Monthly Archives: October, 2005

Jamdat offers wireless games in McDonald’s Monopoly contest

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it is participating in McDonald's annual Monopoly contest for the second year.Jamdat prizes include two wireless games-Jamdat Sports NBA...

Arm offers processor for high-end phone

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Microprocessor company Arm unveiled its newest offering, the Cortex-A8 processor, which the company said will give low-power mobile devices the computing strength...

Vodafone to carry games from Electronic Arts

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Vodafone Group plc will offer mobile games from Electronic Arts Inc. through its carriers in Europe, Egypt, South America, Australia and New...

U.S. wireless industry to surpass auto, agriculture industries

BOSTON-The U.S. wireless industry is expected to become a larger sector of the U.S. economy than the agriculture and automobile industries within five years,...

Nokia to include antivirus protection on smart phones

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Nokia Corp. announced it will install antivirus software on its line of smart phones. The company will use security software from Symantec Corp....

Broadcom acquires Athena for $22M

Broadcom Corp. announced it will acquire Athena Semiconductors Inc. for $21.6 million in cash. Athena makes chips for Wi-Fi and mobile TV technologies. Broadcom's...

FTS Group offers details on wireless spinoff

TAMPA, Fla.-FTS Group Inc. provided details on its proposed share spinoff of FTS Wireless Inc.The company said it is seeking to acquire a profitable...

MMA forms mobile search group

BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Mobile Marketing Association said it has established a Mobile Search Working Group that will establish guidelines for a search marketing ecosystem.MMA said...

Simply Wireless touts HSN success

FAIRFAX, Va.-Simply Wireless said it sold 19,500 mobile phones on the Home Shopping Network the week of Sept. 28, making it the top mobile-phone...

Centennial increases quarterly customer adds, revenues

Regional wireless operator Centennial Communications Corp. said it added 6,600 domestic net customers during its first fiscal quarter of 2006, which ended Aug. 31....

Nokia signs FMC agreement in Brazil

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telemar Oi, a Brazilian telecommunications company, to start trials of Nokia's Fixed...

Lucent signs manufacturing agreement with Celestica

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a three-year agreement with electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Corp. giving Celestica exclusive rights to manufacture Lucent's existing...

Texas landowners sue Sprint Nextel

WASHINGTON-A Texas law firm said it filed a class-action lawsuit today against Sprint Nextel Corp. on behalf of thousands of landowners in the state....

Tekelec completes Santera acquisition

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Tekelec announced the completion of its acquisition of a minority interest in Santera Systems, for which Tekelec paid $75.6 million in cash in...

Eminem files ringtone lawsuit against third-party content companies

Eminem's publishing companies have filed suit to stop the sale of ringtones they say are based on the hip-hop star's tunes.Michigan-based publishers Eight Mile...

Wireless Xcessories signs 4 retailers

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.-The Wireless Xcessories Group Inc., which manufacturers and distributes electronic and cellular accessories, said it has signed supply agreements with four wireless...

Skype partners with GoRemote for mobile enterprise service

MILPITAS, Calif.-GoRemote Internet Communications Inc. will partner with Skype to offer free wireless Internet voice services to business users.GoRemote, which provides managed broadband services,...

Sprint Nextel terminates HP contract

Sprint Nextel Corp. terminated its contract with Hewlett-Packard Co., according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by 724 Solutions Inc. Tuesday. 724 Solutions...

Weak initial demand for Rokr, says analyst: Other Motorola products remain strong

Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.'s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its...

MetroPCS attracts $739M equity investment

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. attracted $600 million in private-equity funding from Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. and TA Associates as part of a...

Jamdat partners with ATI on 3D apps

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will work with ATI Technologies Inc. to develop three-dimensional wireless entertainment applications."3D games are an important part of...

Amp’d selects Card Player for mobile poker

LAS VEGAS-Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that expects to launch service later this year, chose Card Player Media as its exclusive poker...

Mforma gains $30M in third financing round

SAN FRANCISCO-Mforma Group Inc. said it raised $30 million in a third round of institutional financing.The round was led by venture-capital firm Institutional Venture...

Sprint Nextel subsidiary files patent suit against Vonage

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported that one of its subsidiaries has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Voice over Internet Protocol service providers Vonage Holdings...

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA fare best in retail sales satisfaction: Overall consumer dissatisfaction on the rise

Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry's six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power...
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