SAN FRANCISCO-Granite Ventures said it closed Granite Ventures II, a $350 million venture-capital fund that will focus on early-stage communications and software companies, including...
BURBANK, Calif.-Nickelodeon is teaming with wireless entertainment publisher FunMail to offer images of popular characters from the children's network.FunMail, which markets ringtones, animated ringers...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Destinator Technologies Inc. marked its entry into the North American market this week, opening its U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. The expansion coincides...
WASHINGTON-Cell-phone lawyers asked a District of Columbia Superior Court judge to suspend proceedings in six brain-cancer lawsuits, pending industry's petition for the U.S. Supreme...
NEW YORK-Virgin Mobile USA Inc. announced an exclusive deal to bring content from alternative rockers the Gorillaz to wireless.The operator launched ringtones, realtones and...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. became the latest carrier to court the Hispanic market, announcing a deal with the wireless arm of media company Univision to...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Camera phones are more gateways to digital cameras than replacements for them, according to a study released from IDC.The survey found that 30...
DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor...
As Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. begin to merge their separate identities into one company, there will be obvious comparisons to how Cingular...
DENVER-The Denver Police Department and the Consolidated Communications Network of Colorado each used the 71st annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show here...
WASHINGTON-California regulators did something they have never done before, creating an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, celebrities wanting second, third and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group will partner with SingleTouch Interactive to offer a music-focused phone with both pre-loaded and downloadable content such as ringtones...
At times, it's hard to see beyond the world of mergers, stockholder lawsuits, broadband, global terrorism and dropped calls.Last week, the World Health Organization...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is urging FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to reject a key spectrum policy of his predecessor-the interference temperature-and instead ensure existing wireless...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. announced a deal with Rural Cellular Corp., which operates in the Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and Southern regions, to provide VeriSign's...
CTIA has named RCR Wireless News an official Show Daily publication for the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2005 conference and exhibition Sept. 27-29...
NEW YORK-Two U.S. subsidiaries of Japanese mobile-content conglomerate For-side.com Co. Ltd. have integrated operations in what may be a first step toward an initial...
M/A-COM's NetworkFirst Land Mobile Radio interoperability solution received official designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology from the Department of Homeland Security's Support Anti-terrorism by...
SAN RAMON, Calif.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. signed an agreement with push-to-talk vendor Kodiak Networks to install Kodiak’s PTT software in its phones. Terms...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on...
