Monthly Archives: July, 2006

Waat expands executive team

LOS ANGELES—Mobile content provider Waat Media added two executives to its front office. The firm, which distributes licensed content from adult-themed brands including Girls...

New RadioShack CEO breathes life into share price

FORT WORTH, Texas—Shares of RadioShack Corp. lurched after company named former KMart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. executive Julian Day as its...

XM offers satellite radio to Telus subscribers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—XM Canada is teaming with Canadian operator Telus Mobility to deliver real-time streaming satellite radio to mobile subscribers. Telus users with a...

800 MHz TA urges public safety to get a move on

WASHINGTON—The 800 MHz Transition Administrator encouraged public-safety spectrum licensees in middle America to begin thinking about the reconfiguration process and begin preparing their requests...

DoCoMo begins search for ‘Super 3G’ suppliers

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. has put out a request for proposal for the development of "Super 3G" base stations and handsets—although no official standard for...

Highland, Motient spar ahead of shareholder meeting

WASHINGTON—A Delaware court rejected Highland Capital Management L.P.’s suit to gain access to Motient Corp.’s books and records, but the Dallas-based hedge fund claims...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Operators to expand use of network outsourcing

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Network outsourcing has the potential to reduce mobile operators’ expenses by 20 to 25 percent, according to a new report from Pyramid Research....

Reports: VK Mobile files for bankruptcy

ANYANG, South Korea—South Korean handset vendor VK Mobile has gone under, according to news reports. The company, which entered business as a battery...

NMS warns of lower Q2 results

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.—NMS Communications said it expects to report disappointing second-quarter revenues and earnings results when it releases its full financial report later this month....

Worst of the Week: Diaper Monitors

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Openwave falls on financial, legal concerns

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. plummeted after the mobile software developer projected a net fourth-quarter loss and received subpoenas in a broadening...

MapQuest Mobile tops Telephia’s list of popular applications

SAN FRANCISCO—Directions and map services are proving to be popular among wireless users who download mobile applications, according to a new study from Telephia....

Samsung leads handset parade with new 3.2 megapixel camera phone

  BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced the first 3.2 megapixel camera phone available to Verizon’s customers, Samsung’s a990. The CDMA...

Clearwire pulls IPO, scores $900M from Intel, Motorola

KIRKLAND, Wash.—Clearwire Corp., the broadband wireless company founded by Craig McCaw, will rake in $900 million as part of a series of transactions with...

Novatel ups Q2 expectations

SAN DIEGO—Wireless modem maker Novatel Wireless Inc. announced a bullish outlook for its second quarter by raising its revenue guidance above $44 million, up...

Survey: Interest in corporate Wi-Fi on the rise

STAMFORD, Conn.—The enterprise wireless local area network space is picking up steam with 64 percent of businesses indicating they plan to increase WLAN deployments...

Dotmobi extends registration period

DUBLIN, Ireland—The company working to establish a mobile-exclusive Internet domain is hoping to lure customers by extending its initial registration period. Dotmobi—also known as...

AT&T bundles landline, Internet with Razr running Cingular service

SAN ANTONIO, Texas—AT&T Inc. is flexing its bundling muscles with a summer offer for consumers that includes service from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and a...

Intermec, Alien spar over RFID patents

EVERETT, Wash.—Intermec Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Alien Technology Corp., claiming Alien’s radio-frequency identification products infringe on Intermec’s patents. The...

BenQ Mobile to cut 10% of German workforce

MUNICH—BenQ Mobile announced plans to cut up to 10 percent of its German workforce in an attempt to bolster profitability as it moves ahead...

Millicom cuts off talks with China Mobile

STOCKHOLM—After weeks of speculation that a deal was in the works for China Mobile to purchase Millicom International Cellular S.A., Millicom declared that it...

Juice squeezes $1 million from Citizens

NEW YORK—Mobile software developer Juice Wireless Inc. snared a $1 million investment from telecommunications service provider Citizens Communications Co. Juice, which is hoping to...

Amp’d scores online sales deal with InPhonic

WASHINGTON—Online retailer InPhonic Inc. announced a deal to sell phones and services from mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. InPhonic will sell Amp’d...
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