Monthly Archives: March, 2006

Wireline players play up network convergence

LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week's United States Telecom Association's first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas,...

AirPlay to connect live TV with mobile games

MONTEREY, Calif.-AirPlay Networks Inc. announced plans to launch a series of mobile games based on live TV broadcasts. The San Francisco startup said it...

T-Mobile USA fires back with 1,500 minutes for $40 a month

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. has upped the ante in a pricing duel with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. by adding a $40 service plan with 1,500...

BellSouth combines Wi-Fi, WiMAX for back-up Internet connection

LAS VEGAS-BellSouth Corp. unveiled a pre-WiMAX wireless broadband back-up system for businesses' Internet connections. The carrier said the system allows customers to activate a...

Alltel hires Motricity in move to increase data revenues via Fuel platform

Motricity Corp. is building on its relationship with Alltel Corp., inking a deal to deliver content and wireless Internet service to the operator's subscribers...

By The Numbers

Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the four first-tier wireless operators that control enough spectrum for a nationwide footprint. They are ranked by...

Strong wireless results bolster Ntelos’ re-emergence

Regional telecommunications operator Ntelos Holdings Corp. reported strong growth in the fourth quarter and full-year 2005, generating wireless operating revenues of $73 million during...

Telematics firms disagree with numbers-based approach to funding USF

WASHINGTON-Telematics providers have come out against FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's numbers-based approach to financing the universal-service fund . Those providers noted that because telematics...

EarthLink pours $121.5M, 27,000 customers into Helio MVNO

EarthLink Inc. has already invested about $121.5 million into its soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator, Helio, according to the company's recently filed annual report....

Icera scores $40 million in VC funds for HSDPA

BRISTOL, United Kingdom-Icera Inc., a wireless soft modem company based in the United Kingdom, announced it secured $40 million in a Series C round...

PayPal unveils ‘Text to Buy’ mobile payment service

SAN JOSE, Calif.-PayPal quietly launched a service allowing users to make purchases or send money to other users from a mobile phone. The world's...

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...

VeriSign extends further into mobile marketing with m-Qube purchase

Money continued to pour into the mobile marketing space last week as VeriSign Inc. inked an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash...

PCTel supplying roaming software to Cingular’s BroadbandConnect service

CHICAGO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is using PCTel Inc.'s Roaming Client software as part of the carrier's BroadbandConnect service, according to PCTel. Cingular launched its BroadbandConnect...

MTN expects second Iranian operator to launch this year

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN Group, which provides cellular service in 14 African countries, said it expects to launch service in Iran by the third quarter....

Justice Department filings defend FCC in Gabelli suit

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week filed a slew of documents with a New York federal court in support of a request to join the...

Verizon Wireless’ apparent jab at competitors over Razr glitch ‘coincidence’

Verizon Wireless' full-page advertisement in The Denver Post's March 22 edition, prominently displayed on page 5 of the newspaper's front section, trumpets: "IT'S THE...

FCC moving forward with controversial closed bidding plans for AWS auction

WASHINGTON-Despite concern about the potential for collusion at the upcoming advanced wireless services auction and the need to head off any problems by limiting...

FCC inaction frees Verizon’s wired broadband service from common-carrier rules

WASHINGTON-The ground shifted under the telecommunications regulatory landscape March 19 when the Federal Communications Commission did nothing-or at least nothing official. By not acting,...

Qualcomm expands in China with TechFaith

Qualcomm Inc. and Chinese firm China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. announced they would form a new venture, TechFaith Software China Ltd. (TechSoft), to...

Nortel’s insurers to dole out $228.5 million for settlements

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said its insurers have agreed to put $228.5 million toward Nortel's settlements of a pair of class-action lawsuits that stemmed from...

Illinois suburb launches muni Wi-Fi with SkyPilot, MetroFi

AURORA, Ill.-The city of Aurora, Ill., a suburb about 40 miles west of Chicago, awarded two contracts this month as it prepares to launch...

Mobile data content preference differs by country

READING, U.K.-Britons use mobile phones to keep up with the news, while the Chinese want to know the weather report. According to a recent...

The tacit temptation

More reality-check news on embattled U.S. tech competitiveness and the eager evolution of offshoring as something a bit more than a passing industry trend....

Sprint Nextel, AP team up for news over EV-DO network

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it is teaming with the Associated Press to allow reporters to file 60-second video clips from the 215 cities...
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