SOUDERTON, Pa.-Eastern Wireless L.P. and Image 1 Wireless Inc. announced they have merged operations. The resulting company, Touchstone Wireless L.P., provides handset repair and logistics services. Touchstone provides Level 3 authorized service for all original equipment manufacturers, including Audiovox/UTStarcom Inc., Kyocera Wireless Corp., LG...
Verizon Wireless is on track to post another record quarter of net additions driven by back-to-school and family-plan additions, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. Based on more than 80 store visits in five markets, the firm said it raised its third-quarter net...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission granted T-Mobile USA Inc. a short extension of time to comply with last Friday's deadline for national mobile-phone carriers to begin making hearing-aid-compatible handsets available to consumers. The waiver, following on the heels of longer relief granted to Cingular Wireless...
Google Inc. looks ready to stroll onto the Wi-Fi playground. Several pages on the Internet search company's site indicate Google is set to launch its own wireless Internet service via Google Secure Access, a downloadable client application in beta-test status. The free software allows...
HAMBURG, Germany-Two European airlines announced plans to trial in-flight mobile-phone use using technology from OnAir, a joint partnership between airplane maker Airbus and SITA Inc.U.K.-based airline Bmi said it will offer a mobile-phone service to passengers traveling to major business destinations out of Heathrow...
NEW YORK-The North American wireless industry is expected to surpass 240 million subscribers by 2009, though year-over-year growth is forecast to slow as customer penetration levels are predicted to approach more than 78 percent during the next four years, according to industry research firm...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Research In Motion Ltd. will offer Mirapoint's Message Server as a component of its BlackBerry Internet Service, the companies announced. The deal will allow BlackBerry users to access carrier-branded e-mail services from their devices."BlackBerry Internet Service is a hosted service that allows smaller...
SAN DIEGO-Chipmaker Sequoia Communications today released an RF transceiver for mobile phones that supports W-CDMA, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM technologies. The company said the transceiver will lower the cost and increase the battery life of third-generation phones, addressing the primary obstacles in the...
LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a plan to build a wireless broadband network in an African community, allowing the company to highlight the "positive impact of communications networks on healthcare, education and economic development." Nortel said the network likely would use CDMA technology in the...
Verizon Wireless continued to increased the number of laptops that can access its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network with two new agreements with computer makers. Verizon Wireless reported a deal with notebook computer manufacturer Lenovo Group Ltd.-which purchased IBM Corp.'s Personal Computing Division-to integrate CDMA2000...
BOSTON-Convergin unveiled its core network convergence solution that provides mobile capabilities for softswitch-based networks.The Accolade core WCS platform creates a unified fixed and mobile core switching solution by interworking with wireline softswitches, said the company. Wireless and wireline carriers can leverage a softswitch-based packet...
BOSTON-CallWave Inc., which provides Voice over Internet Protocol enhanced services, launched its CallWave Mobile Rewards pay-as-you-go cell-phone program.The program allows subscribers to earn bonus minutes for receiving calls and referring friends. For example, subscribers earn five free bonus minutes when someone dials their Mobile...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ruckus Wireless, which provides a wireless multimedia system that works on standard Wi-Fi technology in the home, raised $9 million in its second financing round. The company, formerly known as Video54, said it will use proceeds to enhance product development and to...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission approved the industry's first Wi-Fi software defined radio, a new product touted as enabling wireless local area network channel expansion and capacity upgrades. The Cisco radio takes advantage of an FCC rule change designed...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-Wireless users will pay substantially more to download full songs to their handsets than to their PCs, according to a study by The NPD Group. The research firm's first look into mobile music found 20 percent of all consumers are interested in...
Siemens AG, one of Europe's largest employers, announced it will cut 2,400 jobs in Germany during the next two years as the company sets in motion its Fit4More restructuring plan for sustainable, profitable growth.The company said major changes will take place in three loss-generating...
Virgin Mobile USA Inc. said it has torn down the walls surrounding its mobile Web browser, allowing users with third-generation handsets to freely surf the Internet. The operator said subscribers can access the entire Internet from 3G phones including the Audiovox Flasher V7 and...
SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell the innovative VX9800 from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. starting in October. The candybar-style phone flips open to reveal a tiny keyboard and features an MP3 player, support for removable memory cards and Bluetooth. It will sell for...
LONDON-LogicaCMG plc said it plans to take part in a project of the Galileo Joint Undertaking, which is focused on bringing satellite navigation technologies into mass-market location-based services.The project, "Application of Galileo In the LBS Environment," otherwise known as AGILE, aims to foster the...
RESTON, Va.-Tower company Global Signal Corp. signed an agreement with Wireless Matrix Corp. and Stratos Global Corp. for 3,500 SDX 1100 wireless data terminals that Global Signal will use for remote data monitoring at its sites. The units will replace plain old telephone service...
Wireless carriers continued the arduous task of repairing networks in the Gulf Coast region hit hard by Hurricane Katrina last month, though few operators have released financial details of the repairs. The federal government noted last week that it could cost a total of...
Canadian telecom giants Rogers Communications Inc. and Bell Canada said they plan to jointly build and manage a nationwide wireless broadband network that could include roaming opportunities with Craig McCaw's U.S.-based wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp. Bell Canada and Rogers said they will pool...
Facilities-based telecommunications provider IDT Corp. unveiled its TuYo Mobile prepaid wireless service targeting the rapidly growing-and increasingly targeted-Hispanic community. IDT said the TuYo Mobile service will offer a bilingual customer experience, international calling and text messaging, and "culturally relevant" music, ringtones, games and graphics....
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in the region will be games, sports content, music and multimedia downloads, and content messaging,...
