Monthly Archives: March, 2006

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...

Lucent trumps Ericsson’s bid for Riverstone

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc. outbid L.M. Ericsson in the auction of Ethernet developer Riverstone Networks Inc.'s business. Riverstone said Lucent's final bid was...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Carriers must use network to offset ‘dumb pipe’ pressures

Sling Media Inc. launched a software package allowing wireless subscribers to view TV broadcasts on Windows Mobile devices. The developer announced a beta version...

LG looks to ply GSM markets with Chocolate

Do Europeans like chocolate as much as South Koreans? What about Americans? If we're talking food, the question is crazy. But because we're talking...

Telstra taps Brightstar to manage handset supply chain

MIAMI-Brightstar Logistics Pty Ltd. said it signed a three-year agreement with Australian carrier Telstra to manage its handset supply chain. The deal calls for...

Questions whether industry can meet hearing-aid requirements by Sept.

WASHINGTON-Cellular companies and disability advocates are at odds over industryproposed changes to a revised standard for mobile-phone hearing-aid compatibility, a dispute that has escalated...

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,...

Verizon selects Xign for payment management

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Verizon Wireless selected Xign Corp., a purveyor of on-demand, order-to-pay software, to streamline its order delivery, invoice processing and payment management. By moving...

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...

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...

Kayak rebrands as Blaze

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile game publisher Kayak Interactive has rebranded as Blaze after consolidating with European subsidiary Synergenix Interactive. The move follows the integration of...

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...

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...

Cingular to shutter TDMA, analog networks by end of 2008

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. started out in 2001 as a company with a network that was more than two-thirds TDMA and analog technology. Now, the...

Mobile TV needs better programming to prosper, reports show

SAN FRANCISCO-Content providers will need to deliver compelling programming for mobile video to grow beyond the young, male demographic it currently attracts, two new...

Motorola expands infrastructure efforts in China

BEIJING—Motorola Inc. announced it opened another research and development center in China, this one in the Binjiang District of Hangzhou's Hi-tech Industry Development Zone....

Groove Mobile drums up $8.5 million in financing

ANDOVER, Mass.—Mobile music company Groove Mobile announced it closed $8.5 million in new venture funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, while Charles River Ventures,...
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