Monthly Archives: July, 2006

Nokia, Moto expect solid results; Samsung, LG reeling: Sony Ericsson beats all expectations

The competitive landscape for the world's top five mobile-phone vendors at mid-year has come into clearer focus with second-quarter earnings already reported or expected...

Int’l long distance inching closer, cheaper

With several mobile virtual network operators targeting ethnic or immigrant markets, low-cost international calling is one of the key potential differentiators in a marketplace...

Razr team takes bow, hints at secret sauce

Score a hit in the global marketplace with a sleek handset that spawns imitators and you can crown yourself a design innovator and refer...

Consumer Cellular cozies up to older callers

Time to play "Guess the mobile virtual network operator." Your clues: U.S.-based, postpaid but requires no contract and relies on Internet sales and telephone...

Smart phones drive data use, but pricing model still in flux

The data on mobile devices and data is clear and simple: smart-phone users consume more data because their devices are optimized for games, video,...

MinuteWatcher claims T-Mobile USA jamming its service

BELLEVUE, Wash.-MinuteWatcher L.L.C. is accusing T-Mobile USA Inc. of blocking access to its MinuteWatcher service, which is designed to help carrier customers track their...

Lucent lowers expectations, spells out management teams

For the second time this year, Lucent Technologies Inc. warned of lower sales prior to releasing quarterly results. The company said it expects to...

Mobile emergency alert plans advance

WASHINGTON-The Association of Public Television Stations and the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency said they have completed the second phase of...

Vcast offers concert performance footage from Live, DeGraw, Kimball

NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless said it will launch a live music service with concert footage from the band Live, pop-rocker Gavin DeGraw and emerging artist...

Leap not letting history slow its progress

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Leap Wireless International Inc. has been growing by leaps and bounds-raising the question of...

Rural operators juggle 3G plans: Roaming agreements influence upgrade options, timing

Although much attention has been focused on the network transitions and upgrades of national carriers, many regional operators around the country also are deciding...

Correction

The June 26 Focus article on backhaul for mobile broadband misstated information about IPWireless' mobile TV platform. IPWireless counts three trials of its mobile...

Caught in a net

The nation's wireless carriers are caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to net neutrality. When net-neutrality proponents make passionate...

Wi-Fi network operators test price strategies in U.S., U.K.

Two recent Wi-Fi network announcements reinforced the notion that Wi-Fi business models vary from place to place. In Pittsburgh, a free outdoor Wi-Fi network...

EU to cap international roaming rates

BRUSSELS-The European Union has announced plans to cap the international roaming rates that carrier charge one another, which could end up cutting those prices...

Sprint Nextel reworks authentication process following customer concerns

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has modified how its customers reach an automated service line and how their identities are verified following concerns raised...

Motient investors back board’s direction

Motient Corp. scored a solid win against Highland Capital Management L.P. and its president, James Dondero, with news that Motient stockholders voted to elect...

Tira ‘jumps’ into content management

Tira Wireless is expanding its porting services and stepping onto the crowded playing field of mobile content management. The company this week plans to...

Court rejects reband suit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's 2004 decision to reconfigure the 800 MHz...

Licensed operators encourage caution in spectrum-sharing tests

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's spectrum-sharing test-bed proposal attracted a mix of responses that appear to support parochial agendas among incumbent telecom carriers and others...

TCS sues WiderThan, Mobile 365 over patents

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents.The lawsuit...

Mobile WiMAX taking shape

Given all the recent WiMAX announcements, it seems that the communications infrastructure community has convinced the rest of the world to invest in WiMAX...

Rural operators juggle 3G plans

Although much attention has been focused on the network transitions and upgrades of national carriers, many regional operators around the country also are deciding...

Mobile Money: Obopay signs up Amp’d, but most carriers resist third-party billing

Obopay inked its first carrier agreement last week, announcing a deal to provide wireless payment services for mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc....

MobiTV nets $70M in VC funding

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-MobiTV Inc. said it snared a whopping $70 million in a Series C financing round led by Oak Investment Partners. The three-year-old wireless...
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