping WAP phones in volume. Ericsson President Kurt Hellstrom said at a news...
BONN, Germany-Deutsche Telekom AG reportedly will combine its Internet service provider and cellular phone units to offer mobile data services on cellular phones via the Internet.Deutsche Telekom's ISP, T-Online, is said to be Europe's biggest with 4.2 million customers. T-Mobil, the company's mobile phone...
WASHINGTON-The leading provider of prepaid wireless services believes one main reason the United States is falling behind Europe in wireless customer take rates is the lack of calling party pays service."We are substantially behind Europe . That's not forward effort but backwards efforts even...
Corsair Communications Inc. introduced this week its PrePay Open billing system, as well as its PhoneFuel mobile commerce application, both of which allow carriers to add Internet access to their prepaid wireless offerings.PrePay Open is capable of supporting the functionality of the Wireless Intelligent...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc., a manufacturer of superconducting wireless systems, reported the first field trial of its ClearSite system at a Code Division Multiple Access cell site.The company said the testing showed the new system increased cell site coverage by as much as 5,000 percent....
By the time anyone reads this column, the madness and mayhem will be well under way in New Orleans and a quiet calm will have settled over the RCR editorial offices.Though extremely tired from publishing large issues of the paper for the past few...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-ClickaDeal.com, a wireless e-commerce and messaging start-up company, formally launched the Precision-Marketing and Precision-Couponing components of its GeoCentric Wireless Portal, which is designed to deliver e-coupons and other promotional messages to highly targeted and qualified wireless users."Our existing products are aimed directly at...
With the Federal Communications Commission's Phase II enhanced 911 compliance deadline quickly approaching, U.S. cellular and personal communications services carriers actively are evaluating systems for locating 911 callers. Because they also need to increase customer loyalty and revenue per subscriber, carriers are assessing whether...
MONROE, La.-CenturyTel Inc. said it sold its interests in Alaska RSA No. 1 to Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. of Oklahoma City. The closing of this sale is the final step in CenturyTel's divestiture of its Alaska operations.Formerly operated as Cellular One, Alaska RSA No....
NEW ORLEANS-Cellport Systems announced it will begin shipping in March its Cellport 3000 universal hands-free system, capable of supporting a variety of phones through the use of changeable pocket adapters. The company also said the Cellport 3000 will be available with Motorola Inc.'s Telematics...
BOSTON-Continued consolidation, emerging location-based services, mobile-commerce applications, as well as new marriages between communication, entertainment and Internet players, will be the defining market trends during the next five years, according to Strategy Analytics' latest report, "U.S. Cellular Market Forecast.""1999 was another banner year for...
Competition First in 2000-CompTel AnnualConvention & Trade ExpositionFebruary 20-23Competitive Telecommunications Association. Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. (330) 425-9330 ext. 802. www.comptel.org.Wireless Symposium-Portable By DesignFebruary 22-24Penton Media Inc. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (888) 947-3734.CDMA Engineering,Optimization & 3G System WorkshopFebruary 23-25Wireless...
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica, Spain's largest telecommunications company, announced an alliance with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, which is one of Spain's largest financial services companies, to develop online banking services for Spanish-speaking markets worldwide.The partnership is valued at $1.17 billion and could include banking services via...
MADRID, Spain-Vodafone AirTouch plc and British Telecommunications plc are negotiating a resolution to their battle for control of Airtel, Spain's second-largest mobile provider. The negotiations could lead to an amicable BT exit from Airtel.In addition, Vodafone plans to use Airtel to expand its wireless...
NEW YORK-Aided by a federal regulatory regime that has leveled the playing field for newcomers, broadband telecommunications competitors are coming on strong in their efforts to wrest business customers from incumbents."There are significant opportunities, a $100 billion business marketplace that broadband is targeting with...
RICHARDSON, Texas-HighwayMaster Communications Inc., a provider of wireless voice and data communications services to the commercial trucking and service vehicle industries, has been chosen to provide Ameritech and other member companies of SBC Communications Inc. with more than 28,000 of the company's Series 5005S...
The first thing you need to know about me is that I am a lot like my pet bulldog: When I get ahold of something, I do not let go. Change is hard for me, so my decision to change mobile-phone providers was not made...
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless introduced new mobile Internet services it believes solve the difficulty of weeding through the vast amount of information on the Internet."We saw that the existing wireless Internet services were not meeting the needs of customers," said Marc Lefar, vice president of marketing...
