Monthly Archives: January, 2006

Cingular CTO re-elected to chair 3G Americas

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Kristin Rinne, chief technology officer for Cingular Wireless L.L.C., will serve a second term as chairwoman of 3G Americas after being re-elected by...

New Kentucky wireless tax on hold until appeals court ruling comes down

WASHINGTON-A federal judge in Kentucky temporarily blocked enforcement of a new law prohibiting telecom operators from passing through to subscribers a targeted 1.3-percent gross...

Lucent lowers forecasts, names new COO

Lucent Technologies Inc. cut its earnings predictions for both the first quarter and the full year, primarily due to lower equipment sales in the...

VeriSign picks up Web-based billing company for $30M

Digital security and mobile content provider VeriSign Inc. said it plans to spend $30 million in cash to acquire software developer CallVision Inc. Seattle-based...

RadioShack falters on transition to Cingular

FORT WORTH, Texas-Shares of RadioShack Corp. slid after the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter sales and confirmed it will fall short of projected 2005 earnings-due...

Verizon WMA choice meets some criticism

Verizon Wireless made headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show when it unveiled a new full-track mobile music download service. But the carrier was busy...

FCC sets May date for ATG auction

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission set a May 10 date to auction 800 MHz air-to-ground licenses. The FCC is auctioning the four megahertz of spectrum...

New litmus test?

Abortion has been-and probably will continue to be for a long while-the political fault line dividing Republicans and Democrats. In those infrequent instances when...

Carriers struggle to protect privacy while helping law enforcement

WASHINGTON-News stories late last week highlighted the tightrope wireless carriers must walk as they try to help law enforcement and protect their customers' privacy...

AFHI closes Pelican Mobile purchase, adopts new name

GLEN BURNIE, Md.-American Financial Holdings Inc. completed its merger with Pelican Mobile Computers Inc., which provides rugged mobile hardware and software for law enforcement...

AT&T tries to tie it all together Ad campaign includes wireless connection

The wireline parent companies of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. are dangling discounts, converged bills and the potential of cross-platform services as they try to convince...

Spinning digital music downloads

As the wireless industry expands its array of data applications for the mass market, it might consider borrowing a few tricks from the gaming...

Vodafone, Sony join to offer mobile music downloads

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc is partnering with Sony Corp. on an interactive streaming radio service for mobile phones and PCs. The companies unveiled Vodafone Radio...

Mobile Media Co. buys wireless game-maker, Mobile Streams allies with TruePosition

OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. said it has acquired Dutch game-maker Overloaded Pocket Media from Endemol N.V. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Overloaded...

Cingular obtains restraining order against online call-record vendors

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. obtained a temporary restraining order against two companies it believes have sold mobile-phone records online. The Federal court in Atlanta granted...

S&P sees cable companies threatening wireline, wireless

NEW YORK-Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor's is turning a sharp eye on wireline companies and their wireless offspring, citing concerns about wireline businesses'...

Portals digging deeper into wireless

Wireless is getting Googled. And, well, Yahoo'd. The Internet giants have made numerous headlines in recent weeks as they rush to become the premier...

Apple’s ‘Mobile Me’ trademark filing fuels wireless rumors

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Apple Computer Inc. fueled speculation about its intentions in wireless as the company's efforts to trademark the phrase "Mobile Me" came to light....

Strax acquires European mobile accessory supplier

MIAMI-Strax Holdings Inc., which sells mobile phones, phone accessories and data services, announced it acquired European accessory makers more...Mobilfunkzubehor GmbH and more...International Ltd. Terms...

Tower activity up with new funding and new player

Investors gave tower companies a thumbs up last week as plans for augmenting or expanding their facilities were greeted with a slew of new...

Delegate addresses calling charges for territories

WASHINGTON-Calling the territory of Guam from a wireless phone can be expensive, and the delegate that represents the island doesn't think it should be-especially...

MobileAccess payment part of Abramoff plea deal

WASHINGTON-Jack Abramoff ordered the wireless firm that won the House in-building wireless infrastructure contract to make payments totaling $50,000 to a tax-exempt group created...

.11n standard likely to be ratified next week

DENVER-The line in the sand between Airgo Networks Inc. and backers of the Enhanced Wireless Consortium may be washed away if the IEEE adopts...

Flo Forum submits MediaFlo to TIA

The first public airing of Qualcomm Inc.'s proprietary MediaFlo technology for mobile TV is taking place as the Flo Forum submitted its specification proposal...

IMS-It’s all that, but adoption will be restrained for some time

The very mention of Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem puts a whir in many propeller hats. The whirring is justified to a certain degree, but...
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