Monthly Archives: March, 2006

DE rules misguided, CTIA contends

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry said the Federal Communications Commission is misguided in proposing to limit small-business bidding benefits to top carriers at this June's advanced...

Fox gets deeper into content game: Even as analysts question ringtone’s longevity

Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site that hawks music, games and images for mobile phones. But...

Carriers face antitrust appeal targeting selling practices

WASHINGTON-A federal court in New York erred and abused its discretion in rejecting a class-action suit alleging Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel...

SunCom postpones reporting financials

BERWYN, Pa.-Regional operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. pushed back its fourth-quarter and full-year 2005 financial report by two weeks. The company had been slated...

Sony shows picture-sharing program

Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via various...

Court orders firm to stop unlocking TracFone handsets

WASHINGTON-A federal court has ordered a Florida firm to immediately halt "unlocking" TracFone Wireless Inc. prepaid cell phones. Unlocked phones can be used on...

Disney Mobile launches free handset promotion ahead of service offering

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Walt Disney Internet Group is making more noise in advance of the launch of its planned mobile virtual network operator service this...

AT&T merges with BellSouth; Cingular to go back to AT&T brand

ATLANTA—AT&T Inc. announced Sunday that it will merge with Baby Bell BellSouth Corp. in a $67.1 billion, all-stock transaction that, if approved by regulators,...

BlackBerry maker unveils WLAN plans

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its push into the wireless local area network space with the launch of its BlackBerry WLAN Solution. The...

Verizon Wireless signs up restaurant chain

ALPHARETTA, Ga.—Verizon Wireless inked a two-year deal to provide wireless voice and data services for Chick-fil-A Inc. The Georgia-based fast-food chain has purchased 1,000...

Va. legislature OKs flat tax

WASHINGTON-The Virginia state legislature last week passed a bill creating what is believed to be the first statewide communications flat tax in the nation,...

Nokia’s top handset designer steps down, replaced by team

ESPOO, Finland-Frank Nuovo, the designer who helped Nokia Corp. attain the world's largest market share of the mobile handset business, will turn over his...

Site buys from Sprint hurt Global Signal’s 4Q

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. blames its fourth-quarter net losses of $18.8 million on costs from integrating and financing the sites it acquired from Sprint...

724 Solutions shareholder proposes $17 million takeover

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions Inc. says its minority shareholder, Austin Ventures L.P., has offered to buy the company's 5.5 million outstanding shares of common...

DVB-H market gains chip support from Qualcomm, backing from Microsoft

Call it hedging your bets. Qualcomm Inc. said it is developing chipsets based on a rival mobile television standard-Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, or DVB-H-even while...

Correction

James Baldinger should have been identified as the TracFone Wireless Inc. lawyer quoted in the Feb. 27 issue story "TracFone, Nokia sue two Fla....

Sprint Nextel taps Fandango to sell movie tickets and content

LOS ANGELES—Movie ticketing service Fandango said it plans to team with Sprint Nextel Corp. to allow the carrier’s subscribers to browse showtimes, receive alerts...

Study: Mobile game market slows

SEATTLE—Consumption of mobile games has stagnated as carriers have steadily increased prices during the last six months, according to figures from M:Metrics. The research...

AT&T-BellSouth merger sets off policy debate

WASHINGTON—Consumer advocates asked the Justice Department to block AT&T Inc.’s proposed $67 billion acquisition of fellow Baby Bell BellSouth Corp., while organized labor described...

NTT DoCoMo offers simplified 3G handsets

TOKYO—As handset vendors and network operators worldwide spend untold resources to provide advanced functionalities and services to capture end users’ imagination with 3G services,...

AAT sale could fetch $1 billion

Tower circles are buzzing with speculation as to who will walk off with AAT Communications Corp. and its 1,900 or so towers, in effect...

Yahoo, Mforma spar over 7 new hires: Complaint includes instant-messaging conversations

Yahoo Inc. filed a lawsuit against Mforma Group Inc., claiming the mobile game-maker is stealing company secrets as it hires seven former Yahoo employees....

RCR hires Carson to cover handset, chips beats

GOLDEN, Colo.-RCR Wireless News is pleased to announce it has hired Phil Carson as a reporter covering the wireless handset beat, including the chipset...

Calif. senator vows bill-of-rights battle not over, plans to press legislation

WASHINGTON-California state Sen. Martha Escutia (D) last Friday vowed to pursue a law creating a bill of rights for telecom consumers similar to the...

Cingular, Qpass extend m-commerce pact

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Qpass extended an agreement for Qpass to provide its mobile-commerce platform to the carrier, according to the companies. Qpass is...
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