Archive for July, 2005
Call-Net Enterprises Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. becomes Rogers Telecom Inc.
Rogers Communications Inc. ("RCI") and Call-Net Enterprises Inc. ("Call-Net") announced that effective today the names of Call-Net and its wholly owned subsidiary Sprint Canada Inc. have been legally changed. Call-Net Enterprises Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. and Sprint Canada Inc. has become Rogers Telecom Inc. These changes follow the completion of the acquisition of Call-Net by RCI on July 1, 2005.
About the Companies:
Rogers Telecom Holdings Inc. (formerly Call-Net Enterprises Inc.) was acquired by Rogers Communications Inc. on July 1, 2005 and through its wholly owned subsidiary Rogers Telecom ...
Posted on 7th July 2005
Under: Services, Sprint, Technology, Windows Mobile |
Sprint (NYSE:FON) has begun launch of a new wireless high-speed data network that will provide mobile Internet access to about 150 million people in at least 60 metropolitan areas across the nation by early 2006. Sprint's new wireless high-speed data (EV-DO, Evolution Data Optimized) service, devices and applications will change how and where business is done and offer consumers an enhanced mobile multi-media experience. Sprint is rolling out its EV-DO service initially in business corridors with high wireless-data traffic demands, such as airports and central business districts, followed by broader metropolitan areas. Service will begin during July in major airports and business districts in 34 ...
Posted on 7th July 2005
Under: EV-DO, Sprint, Wireless |
Sprint and T-Mobile Customers Can Use Wireless Phones to Exchange Picture and Video Messages
Communication is sharing. Sharing ideas, feelings, pictures. And today, customers of Sprint (NYSE:FON) and T-Mobile USA, Inc. are able to communicate with more people than ever before, thanks to an agreement that enables picture and video messaging exchanges between subscribers.
It's called Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) interoperability. It allows T-Mobile and Sprint customers to send and receive picture and video messages across carriers. In other words, the world of communication just got larger.
"Sprint continuously looks for ways to enhance Sprint PCS Picture Mail service to make it easier and more convenient for its ...
Posted on 7th July 2005
Under: Multimedia, SMS, Sprint, T-Mobile, VeriSign |
Industry Leader Launches New Business Model and Delivers Next Generation Speech Recognition Application to Simplify Dialing, Message Addressing and Menu Navigation for Motorola MPx220
 Building on its record of first-to-market innovations, VoiceSignal today introduced another breakthrough: the first available download of its highly regarded one-step voice command speech solution. VoiceSignal's VSuite 2.0 (U.S. English) solution for the Motorola MPx220 smartphone is available immediately on the Handango website.
The VSuite 2.0 speaker independent speech solution is an upgrade to VoiceSignal's VSuite 1.3 solution application that is already bundled in the MPx220 phones. The VSuite 2.0 application simplifies the structured dialogue interface of earlier speech applications by allowing the ...
Posted on 6th July 2005
Under: Microsoft, Multimedia, Services, Smartphone, Software |
Company to Develop Palm Powered smartphones
LG Electronics, Inc., (Korea Stock Exchange: 06657.KS) and PalmSource Inc., (NASDAQ:PSRC) provider of Palm OS(R), a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices today announced that LG Electronics has signed an agreement to license Palm OS worldwide. Under terms of the agreement, LG Electronics can develop and market smartphones based on Palm OS.
"LG Electronics is pleased to have entered into this agreement with PalmSource," said Skott Ahn, executive vice president of LG Electronics, Inc. "The flexible, open and powerful nature of Palm OS is an ideal match for our industry leading mobile handsets. We believe our customers ...
Posted on 6th July 2005
Under: LG |
Stylish Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-225 by LG Features an Integrated VGA Camera in a Lightweight, Compact Design and Comes in Two Fashionable New Colors
Continuing a strong year of innovative new handsets and advanced entertainment and data service launches, LG Mobile Phones and Sprint (NYSE:FON) today announced the launch of the new Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-225 by LG color camera handset.
The PM-225 by LG features a complete set of all the features that today's mobile phone users expect from their handsets and goes a step beyond, offering the latest technology in an easy-to-use and compact mobile phone. The PM-225 by LG covers ...
Posted on 6th July 2005
Under: Camera, Handset, LG, Sprint, Video |
Secure, Wireless and Direct Synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Now Available Allowing Mobile Access to Corporate Outlook E-mail, Attachments, Calendar and Contacts
At Microsoft Tech*Ed 2005 Europe, DataViz, Inc., leading provider of Office compatibility solutions for over 21 years, today announced that its new RoadSync solution for Symbian UIQ smartphones is shipping. Based on the Exchange ActiveSync protocol licensed from Microsoft, RoadSync is the first commercially available software solution to provide secure, wireless and direct synchronization with Exchange Server 2003, thereby extending the existing mobile benefits of Exchange Server 2003 to reach non-Microsoft devices. RoadSync for Symbian UIQ offers full mobile access to corporate Outlook ...
Posted on 5th July 2005
Under: Microsoft, Smartphone, Sony Ericsson, Wireless |
Exclusive Music and Video Content From Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Concerts Available to Verizon Wireless Customers
 Verizon Wireless, owner and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino today announced a partnership that will bring top tier music artists and interactive wireless technology to Las Vegas. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino concertgoers will be able to interact with the artists and share PIX and TXT messages on interactive plasma screens visible throughout the "The Joint," the hotel's concert venue, as well as on channel 25 shown throughout the casino, pool, restaurants and hotel guest rooms.
"Our partnership with Verizon Wireless ...
Posted on 5th July 2005
Under: 3G, Music, Verizon, Video, Wireless |
Verizon Wireless, the nation's leader in wireless broadband services, and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in wireless communications, today announce the availability of the Motorola E815 consumer handset. The latest addition to the V CAST lineup, the Motorola E815 delivers Verizon Wireless' hot V CAST wireless broadband multimedia service and a host of other cutting-edge features -- such as a 1.3 mega pixel camera and embedded Bluetooth technology for hands-free communication.The Motorola E815 takes on-the-go entertainment to a new level with Verizon Wireless' V CAST multimedia service which enables consumers in the V CAST service area to access short video content on-demand, including current ...
Posted on 5th July 2005
Under: Accesory, Bluetooth, Camera, Motorola, Multimedia, Verizon, Video, Wireless |
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) today announced the availability of its commercial Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) Clients for Symbian and UIQ mobile devices. The release of Motorola PoC Clients for both Symbian Series 60 and UIQ mobile devices will enable operators to bring PoC services to market faster with an extended range and choice of PoC devices, as development time to add the new PoC feature to existing Symbian and UIQ devices is reduced.Motorola's PoC Clients enable mobile device users to experience walkie- talkie style communication with individuals or groups of friends or colleagues. A presence-enabled phone gives users the flexibility of mobile messaging combined with the ...
Posted on 5th July 2005
Under: Motorola |
Sprint names famed rock group as its July 'Featured Artist'
Sprint (NYSE:FON) and Warner Bros. Records today announced that Sprint is the first wireless carrier to offer the songs of rock-music legends Metallica as ringers. Sprint customers will have an exclusive opportunity to personalize their mobile phones with Metallica's music by downloading Music Tones -- ringers made from actual clips of the band's songs -- direct from their Sprint PCS Vision(SM) Phones. As Sprint's July "Featured Artist," more than 20 Metallica Music Tones will be available for customers to choose from, including "Enter Sandman," "Fade to Black" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls."
"Sprint customers will be ...
Posted on 1st July 2005
Under: Audio, Ringtones, Sprint |
For Those Who Never Believed, The Battle For The Planet Has Begun On Select Get It Now-Enabled Phones
They're already here ... and you're one of them. Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless service provider, and Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones, are bringing the reality of the summer blockbuster 'War of the Worlds' directly to Verizon Wireless Get It Now(R) customers. Inspired by the Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Pictures movie in theaters now, the War of the Worlds mobile game from Gameloft puts players in charge of taking over the planet city by city.
Mobile gamers battle their way through ...
Posted on 1st July 2005
Under: Games, Technology, Verizon, Wireless |