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Microcell Solutions Inc., a national provider of Personal Communications Services (PCS) under the Fido(R) brand name, and 01 Communique, a PC messaging and communications company, are proud to announce a new agreement that offers Fido customers preferred access to I'm InTouch(TM) service, which...

Fido GPRS customers offered preferred wireless access to office or home PC with secure and cost-effective solution Microcell Solutions Inc., a national provider of Personal Communications Services (PCS) under the FidoR brand name, and 01 Communique, a PC messaging and communications company, are...

Traditional telecoms networks facing extinction, says analyst US consumers are turning to wireless and broadband as their main communications connection, marking the possible end for traditional telecoms networks, according to a report from Forrester Research. The study found that, while new...

Nokia says research it has commissioned shows people are ready to be sold goods via their mobile phones. The firm says many users would actively welcome text messaging marketing - but only in certain circumstances...Read More

In a society where instant gratification is demanded and time is a precious commodity, wireless devices have become our personal companions. Once only found in the briefcases of business professionals, cellular phones can now as easily be found in the knapsacks of high-school students or the...

For months, a little futuristic device dubbed Pogo has been generating a lot of hype among tech-savvy Brits and, perhaps, a quiet anxiety among wireless operators holding 3G licenses. Creators of this mobile device, which enables users to browse the Web, make mobile calls, send e-mails and play...

By 2006, 77% of all handset sold will be replacements, up from 52% in 2001 according to Strategy Analytics. Despite GSM's overall dominance of the cellular market, CDMA will control a disproportionate share of the 3G markets. The CDMA share of global handset volume will reach 25% by 2006...Read...

After a brief testing period, wireless technologies pioneer SMS.ac, Inc. today heralded the official release of smsPeople(tm), a technology showcase where consumers from around the world leverage SMS.ac's reach of over 400 wireless networks to send text and data messages. Users are able to search...

Britain's most senior judge signals that stealing a mobile phone must become a custodial offence. Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf has addressed the rapid rise in mobile phone crime by announcing that those convicted of stealing a handset should face up to five years in prison -- or even longer if...

Wireless consumers are receptive to so-called m-marketing if advertising is voluntary, defrays phone costs and mimics TV ads, according to new research commission by Nokia. The study by HPI Research Group found that the core mobile phone market ( 16-45 year olds ) is not only receptive to...

Will mobile subscribers want to listen to long audio tracks such as audio books and newspapers using the minutes provided on their wireless service plans? While busy rolling out its next-generation wireless services, AT&T Wireless also is testing new content applications that its customers will be...

With more than 78 million remote and mobile workers (including frequent business travelers who spend 20% of the work year traveling, telecommuters, multisite workers, nonoffice workers and mobile office workers) in the U.S. today, demand for Internet and wireless-accessible hosted applications may...

European SMS marketing is quite succesful and has the capacity to obtain responses five times higher than direct mail marketing. But Forrester Research is warning Europe's SMS marketers that long-term use of the SMS medium requires careful campaign planning. According to a November 2001 online...

Toronto, Ontario, Jan 30, 2002 (Market News Publishing via COMTEX) -- Rogers AT&T Wireless and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) announced an agreement whereby they intend to add the new GSM/GPRS version of the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld(TM) with integrated data and voice capabilities to Rogers...

SMS gives Europe's marketers a new channel to two-thirds of the 250 million European mobile phone owners who use SMS. But while early adopters easily book response rates five times higher than direct mail, long-term use of the SMS medium requires careful campaign planning, according to a new report...

A Belgian woman being plagued by nuisance phone calls discovered the culprit was a dairy cow. The farmer had rigged up the animal's milking machine to call a mobile phone if it malfunctioned...Read More

Rogers AT&T Wireless and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) today announced an agreement whereby they intend to add the new GSM/GPRS version of the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld(TM) with integrated data and voice capabilities to Rogers AT&T Wireless' existing BlackBerry product line-up. The new...

New Integrated BlackBerry Handheld to Operate on Rogers AT&T Wireless' Next-Generation GSM/GPRS Network TORONTO/WATERLOO, ON, Jan. 29 /CNW/ - Rogers AT&T Wireless (TSE: RCM.B; NYSE: RCN) and Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSE: RIM) today announced an agreement whereby they intend to...

Wireless technologies saw growth in 2001, and the deployment of wireless services and enterprise applications will surge in 2002, according to Deloitte Consulting. But the consulting company believes that the hype surrounding 3G (third generation) wireless technology will not be the selling point...

Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless (NYSE: AWE) announced the formation of a joint venture that will allow both carriers to more quickly and cost-effectively expand their buildout of GSM/GPRS network coverage along 3,000 miles of interstate highways in predominantly Mid-western and Western states....