Partnerships: NII chooses SmartTrust; Azimuth supplies test equipment to DT; and more
NII Holdings Inc., which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has selected SmartTrust to provide advanced OMA Device Management and Firmware Over the Air capabilities for NII’s 3G network. ... Read More »
LightSquared to provide free satellite phones, services to Indian Health Services agency
Looking to capitalize on its satellite service capabilities, LightSquared announced a partnership with the Indian Health Services federal agency to provide free phones and service for use in American Indian and Alaska Native communities through 2020. The plan calls for LightSquared to provide up to 2,000 phones for the project. ... Read More »
New revenue models, new opportunities for mobile operators
Editor's Note: This is an article from our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes: A focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. During the next few weeks, RCR Wireless News will be posting a variety of articles addressing the OSS/BSS space. To view the entire edition, ... Read More »
AT&T Mobility alters GoPhone pricing
AT&T Mobility is set to re-jigger its no-contract GoPhone offering to make it more competitive in the increasingly competitive prepaid space as well as better align daily and monthly plans. ... Read More »
Hesse, other Sprint Nextel execs, resign from Clearwire's board
The increasingly uneasy relationship between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp., which Sprint Nextel owns a controlling interest in, appeared to get more uneasy today as Clearwire announced that Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse had resigned his position on Clearwire’s board of directors. ... Read More »
U.S. Cellular targets contract customers with new initiative
Looking to re-establish its position in the space, regional wireless operator U.S. Cellular Corp. unveiled a number of new customers initiatives designed to retain and attract mobile customers increasingly dissatisfied with current carrier methods. ... Read More »
Google goes hyperlocal with mobile ads
Google Inc. is rolling out a new hyperlocal advertising feature for mobile ads, according to a Google Mobile Ads blog post. By leveraging a user's GPS coordinates, the new feature will serve ads for relevant nearby business and display distance information to let users know how close they are to a specific business. ... Read More »
Waxman fails to get GOP support for net-neutrality legislation
Democratic efforts to give the Federal Communications Commission interim authority over net-neutrality issues failed to move forward in the last days of Congress. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said his bill failed to get enough support to get out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. ... Read More »
Startup targets true hands-free market
Boston-based startup AdelaVoice is looking to tackle the increasing problem of distracted driving caused by cell phones with the launch of its StartTalking application. The company said the application allows users to compose, send and receive text messages using only their voice. ... Read More »
Metrico solution evaluates mobile video performance at handset level
Metrico Wireless Inc. launched a new product to test how mobile video performs on end users' handsets as wireless operators try to address the growing trend of viewing video on mobile phones. ... Read More »