PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. announced a deal to distribute phones for Internet voice service provider Skype. European Consulting and Computer Business S.A. (ECCB), which manufacturers handsets for Skype, has tapped Brightpoint to distribute its Simply Phone and other handsets in the Americas. Simply Phone is...
BOSTON-Online predictive market research firm Compete Inc. unveiled its VoiceBox customer communications and loyalty platform, which the firm said is designed to help wireless carriers extend and deepen their customer relationships. The platform is a permission-based marketing tool that requires a customer to download...
WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been hit with a lawsuit by two retirees who allege the U.S. telecom network vendor cut back on health benefits in violation of federal law. "As a result of this willful violation of the terms of the medical and pension...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. released its wireless e-mail and mobile software platform for the Dopod 900. The Dopod 900, is a 3G smartphone running on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system and has been referred to as a "super-mini notebook" that fits in your...
LOS ANGELES-Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported that Sue Swenson has joined the company as chief operating officer and a member of its board of directors. Swenson previously served as COO of T-Mobile USA Inc. and before that as president and...
WASHINGTON-NeuStar Inc., together with Equinix Inc., announced a suite of services called SIP-IX for direct network-to-network peering between trading partners for voice, video and content services using Session Initiation Protocol-based technologies including IP multimedia and VoIP. Telehouse and Amsterdam Internet Exchange are also participating...
WASHINGTON—Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report from TeleGeography Research.The report found that global wireless average revenue per user fell from...
WASHINGTON-At least two national mobile-phone carriers are unilaterally selling huge amounts of subscriber location data to third parties for city and state traffic management. The practice has the potential to reduce traffic congestion where other intelligent-highway systems have failed, but has drawn mild criticism...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. as part of its ongoing attempts to set a price for Sprint Nextel's expected acquisition of Nextel Partners. The latest lawsuit seeks access...
Slovakia and neighboring Czech Republic are set to get a taste of high-speed broadband wireless access via a trio of deployments taking place across the region. Orange S.A plans to launch a UMTS TDD trial and a HSDPA mobile Internet trial in the coming...
SEATTLE-The mobile music space continues to heat up across the Atlantic as two European carriers roll out new services. 02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that allows users to browse, search and download full-track songs directly to their handsets and PCs.The offering...
OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it's teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers. Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution, and Movida Communications is a mobile virtual network operator that...
Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola last week filed a lawsuit asserting that by taking the Nortel position, Zafirovski breached the noncompetition and trade-secret...
Few killer apps have fizzled the way mobile e-mail has. Although it seems nearly every U.S. consumer has at least two e-mail accounts-one for work and another for personal use-only a small percentage access e-mail from their handsets. And while Research in Motion Ltd....
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved legislation to create a national emergency alert system designed to take advantage of wireless, Internet and other advanced technologies. "I'm pleased that my colleagues understand the urgency of developing a comprehensive and modern alert system," said Sen. Jim...
LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile hopes to bring a little hell to your handset with a mobile version of Doom. The game-maker launched the much-awaited Doom RPG, a role-playing wireless title based on Id Software's revolutionary PC-based first-person-shooter. The game is available through most major U.S....
Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.'s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication technology company Cellnet and Madison Gas and Electric to deploy a Wi-Fi network in...
WASHINGTON-Legislation guiding the transition to digital TV is creeping along as a Senate committee aims to address policy issues on the matter this week, while a House committee considers a bill that sets the hard date at Jan. 1, 2009. The Senate Commerce Committee...
Heading up a string of device announcements, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new enterprise-focused smart phone from Hewlett-Packard Co. The HP iPAQ hw6510/hw6515 Mobile Messenger features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system and a design similar to Research In Motion Ltd.'s...
Boston Communications Group Inc. suffered another legal setback when a federal judge ordered the company to stop providing the prepaid wireless services that account for 70 percent of its revenue. BCGI provides a platform carriers like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. use to deploy prepaid offerings....
WASHINGTON-North Carolina's potentially precedent-setting telecom tower standard has gone into effect, despite objections from the National Association of Tower Erectors to a fall-protection provision that it says is too harsh for small businesses. NATE tried to have the requirement changed by the state legislature,...
Expectations for a strong third quarter got off to a rocky start as early reports from three of the industry's five largest operators have shown customer growth falling short of the previous year and analysts estimates. Reigning heavyweight Cingular Wireless L.L.C. missed reduced expectations...
WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation making it illegal for teens under 18 years old to talk on cell phones while driving. The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Rep. David Law, imposes a $50 fine on violators. The measure now goes to the...
LOS ANGELES-The rush to provide TV services to mobile phones heated up as two established French wireless companies each joined the playground in separate announcements. In-Fusio, an entertainment publisher, launched a new TV channel for Sprint PCS Vision subscribers. The company unveiled SmashTV, a...
