Wireless service providers looking to reduce customer churn have relied on potential revenue-losing means to keep customers loyal, including offering discounted service plans with contracts or giving away new phones …
ATLANTA-WirelessMD and PayMD.com have teamed to deliver a solution that will allow physicians to access claims information from wireless handheld devices. PayMD provides Internet-based claims adjudication information that integrates Medicare …
Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for …
Lutris Technologies Inc. released Lutris Enhydra Wireless, the certified and supported version of its Open Source wireless software platform that provides developers and systems integrators the source code, support and …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Pixo Inc. said wireless handset manufacturer Telian will implement its software platform for a new line of TDMA phones for the North American market. The platform enables such services …
BARCELONA, Spain-Net2wireless Corp. joined Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Mobile Internet affiliates program under which Net2Wireless’ 3Gate Platform, a solution designed to enhance the performance of multimedia content on mobile devices, will …
ROME, N.Y.-Adding eight companies to its membership roster in the past month, the Software Defined Radio Forum announced it has surpassed its 100-member milestone mark. “Reaching the 100-member company mark …
WASHINGTON-While President Clinton and FCC Chairman William Kennard called on federal agencies, broadcasters and others to take steps to free up spectrum for third-generation wireless services, allegations surfaced last week …
WASHINGTON-Fixed-wireless carriers last week were praising both the Congress and the Federal Communications Commission for rules they say will help them gain access to federal government and business customers in …
WASHINGTON-Cook Inlet/VoiceStream bid $195 million for 12 licenses owned by a Pocket Communications Inc. subsidiary in a private bidding war with Leap Wireless International Inc. However, Cook only expects to …
With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …
Southwestern Bell Wireless acquired GTE Wireless in Austin, Texas, extending Southwestern Bell Wireless’ coverage to 32 of the top 50 markets in the United States, according to the company. As …
Motorola Inc. stunned investors and analysts last week, lowering its fourth-quarter and 2001 earnings estimates despite reporting third-quarter earnings that mostly fell in line with expectations. Upon release of the …
Lucent Technologies Inc.’s slow and steady slide from Wall Street darling to Wall Street doldrums accelerated last week when the company issued a profit warning that triggered several downgrades and …
WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, confronted with four appeals challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s mobile-phone radiation standard and congressional intervention, last week granted the government’s request for more time to respond to …
Aether Systems Inc. announced USAToday.com as the first customer for the recently introduced AirLoom service, which adapts Web content for wireless distribution. In addition, Aether said it will help USAToday.com …
SYDNEY, Australia-Telstra Corporation Ltd. and Hong Kong Internet company Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd. announced completion of revised terms of their alliance, first announced in April. Telstra will grab control of …
MEXICO CITY-Telcel, Mexico’s largest wireless operator, launched commercial wireless Internet services using Phone.com’s Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) platform. The commercial service launch marks the mobile carrier’s spinoff from parent company …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Voice Mobility International signed an agreement with Taiwan’s Logtech Info-Net to jointly provide Voice Mobility’s Unified Communications software suite to telephone, Internet and cellular phone users in …
CARACAS, Venezuela-Venezuelan telecom regulator Conatel said bidding rules for the auction of 20 wireless local loop (WLL) licenses in the 3.4 GHz to 3.6 GHz frequency band are available. Four …
