--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 02/01/2008 - Telecom service industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and TeleNav, the first company to launch a GPS navigation service for mobile phones in the U.S., announced recently that New York City is using a mobile GPS solution from TeleNav and AT&T to improve the quality of life for residents. Last summer, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg launched the New York City SCOUT (Street Conditions Observation Unit) program. In this program, inspectors report street conditions by using the TeleNav Track(TM) solution on their GPS-enabled BlackBerry(R) 8800 mobile handsets, which use the AT&T wireless network, as they drive through the city.
Fonality, a maker VoIP phone systems for small and midsize businesses, has selected JMI Telecom (OTC: JMIT) to distribute its PBXtra VoIP-capable phone system. In addition, Dell announced that it will begin bundling Fonality's open-source software with its enterprise servers. Fonality's PBXtra system is designed to support branch offices, as well as mobile and home-based workers.
In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Lycoming County, Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has expanded its network with a new cell site. The new site increases coverage and capacity along Highland Lake Road, Birch Still Road, Deer Lake Road and Foust Hill Road, as well as along Route 220 from Barton Hollow Road to Glen Mawr and from Big Run Road to Picture Rocks. The network expansion is part of an aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year (more than $1 billion every 90 days) to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless' voice and data services.
Leading independent communications holding company SureWest Communications (NASDAQ: SURW) will participate in the 2008 Thomas Weisel Partners Technology, Telecom & Internet Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Serving the Northern California region for more than 90 years, SureWest Communications (http://www.surewest.com) is one of the nation's leading integrated communications providers, and is the bandwidth leader in the markets it serves. SureWest's bundled offerings include an array of advanced IP-based digital video, high-speed Internet, local and long distance telephone, and wireless PCS.
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