2005

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Three wireless industry vendors announced new funding this week. Roamware Inc., which provides mobile roaming solutions, said it raised $14 million in a series C round of financing. …

The GSM Association signed an agreement with NeuStar Inc. to offer Root Domain System services to more than 680 global GSM mobile operators. NeuStar’s Root DNS will manage a global …

WASHINGTON-Mandatory negotiations between Sprint Nextel Corp. and 800 MHz licensees it must pay to move as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s rebanding process began Tuesday for Wave 1 licensees …

FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Equinix Inc., which provides network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, signed an agreement allowing Hawaiian operator Mobi PCS to establish operations within Equinix’s Honolulu Internet Business Exchange. …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-The majority of cell-phone users support policies that limit wireless usage in schools, according to an survey of 2,400 consumers by Amplitude Research. Eighty-five percent of the 2,400 …

PHILADELPHIA-Hewlett Packard Co. and Earthlink Inc. will have to wait another few days for the City of Philadelphia’s announcement of which company wins the city’s Wi-Fi infrastructure contract. The announcement …

MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom’s network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico. …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. and Disney both offered details this week about their upcoming mobile virtual network operator services. Amp’d Mobile said it’s on track for a pre-holiday service launch of …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …

KINGS PARK, N.Y.-By 2010, worldwide subscribers will reach 2.3 billion individual wireless subscribers, according to Visant Strategies “World Mobile Subscriber Markets 2005” report. Of those 2.3 billion subscribers, nearly half …

Unlike the freewheeling and sometimes thought-provoking keynotes of previous CTIA Wireless I.T. shows, Tuesday’s opening keynote session was a trio of rudimentary company presentations on business basics from Microsoft Corp., …

WASHINGTON-U.K.-based Inmarsat Ltd. applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a 2 GHz mobile satellite service license that would allow it to offer interoperable communications to first responders and homeland …

SAN FRANCISCO-Men and women alike use ringtones, but there are big differences between the sexes when it comes to other mobile services. A new study from M:Metrics finds females are …

ATLANTA-SouthernLinc Wireless announced it is offering the Motorola Inc. i76 phone, which offers features such as Linc View and Java-enabled pre-loaded programs and games. Linc View allows pictures, My Info …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris.net, a machine-to-machine wireless services provider, announced that its new AerFrame service delivery platform is available, and already is being used by Qualcomm Inc. to support its T2 …

ESPN Inc. today announced it will unveil its first mobile phone and limited service later this year, teaming with Japanese handset maker Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to offer a high-resolution …

MIAMI-Mobile value-added services developer Zed announced plans to re-launch service in the United States next month. Zed’s origins go back to LaNetro, which was founded in 1996 as a mobile-content …

LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media’s Wireless Broadband Analyst report. There were …

Most industry insiders look at wireless and see the future. Van Toffler looks at wireless and sees 1981. The president of MTV Networks Music Groups unveiled a deal to create …

SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile …

CARSON CITY, Nev.-Gateway Access Solutions Inc. said it has signed a definitive agreement to sell 52 Educational Broadband Service channel leases to Pegasus Broadband Communications L.L.C. The leases cover 23 …

SINGAPORE-The GSM Association Tuesday said it will begin offering handsets for less than $30 as the second phase of its program to bring affordable handsets to emerging markets. Additionally, the …

The Superior Court of California in Los Angeles issued an order earlier this month that preliminarily approves a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Verizon Wireless regarding the Motorola Inc. …

Mobile TV company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. “Things are just going through the roof,” boasted …

SAN FRANCISCO-AG Interactive and SI Mobile announced an exclusive multiyear partnership that calls for the companies to distribute premium content from Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue through AG Interactive and SI-branded …