Qpass announced an extension of its partnership with Cingular Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, to continue to provide the technology platform and services that support and efficiently manage the premium content and services offered by Cingular to its customers.
AT&T’s acquisition of BellSouth will enable the new company to move ahead more aggressively with its Cingular Wireless unit, already the largest cell phone service provider in the country. In the announcement of the merger Sunday, the firms stressed the importance of the wireless operation.
Via: Yahoo
MTV Networks and Sprint announced that hit music, comedy and entertainment programming from the nation’s premier music brands - CMT, MTV and VH1 - and the only all-comedy network, COMEDY CENTRAL, is now available on-demand on the Sprint TV lineup. In addition to offering subscribers select clips from such hit MTV Networks programs as ’CMT Insider,’ ’The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,’ ’Laguna Beach’ and ’Best Week Ever,’ Sprint becomes the first domestic wireless service to stream the CMT, MTV and VH1 radio stations.
Vodafone recently announced it has signed a Partner Agreement with Mobiltel, the Bulgarian mobile operator of Telekom Austria. Vodafone’s products and services will be dual branded in Bulgaria by Mobiltel, combining Mobiltel’s nationally recognised brand with Vodafone’s global brand.
Via: CRM Today
Revenue in the USA wireless market totaled US$174.7 billion in 2005, up 10.7% from 2004, with an acceleration in handset revenue and a ramp-up in new wireless subscribers as key drivers of growth, according to the newly released report from the industry trade association, TIA. The wireless handset and device market totaled $15 billion in 2005 and is expected to increase 19.3% in 2006 climbing to $17.8 billion. Twenty-five million new wireless subscribers were added in 2005, more than in any other year, and the 21.4 million subscribers added in 2004 matched the previous high in 2001.
Via: Cellular News
Television and radio station owner CBS Corp. on Monday said it plans to launch a service that offers wireless breaking news video and text alerts, as it seeks to find new places for its programing.
Via: Reuters
Because of their ability to generate higher average revenues per user (ARPU), business customers continue to represent one of the most attractive market segments for wireless carriers. As they seek to expand this lucrative subscriber base, carriers need to better understand the dynamics and drivers of corporate wireless buying decisions and tailor their offerings to effectively meet the unique needs of these business users.
Verizon Wireless, the second largest mobile operator in the US, continues to expand its national footprint with the purchase of Cal-One Cellular LP for an undisclosed sum. The operator spends on average $5bn a year expanding its mobile network.
Cal-One Cellular operates under the Cal North Wireless brand, and the deal means that Verizon Wireless can expand its network footprint in northern California, specifically in Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou and Trinity counties.
Via: Red Orbit
China is the largest mobile phone market in the world. In 2004, the Chinese purchased 92 million mobile phones, an increase of 15.8 percent over 2003. Analysts IDC forecasts that the market for mobile handsets will continue to grow, with more than 400 million handsets sold between now and 2009.
Via: Top Tech News
More and more mobile operators are betting on upgrades to their third-generation (3G) networks, hoping to ride a booming market for services such as music downloads and fend off threats from new technologies.
Wireless broadband was a key theme at the mobile industry’s biggest annual trade show in Barcelona this week, as one operator after another unveiled plans to roll out HSDPA, a technology that can offer Internet speeds at least four faster than the present WCDMA 3G standard.
Via: Reuters
