Monthly Archives: November, 2006

Qualcomm financials up, but warns on Nokia licensing negotiations

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported increases in both revenues and earnings for its fourth quarter and full year, but the company warned that it is...

Leap approves unlimited in-network roaming, pushes data services

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it will allow its Cricket customers to roam in other Cricket markets without paying an additional fee. The...

AT&T-BellSouth to wait until after elections

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission will not act on the $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. until after the Nov. 7 midterm...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless...

Nokia opens Silicon Valley research center

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Nokia Corp. has expanded its long-term research-and-development efforts by establishing a branch of its Nokia Research Center in Silicon Valley. The Finnish...

MasterCard, Nokia again team for NFC payment tests

DALLAS—Another trial of near field communication for contactless payment is underway in Dallas. The trial will include up to 500 participants and will last six...

FCC asks for comment on bird collisions with cell phone towers

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission today launched a rulemaking to determine whether rules are necessary to reduce the number of migratory bird collisions with cell-phone...

Motorola wins reprieve in Indian infrastructure bid

NEW DELHI—Motorola Inc. scored a glimmer of hope in India as a court there issued an injunction that temporarily stops India’s state-owned Bharat Sanchar...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Bush spectrum advisory committee gets underway

WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department today released names of individuals on the White House-level spectrum advisory committee, a component of a 2003 Bush wireless initiative that...

Worst of the Week: RCR Mailbag

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...

MobiTV adds $30M to war chest

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—MobiTV Inc. padded its already-thick wallet, raking in $30 million in a third round of funding and adding two new investors. Adobe Systems...

Google pushing easier mobile access to Gmail

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Google Inc. is offering a download that is designed to make mobile access to its free Gmail service faster, and Sprint Nextel...

Wi-Fi backers score victory at Boston airport

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said Continental Airlines Inc. can offer free Wi-Fi access at Boston-Logan International Airport, ruling the Massachusetts Port Authority’s attempt to...

Cingular, Samsung plan $50 HSDPA music phone

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. are betting on faster download speeds and music functionality with the launch of the "Synch" handset,...

YouTube to go mobile

By Matthew Creamer and Abbey Klaassen NEW YORK—Soon, you'll be able to take your YouTube with you. Within the next year YouTube hopes to...

SunCom continues to suffer network transition woes

BERWYN, Pa.—Regional carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. posted mixed results for the third quarter, with revenues up, but still recording an overall loss and...

Report: Cingular network spending slows with Carrier Access

NEW YORK—A new report from ThinkEquity Partners L.L.C. said that AT&T Inc.’s pending acquisition of BellSouth Corp. has affected their wireless affiliate Cingular Wireless...

Rogers’ ARPU up, plans HSDPA launch

TORONTO—Canadian telecom company Rogers Communications Inc. increased its wireless postpaid average revenue per user by more than 5 percent, citing data revenues for the...

InfoSpace kills direct-to-consumer content business following $46.7M net loss

BELLEVUE, Wash.—InfoSpace Inc. reported a net loss for the third quarter and announced plans to halt investment in its direct-to-consumer content business, including its...

Luke Johnson Phone Experiment: 6,781 cell phone calls and counting

Ordinary people like Luke Johnson sit at the intersection of social networking and the cell phone. Searching for something new that he could do...

Boost going a little bit country

IRVINE, Calif.—Boost Mobile L.L.C. is bringing its pay-as-you-go service to rural areas, after traditionally concentrating on urban strongholds. Boost, which is a division of...

Andrew to buy EMS Wireless for $50.5M

WESTCHESTER, Ill.—Consolidation among communications vendors continued as Andrew Corp. announced plans to spend $50.5 million in cash to buy the wireless division of EMS...

MobileMail to buy Tracebit for expanded carrier distribution

LONDON—MobileMail Inc. said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Oy Tracebit AB, a mobile content and entertainment provider and publisher. Tracebit was...

Cingular set to launch mobile music offering

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. tomorrow will become the third tier-one wireless carrier to launch a mobile music offering, according to a report in...
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