Monthly Archives: October, 2006

Cingular takes telemarketers to court

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has filed three lawsuits in the federal court in Atlanta to stop telemarketers from making unsolicited and illegal calls...

Freedom signs second licensing agreement

Freedom Wireless Inc. scored another licensing agreement as Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. agreed to use the patent holding company's prepaid wireless billing technology. The...

ROK shows off free, WAP-based mobile video with FreeBe TV

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.-ROK Entertainment Group U.S. expanded its mobile video offerings with 13 free channels of news, music and sports. The subsidiary of the...

Adobe acquires Actimagine technology to bolster Flash Lite product

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Adobe Systems Inc. said it acquired vector graphics technology developed by Actimagine, a company that provides software solutions for video and interactive...

Etc.

Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-chief executive officer, Jim Balsillie, is dabbling in the world of professional sports. Balsillie reportedly has signed an agreement to...

BenQ closing down in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—On the heels of closing its German-based handset business, BenQ has also decided to shutter operations in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay, according to...

FCC to put AT&T-BellSouth merger out for public comment

WASHINGTON—AT&T Inc. offered to conduct a series of wireless broadband trials as part of a package of concessions aimed at winning Federal Communications Commission...

InfoSpace cuts 250 workers following loss of Cingular’s business

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. said it plans to lay off about 250 employees as part of a restructuring plan. The move follows news late last...

ITC judge rules against Qualcomm but stops short of taking action

SAN DIEGO-An administrative law judge with the International Trade Commission handed down a split decision in the acrimonious patent dispute between chipmakers Qualcomm Inc....

Nokia to outsource handset logistics, repair

Nokia Corp. will shutter a Fort Worth, Texas-based facility next spring that provides handset logistical and repair services for the American market and will...

Not how much, but how

Every time someone tries to fix interoperability problems for first responders, it seems the first response is to throw more spectrum at the problem.So...

Sprint Nextel knows what’s good for it, to offer Mr. T content

NEW YORK-In a move showing the true maturation of wireless services, Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin offering access to content based on TV Land's...

Vendors eye ‘belle of the ball’ Sprint Nextel at WiMAX World

BOSTON-There is nothing like a few billion dollars up for grabs to get a trade show buzzing as was the case for this year's...

Boston turns on two hot spots for Wi-Fi network

BOSTON—Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston unleashed the city’s wireless initiative today, announcing that a square-mile Wi-Fi network is being built in Roxbury’s Gove Hall...

Sprint Nextel to offer new made-for-mobile content

NEW YORK—FremantleMedia has teamed with Mobliss to power a new, made-for-mobile video offering from Sprint Nextel Corp. The companies launched Atomic Wedgie, an offering...

Indian wireless operators shake up state of industry

There's never a dull moment in India's wireless marketplace. Media reports streaming out of the country last week indicated that Motorola Inc. and ZTE...

Ask.com expands mobile search efforts

Internet search company Ask.com upgraded its mobile search offering, rolling out a free service featuring Internet sites, driving directions, maps and weather. The subsidiary...

Showtime leaves deck with new video content

NEW YORK-Content provider Mobile Streams said it built an off-deck WAP portal to provide content from Showtime Networks Inc. The company said it will...

Microsoft to use Ingenio for sponsored mobile search

SAN FRANCISCO-Following the lead of rivals Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. announced it will add sponsored results to its new mobile search...

FTC guide helps cities decide how to deploy muni Wi-Fi

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission issued a guide of sorts for municipalities considering wireless broadband, offering city planners and policy-makers a list of the pros...

Asia-Pac mobile music market to explode in 2007, 2008

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—The mobile music market in Asia/Pacific will top the $9 billion mark by 2010, according to new figures from In-Stat. The market for...

U.S. Cellular nets $100M from sale of Midwest Wireless

CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. said it received $95.1 million from the sale of its stake in regional operator Midwest Wireless Holdings L.L.C. to Alltel Corp....

Firm wins patent for cell-phone alert

LOS ANGELES—Cellular Jewelry Inc. said it won a U.S. patent for its line of products that alert users when a cellular signal is received...

Amp’d to sell Razr

LOS ANGELES—Just in time for holiday sales, Amp’d Mobile has added a Motorola Inc. Razr to its handset lineup and designed a $100 promotional...

Hedgehogging

It was a fairly quiet week in the wireless world, but we still managed to share a few observations and kvetches-or as we like...
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