Monthly Archives: April, 2005

Gaming association forms committee for mobile gaming

SAN FRANCISCO-The Game Developers Association said Thursday it has formed a committee to act as a resource for mobile game developers, publishers, researchers and...

Ericsson completes W-CDMA testing with DoCoMo

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said they completed W-CDMA Interoperability Testing for global roaming purposes. The tests were performed in...

THQ Wireless scores licensing deal for baseball content

Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM) announced its second mobile licensing agreement in a week, unveiling a deal granting THQ Wireless exclusive rights to...

Feds delay public-safety Integrated Wireless Network

WASHINGTON-The federal government recently delayed the submission date for proposals to build the Integrated Wireless Network-a public-safety communications system to be used by law...

Firefighter union seeks funding for tower health study

WASHINGTON-The International Association of Fire Fighters, the union representing more than 85 percent of firefighters and emergency medics in United States and Canada, today...

Airline passengers want cell-phone ban kept in place, says survey

WASHINGTON-Passengers on airplanes do not want the ban on cell-phone use while in flight lifted, according to a study released Thursday morning by the...

Centennial loses U.S. customers, but posts profit

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it lost 500 domestic wireless customers during its third fiscal quarter of 2005 ending Feb. 28-compared with...

WTO sides with U.S. on Internet gambling

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it won an important victory when the World Trade Organization appellate body sided with the United States on key...

Nextel goes nationwide with Spanish-language marketing campaign

Reston, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it will expanded its Spanish language "Nextel. Ya." advertising campaign nationwide with a new commercial set to premier this...

New MSN Messenger expands text-messaging offerings

REDMOND, Wash.-Internet portal MSN said it has expanded on its Messenger 7.0 offering, enabling users in some markets to send text messages to wireless...

Alltel sells Fidelity stock for $350M

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has sold its interest in Fidelity National Financial to Goldman Sachs for about $350 million. The telecommunications provider...

Huawei to build GSM network in Jordan

BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier Huawei said it won a contract with Umniah Mobile Co. for a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in Jordan. The network is based on...

Ericsson CEO highlights strengths at annual meeting

Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson's chief executive officer, said the company is "stronger than ever" in his address to the company's annual general meeting.Svanberg said Ericsson...

Virgin Mobile to sell new Kyocera Java phone

SAN DIEGO-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. announced it will sell the K10 Royale phone from Kyocera Wireless Corp. The phone features Java application download technology."Kyocera...

U.S. youth to spend $500M on ringtones by 2007

LONDON-Young American wireless users will spend nearly $500 million on ringtones, ring-back tones and full-track mobile downloads by 2007, according to new research from...

Bank of America offers retail centers for wireless sites

LOS ANGELES-Bank of America, in partnership with Trammell Crow Co., said it is making available 3,500 of its retail banking centers nationwide for stealth...

Boeing chooses Broadbeam for wireless data enablement

CRANBURY, N.J.-Broadbeam Corp. said Boeing has selected its ExpressQ system to wirelessly enable its new Electronic Flight Bag technology. The Electronic Flight Bag gives...

Vodafone to showcase mobile TV programming

PARIS-More than 60 projects were submitted for Vodafone's "Made-for-Mobile Screenings" event, which will showcase programming from companies that have produced video content specifically for...

Amp’d Mobile signs athletes for marketing, content

Fresh off its public launch at this year's CTIA event, soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. reported several content and marketing sponsorship...

RIM results pulled down by NTP, tax expenses

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported another solid quarter, although its results were pulled down by its settlement expenses with patent-holding company NTP...

Report: Sprint developing combined Wi-Fi/PCS service

Sprint Corp. is reportedly developing a new wireless service that will allow customers to seamlessly roam between the company's wide area wireless network and...

OMA re-elects TTPCom exec to head gaming group

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-TTPCom said the Open Mobile Alliance has re-elected its senior software architect, Lars Brenk, as the chairman of OMA's Game Services Working...

Calif. bill-of-rights legislation moves forward

WASHINGTON-Legislation to make a bill of rights for telecom consumers a state law has moved forward in the California legislature, countering efforts by a...

MCI will stick with Verizon

MCI Inc.'s board of directors rejected Qwest Communications International Inc.'s latest acquisition proposal in favor of a previous and lower bid from Verizon Communications...

Poizner opts out of CPUC appointment

WASHINGTON-Former Silicon Valley tech executive Steve Poizner, one of two nominees appointed by GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Public Utilities Commission last...
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