Monthly Archives: March, 2006

InPhonic launches biz-focused Web site

WASHINGTON—Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. unveiled a business unit targeting small business users. The company launched Wirefly.biz, an Internet storefront hawking products and rate...

Ip.access nabs $8.5 million for 3G access points

CAMBRIDGE, England—Mini-base station developer Ip.access Ltd. picked up $8.5 million in funds to develop in-building third-generation access points for homes and small businesses. Scottish...

Gosen promotes mobile gaming as I-play’s new CEO

LONDON—I-play removed the word "acting" from David Gosen’s title, installing the 2-year employee as the company’s new chief executive officer. Gosen, who started with...

Verizon Wireless prepaid service sold at Wal-Mart

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless inked a major retail distribution deal for its wireless service, agreeing to sell its INpulse offering through 2,300 Wal-Mart Stores Inc....

Verizon Wireless signs voice/data pact with restaurant chain

ALPHARETTA, Ga.-Verizon Wireless inked a two-year deal to provide wireless voice and data services for Chick-fil-A Inc. As part of the deal, the Georgia-based...

Unity Wireless raises $2.2 million

BURNABY, British Columbia-Unity Wireless Corp. said it closed a $2.2 million three-year debt financing by institutional investors. The company, which develops wireless subsystems and...

TI, Qualcomm project healthy chip sales

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. honed its financial estimates for the first quarter, projecting a narrower range of solid sales, from $3.22 billion to $3.35 billion,...

RIM acquires Ascendent Systems for campus mobility solution

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. announced it purchased Ascendent Systems, which sells products that extend desk phone connectivity to wireless handsets in a campus...

ZigBee-enabled products to shine in ’06

DENVER-Although monitoring and control-enhancing technology hasn't garnered many headlines in the past, ZigBee-enabled products are likely to burst into prime-time later this year with...

Once and future customer

What a long, strange trip it's been.Almost two years ago, I renewed my cell-phone contract with what was then AT&T Wireless Services Inc. I...

Opera scores T-Mobile deal for mobile browser

HANNOVER, Germany-Opera Software ASA scored a major win, inking a deal to pre-load its Java-based mobile browser on T-Mobile International phones in Europe. The...

VCs bet $10 million on m-commerce for Obopay

PALO ALTO, Calif.-M-commerce software developer Obopay said it has snared $10 million in Series A venture funding. Obopay, which was founded last year, plans...

Court strikes down Colorado requirements for ETC status

WASHINGTON-A federal court in Colorado told state regulators there that they cannot require Alltel Corp. to file rate statements and agree to certain service-quality...

Nortel $2 billion loss in 4Q stings

Nortel Networks Ltd. plans to restate its financial results-again-as well as push back filing its 2005 annual report to the end of April. The...

States, feds attack cell-phone driving from all angles: Even as new study finds other activities cause greater distractions

WASHINGTON-The lawyer for a 20-year-old Michigan man charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with a fatal car crash initially attributed to driver cell-phone...

Leap joins growing list of carriers restating financials

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. joined several wireless operators in announcing financial restatements-though the company said it expects the adjustments would result in improved...

AskMeNow betting on mobile gambling through acquisition

IRVINE, Calif.—Mobile information service provider AskMeNow is betting on mobile gambling, announcing an effort to acquire Australian betting firm Karrell Pty Ltd. AskMeNow, a...

Razr sales halted by T-Mobile, Cingular in component glitch

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile USA Inc. halted retail sales of Motorola Inc.'s best-selling Razr handset, after the vendor informed the carriers that a...

Net-neutrality backers to seek conditions

WASHINGTON-When the government broke up Ma Bell more than 20 years ago, it did so because it did not want one company controlling computer-to-computer...

Intel speeds up WiMAX plans

SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. says its WiMAX cards for laptops will be available sometime in the second half of this year, not in 2007 as...

Lucent rings up $300M in global agreements

Lucent Technologies Inc. is swimming in new contracts, announcing seven deals valued at more than $300 million at the CeBIT 2006 trade show. "Our...

CDMA’s shifting landscape: From emerging India to mature U.S.

The market outlook for CDMA handsets may be described as a tale of two contrasting regions. And therein lies a few wireless lessons about...

Equipment makers to lose another customer

AT&T Inc.'s planned acquisition of BellSouth Corp. could be great for consumers, but the news isn't so great for telecom equipment vendors, already suffering...

Motorola hedges value of investment in Sprint Nextel

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. hedged the value of the 37.6 million shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. stock it owns, which represent about 1.25 percent of...

Pantech underscores phone ambitions at CeBIT show

HANNOVER, Germany-Pantech Group spotlighted a variety of upscale handsets at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, in an effort to further establish itself...
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