Monthly Archives: March, 2006

mFoundry, MobileLime net extra funding

SAN FRANCISCO—MobileLime and mFoundry are the latest companies to announce financing rounds this week. Mobile application publisher mFoundry said it completed a $7.3 million...

Alltel offloads tower management to KGI

AUSTIN, Texas—KGI Wireless Inc. said it snagged a multi-year deal to manage Alltel Corp.’s 3,000 wireless tower sites. The agreement represents the first time...

Fortuna plans MVNO service for mobile gamblers

BURNABY, Canada—Fortuna Gaming Corp., a Canadian-based company focused on online and mobile gambling, sees mobile gambling as a big part of its future and...

Nokia, others push wares at gaming conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nokia Corp. unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) for game-makers looking to create 3-D titles for the manufacturer’s smart phones. The...

N.Y. court dismisses suit against Qualcomm

SAN DIEGO—A lawsuit claiming Qualcomm Inc. didn’t deliver services it agreed to provide has been dismissed by New York state’s Supreme Court. Russian telecommunications...

Price directors to try to liquidate company

NEW YORK—Price Communications Corp.’s board of directors has decided to pursue liquidating the company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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

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...

LG looks to ply GSM markets with Chocolate

SEOUL, South Korea—Do Europeans like chocolate as much as South Koreans? If we’re talking food, the question is crazy. But because we’re talking about...

Mobile Marketing Association updates best practices

BOULDER, Colo.—The Mobile Marketing Association revised its "consumer best practices," updating the guidelines to include chat services, interactive television and viral and affiliate marketing....

SkyBridge acquires TeleDigit

LAS VEGAS—SkyBridge Technology Group Inc. signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire TeleDigit Inc., according to the companies. Terms of the deal were...

Study: Almost 40% of consumers don’t want converged services

LAS VEGAS—Consumers may not be willing to pay for the premium services many telecom companies are banking on to grow their revenues, according to...

Dobson exchanges $150 million in senior notes

OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications announced that it completed and closed its exchange of $150 million in unregistered senior floating rate notes due 2012, for notes...

Can’t you hear me now?

The emerging iconic headset, the gadget plaintiffs' lawyers claim is key to minimizing health risks from mobile phones and that state lawmakers champion as...

LG to buy KTFT in fight for position with Pantech

LG Electronics Co. Ltd., one of the world's top five handset vendors, plans to acquire South Korean handset rival KTF Technology, allowing LG to...

Ericsson, Lucent face off over Riverstone assets

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. could find themselves in a bidding war today for Ethernet developer Riverstone Networks Inc. Ericsson submitted...

GAO says wireless E-911 may never be available nationwide

WASHINGTON-Congressional auditors said the deployment of wireless enhanced 911 services continues to progress, but that some states could take five more years and others...

VeriSign buys into mobile marketing with $250 million m-Qube purchase

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeriSign Inc. continued its spending spree, inking an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash for mobile messaging and content services...

With eye on mobile TV, SiRF acquires TrueSpan

SAN JOSE, Calif.—GPS chipset provider SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said it acquired TrueSpan, a two-year-old company that is developing chips for mobile TV. The...

Cool prepares for crowded MVNO arena, will offer iRadio

Mobile virtual network operator Cool Mobile has big plans for this year, starting off today by expanding its cool.Prepaid handset lineup to six Motorola...

Converged services next telecom battle ground

What does $67 billion buy these days? Convergence nirvana, for one thing. If AT&T Inc.'s offer for BellSouth Corp. gets approved, as it's expected,...

Will Google’s phone browser run into copyright troubles?

Google Inc. is dipping its toe in the mobile browser business, formatting Internet sites for users surfing the wireless Web. But legal experts say...

Regional operators post mixed 4Q, year-end results

It was a week of mixed results for regional carriers, as numbers trickled in from a handful of operators-some of which had delayed their...

Alltel gains control of Carolina ventures for $455 million

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it purchased the remaining 50-percent interests in 10 partnerships with Palmetto MobileNet L.P. that it did not already own....

Cingular challenges T-Mobile with $40 per month calling plan

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. rolled out a new pricing plan-without its signature Rollover feature-in a move to counter a similar plan offered by T-Mobile USA...

SBA spends $1B to pick up AAT towers-some of which it previously owned

SBA Communications Corp., the nation's fifth-largest tower company, is offering $1 billion to acquire AAT Communications Corp., the nation's sixth-largest tower company.SBA said it...
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