September 2006

ARLINGTON, Va.—The Washington Post Co. is the latest old-school news company to go mobile, unveiling wireless Internet sites for three of its high-profile products. The company launched wireless versions of …

DALLAS—Titan Global Holdings Inc. said its board of directors has approved the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary to operate the wireless portions of its Bravo Cellular and Oblio Telecom …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—The Inc. is laying down the ink—and nearly $4 billion in cash—to bulk up for the enterprise. Motorola Inc. and Symbol Technologies announced that the former would buy the …

LOS ANGELES–Most companies are taking a limited approach to wireless mobility today, but the ones that are on the leading edge have begun to see quantifiable results and a competitive …

SAN DIEGO–Qualcomm Inc. announced that chipmaker Newport Media Inc. signed a royalty-free agreement to design, manufacture and market Qualcomm’s MediaFlo multicast mobile TV technology. The move is somewhat surprising since …

LOS ANGELES–Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a pair of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A laptop cards last week–including one that consumers can get for free after rebate–and has more device and …

The cell-phone industry points to results of a newly released survey of 1,000 cell-phone users nationwide to buttress its argument that consumers are largely satisfied with their cell phone service …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands–Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. are teaming up to test the interoperability of DVB-H mobile devices and network services in hopes of accelerating mobile TV service deployments. The …

LOS ANGELES–In the heart of the world’s entertainment capital, Paul Reddick told content providers it was time to show him the money. The vice president of business development and product …

WASHINGTON–The Senate last week approved legislation allowing mobile-phone carriers to participate in a modernized emergency alert system, vastly improving chances for final passage of the measure in the waning weeks …

LOS ANGELES–Wireless carriers toasted their high-speed mobile broadband networks with a number of 3G-related announcements during last week’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment event. Verizon Wireless declared that it chose …

WASHINGTON–The Federal Communications Commission and major mobile-phone carriers asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider last month’s decision vacating agency truth-in-billing regulations that pre-empt states from regulating …

SAN FRANCISCO–The audience for mobile TV grew 45 percent to 3.7 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2006 as news, weather and sports channels topped the list as the …

During the long flight from Los Angeles back to Denver, I realized that the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show turned out completely different than I had expected. When I …

HELSINKI, Finland–New warnings from a Nokia Corp. parts supplier could foreshadow trouble with the handset vendor’s third- and fourth-quarter sales. Elcoteq, which makes components for Nokia phones, warned that its …

Here’s what got the edit staff fired up this week: Did you see RCR Reporter Colin Gibbs’ story about Sprint Nextel selling ad space on its mobile Web service? Like …

L.M. Ericsson said it’s looking for 500 engineers to accelerate its research into next-generation Internet Protocol-based networks and multimedia technology. The move coincides with Ericsson’s attempts to morph into a …

Pantech Wireless Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Korean mobile-phone manufacturer Pantech Group, launched a new camera phone that is being offered via Cingular Wireless L.L.C. The Pantech C120 is a …

WASHINGTON–The recent scandal at Hewlett-Packard Co.–where executives collected the phone records of board members to ascertain who had been speaking with the news media–is the impetus needed to push a …

LOS ANGELES–In its eight-year history, Symbian has had one profitable year–last year, its first in the black. While this is a critical turning point in its business fortunes, one likely …

LOS ANGELES–The M2M module market is growing as enterprises grasp the technology’s promise of efficiency in gathering data from many points and wirelessly transmitting it to a single cellular connection …

WASHINGTON–Freescale Semiconductor Inc. confirmed last week it is talking with parties relating to a possible transaction characterized by a New York Times story as a bidding war between two private …

Mobile TV has captured the industry’s imagination. Wireless users can already watch music videos, check out sports clips and–with the right hardware–view full-length Hollywood blockbusters on their phones. And technology …

LOS ANGELES–A quick tour of last week’s CTIA I.T. Wireless & Entertainment event showed there’s no shortage of hype regarding the future of wireless data. But there’s also plenty of …

LOS ANGELES–Skepticism about the potential of mobile television is rampant within the wireless industry, according to a recent survey of executives conducted by Mercer Management Consulting. However, a panel of …