Monthly Archives: July, 2006

Securing phones for enterprise: It’s all data-in-motion now

16The spate of recent headlines can only feed the well-founded paranoia of corporate IT managers struggling to serve their colleagues' quest for mobility. The...

Russian reseller picks up Aperto solution

WiMAX base-station and subscriber unit developer Aperto Networks Inc. inked a deal to ship its WiMAX Forum-certified products to Alvacom, a leading systems integrator...

Virgin Mobile USA links debit card, airtime

WARREN, N.J.—Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is expanding it customers’ ability to earn free airtime by launching a prepaid Visa debit card that will be...

Tellabs to buy back shares

NAPERVILLE, Ill.—Tellabs Inc. announced that its board authorized a new share buyback program for up to $300 million of the company’s outstanding common stock....

Colleges: The textbook MVNO target

A growing number of colleges and universities around the country are grappling with how to communicate with and provide services for students who are...

MVNOs resolute amid whispers of pulling the plug

The mobile virtual network operator bandwagon, cruising along smoothly a few months ago, appears to be suffering from a case of backlash. Recent MVNO...

Toyota dives back into mobile TV

LOS ANGELES-Toyota Motors North America plans to expand its mobile marketing efforts with a new wireless TV series from Fun Little Movies. The automaker...

Hedgehogging

Welcome to Hedgehogging. As you know from your own jobs, there is always something happening in the wireless industry. Some of it makes us...

Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA top customer care survey

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. tied for the top spot in the most recent J.D. Power & Associates survey of wireless...

Carrier Access trims loss

BOULDER, Colo.-Equipment manufacturer Carrier Access Corp. reported second-quarter net losses of $903,000 from revenues of $24.9 million, vastly improving on the company's year-ago net...

House bill addresses emergency communications, but lacks funding

WASHINGTON-Both houses of Congress are working on legislation to address emergency communications, but funding for any interoperability measures remains an obstacle. The House last...

VC firms cheer Digital Chocolate in $22.5M round

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile game publisher Digital Chocolate Inc. welcomed six new investors as it scooped up $22.5 million in Series C funding. New investor...

Cingular, CTIA diverge on intercarrier-compensation reform

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. came out as the only major wireless carriers largely in favor of the so-called Missoula Plan, which calls for reforming the...

Motorola’s vision going forward

ROSEMONT, Ill.-Though much pent-up interest was focused on Motorola's handset announcements, company execs talk about operations, supply chain, finances, product roadmap and whether Motorola...

Asian vendors join Texas Instruments in cell-phone JV

Many are asking what Nokia Corp.'s and Motorola Inc.'s ascendancy is doing to all the other handset vendors-the two together hold 56 percent of...

Disney, Virgin expand handset selection

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Two mobile virtual network operators will soon be adding additional phones to their handset repertoires. MVNO Disney Mobile is planning to add...

Mobile WiMAX to outpace fixed solutions, Juniper says

HAMPSHIRE, England—Mobile WiMAX is set to outpace fixed WiMAX technology, according to a new report from Juniper Research, which claims that mobile WiMAX will...

WhyMax

It's a WiMAX world, and we only live in it. Or so it would seem with the plethora of press announcements, standards proposals and...

Siemens scores Hutchison Austria network build

MUNICH-Siemens AG said it struck a turnkey deal with Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH worth "an amount in the multi-digit millions" to plan, set up...

Lucent hopes for brighter 4Q

Lucent Technologies Inc. said a North American slowdown in wireless equipment sales caused its year-over-year revenue to sink 12 percent and income to plummet...

Nortel movements could presage UMTS changes

Nortel Networks Ltd. is making organizational changes in its GSM and UMTS access businesses, which could lead to a selling of the company's UMTS...

Sprint Nextel offers AA portable battery charger

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Forget the car charger. Sprint Nextel Corp. is the first to market with a portable charger from Energizer, the Energi To Go,...

Manx Telecom, Lucent, Qualcomm test 900 MHz 3G on Isle of Man

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of O2 Group plc, has partnered with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. on a UMTS and HSDPA...

Short codes stymied by perceived complexity

Call it the WAP gap. Major media companies and mega-brands around the world are trying to lure customers by promoting short codes as a...

Chocolate finally available from Verizon Wireless, while Alltel taps Fastap

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless hopes that, as it claims, "everybody loves chocolate," especially the $150 variety from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. that provides multimedia...
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