Monthly Archives: October, 2006

Lightbridge loses Sprint Nextel, drops TDS business

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Lightbridge Inc. said it will quit its Telecom Decisioning Services business after losing Sprint Nextel Corp.’s business. The nation’s No. 3 carrier was...

Leap considers selling portion of AWS spectrum

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Leap Wireless International Inc. offered insight into its plans for the spectrum it won in the FCC’s advanced wireless services auction, outlining...

WiMAX vendors rage over XM transmissions in 2.3 GHz band

WASHINGTON—The wireless broadband industry lashed out at XM Radio Inc. over the satellite radio operator’s admission that 221 land-based repeaters were operating above authorized...

Dobson’s subscriber adds on the increase

OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. said its subscriber additions improved significantly during the third quarter. In a preliminary quarterly report, the company said it added...

AT&T, BellSouth argue against spectrum divestiture

WASHINGTON—AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission not to give in to congressional pressure by requiring them to divest their 2.3...

ATM locations via SMS, courtesy of MasterCard, Mobile 365

PURCHASE, N.Y.—MasterCard Worldwide customers can find nearby ATMs with their mobile phones thanks to a new application from Mobile 365. Under the new service,...

Zannel channels $6M in VC funding

MENLO PARK, Calif.—Zannel Inc., which sells a mobile media platform, said it raised $6 million in its first round of financing. US Venture Partners...

TIA, USTA re-join forces for trade show

WASHINGTON—The Telecommunications Industry Association and the United States Telecom Association announced plans for a new industry conference that will replace Globalcomm and TelecomNext next...

xG hopes for London IPO

LONDON—It looks like Florida-based xG Technology Inc. is ramping up for a $56.9 million IPO on the London stock exchange. Though the company wouldn’t...

Worst of the Week: And Now, Some Extras

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...

CTIA, PCIA picked as AWS clearinghouses

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission tapped cell-phone association CTIA and wireless infrastructure trade group PCIA as clearinghouses for moving existing 2.1 GHz licensees to new...

BU launches mobile film course

BOSTON—Boston University said it is adding an experimental course in its College of Communications that teaches students esthetics and production methods for making films...

‘Survivor’ fans get wireless trading card game

ALEXANDRA, Va.—Hook Mobile emerged from stealth mode with a cross-carrier multimedia messaging service (MMS) application that allows players to collect and trade "cards" of...

Openwave acquires SoloMio

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of SoloMio Corp., a Texas-based provider of integrated subscriber call management services. Terms of the all-cash...

Helio expands into laptops

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. is moving beyond the phone to offer a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO laptop card that will allow...

ADT to ask for two-year extension to analog sunset date

WASHINGTON—ADT Security Services Inc. is expected to ask the Federal Communications Commission later today to extend the end of cellular analog service requirements until...

Schwarzenegger terminates legislation on billing

WASHINGTON—Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) vetoed legislation to allow California wireless and wireline telecom subscribers to contest unauthorized billing charges, including those arising from the...

Yahoo chases Google with sponsored searching for wireless

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Following Google Inc.’s lead, Yahoo Inc. said it expanded its sponsored-search offering to wireless phones in the United States and United Kingdom. The...

SouthernLINC bemoans Sprint Nextel’s iDEN roaming

WASHINGTON—In the ongoing battle over whether national carriers should have to provide automatic roaming access to smaller operators, SouthernLINC Wireless is pleading its case...

Telus Mobility launches pair of GPS-based services

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian operator Telus Mobility launched two handset-based Global Positioning System services developed by Networks In Motion. Telus said its new Navigator and...

Mobile search nets JumpTap $22M

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Mobile search startup JumpTap Inc. snared $22 million in a financing round as it welcomed new investor Valhalla Partners. Valhalla led the round,...

Wireless enterprise market to reach $10B mark by 2010, report finds

BOSTON—Wireless enterprise data services in North America will generate more than $10 billion each year by 2010, according to a new study from research...

Neighborhood America acquires Movo Mobile for social networking

NAPLES, Fla.—Neighborhood America is looking to take its success building online communities to wireless. The company announced the acquisition of Movo Mobile, a fellow...

Qualcomm, Broadcom joust over court events

SAN DIEGO—A squabble over documents in the heated legal battle between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc. and Broadcom Corp. serves to highlight the contentious nature of...

Wireless spending on the rise, as are customer expectations

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—Customer spending on wireless services continues to increase, according to the latest survey by J.D. Power and Associates—and consumers’ expectations of their...
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