Monthly Archives: November, 2005

Mobile gambling could reach $4 billion in 2008

LONDON-Mobile gambling will hit the mass market next year and explode into a $4.26 billion industry in 2008, according to a report from U.K....

LG launches new Internet storefront for holidays

WASHINGTON-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. hopes to capitalize on the holiday shopping season with a new Internet storefront.The Korean handset manufacturer launched www.lgusa.com, which offers...

Telcogames looks to integrate Magic

LONDON-Mobile entertainment publisher Telcogames Ltd. said it has acquired Magic Productions Ltd., a Paris-based developer of games for smart phones running Symbian- and Microsoft...

China infrastructure providers Huawei, ZTE sign supply deals

LONDON-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. stepped into the global supply-chain limelight, announcing it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc to supply mobile...

Alcatel, IPWireless team for TD-CDMA in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia-NetZAP said it has awarded a contract to Alcatel Corp. for commercial expansion of netZAP's trial UMTS TD-CDMA network in Jakarta using equipment...

LG scores tops in handset satisfaction study

BOSTON, Mass.-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. came out the winner in a recent customer satisfaction study covering mobile-phone owners in the United States and Western...

Teen dream: Lots of content, features and new handsets

LOS ANGELES-More than 20 percent of teen U.S. cell-phone users have downloaded at least 10 ringtones in the last month, and 12 percent have...

Enterprises continue to struggle with mobilizing workforce

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-A pair of studies conducted by Avaya Inc. and the BPM Forum found that businesses worldwide are struggling to keep up with...

Jamster launches rebranding campaign

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new...

UbiquiTel’s stock surges on Sprint Nextel-Alamosa deal

NEW YORK-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s planned acquisition of its largest CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. revved up investors of fellow affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. The carrier...

Wherify’s Wherifone pushed back to first half of 2006

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first...

Cingular Treo 650 users to get software update alert

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will send its Treo 650 users a text message alerting them of a new software download for their device....

Cingular turns off, sells towers as part of integration plans

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has identified more than 12,000 GSM sites that it plans to decommission as it integrates 30 of 63 GSM markets by...

Motorola, Skype team on Bluetooth headset

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Skype Technologies SA announced the launch of a Bluetooth headset that allows Skype customers to use Motorola's Wireless Internet Calling...

WiderThan files to go public

WASHINGTON-Korean content provider WiderThan Co. expects to net more than $50 million with its planned initial public offering, according to documents filed with the...

Bango preaches off-deck content gospel

Like European missionaries of centuries past, Bango came to U.S. shores last week preaching the gospel. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company held events in Southern...

800 MHz rebanding off to slow start

WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz rebanding process may not be going as quickly as first hoped. The 800 MHz Transition Administrator recently told the Federal Communications...

Court sides with Nextel Partners in valuation process

NEW YORK-Nextel Partners Inc. was victorious late last week as a judge ruled the carrier could disclose the results of the first two appraisers...

Alta buys Yankee Group

BOSTON-An investment group led by private-equity firm Alta Communications announced it has acquired technology research firm Yankee Group. Yankee Group was previously owned by...

Verizon pops open EV-DO BlackBerry with new modem service for laptops

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-capable BlackBerry, along with a service plan that will allow subscribers to use the...

NENA releases 911 router guide

WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association released its "911 System Reference Guide" to help carriers-primarily Voice over Internet Protocol providers-and public-safety answering points plan and...

Investors cheer on Ditech’s lower-than-expected loss

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ditech Communications Corp. announced its fiscal 2006 second-quarter results, reporting a net loss of $1.4 million, or 4 cents per share. The...

Broadband equipment companies to merge

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless mesh router maker Wave Wireless Corp. and wireless broadband technology developer WaveRider Communications announced plans to merge, saying the combined company...

Cingular updates wireless Web to feature custom, local info

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is overhauling its wireless Web service in an effort to woo would-be mobile Internet surfers and boost content sales. The largest...

WiMAX mainly for rural operators, iSuppli predicts

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-By 2010, less than 5 percent of broadband subscribers will use WiMAX technology as a fixed wireless broadband access solution, said research...
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