Yearly Archives: 2006

Worst of the Week: Road tripping and PRL updating

And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this...

Motorola to supply equipment for BT’s muni Wi-Fi project

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. will supply the infrastructure equipment and services for six municipal Wi-Fi networks in the United Kingdom as part of BT Group...

Nielsen to report ringtone, OTA music sales

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Nielsen Entertainment's mobile division has launched its RingScan service to monitor the U.S. ringtone market. The company said it will issue a...

Carriers urged to diversify

NEW YORK-A new report from consulting firm Katzenback Partners L.L.C. says leading wireless carriers must evolve from network operators to managers of complex and...

VCers give $4.8M to NextHop

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-NextHop Technologies Inc., which makes software for wired and wireless local area networks, announced it scored $4.8 million in its third round...

Cingular unearths Pearl for $200

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. joined smaller rival T-Mobile USA Inc. in offering Research In Motion Ltd.'s latest BlackBerry, the consumer-focused Pearl. Cingular is selling the...

Best Buy opens wireless-only stores in NYC

NEW YORK-Big box retailer Best Buy has branched out with a new emphasis on wireless, opening new stores in the New York metro area...

AMT records third-quarter profit

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. posted third-quarter profits of $3.5 million, a swift turnaround from the same period a year earlier when the company reported net...

FCC awards spectrum

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission officially awarded more than half of the 1,087 advanced wireless services licenses won at the agency's auction that began in...

Sun, Nokia, Ericsson team for technology integration

HONG KONG-Sun Microsystems Inc. used the ITU Telecom World 2006 trade show in Hong Kong to launch a new industry association that says its...

Sprint Nextel offers Seven’s e-mail services for free

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a downloadable e-mail client from Seven that allows users to access multiple accounts from various e-mail providers. The...

TracFone to challenge cell phone unlocking rule

WASHINGTON-TracFone Wireless Inc., the nation's largest pre-paid wireless company, said it is considering filing suit in federal court to repeal a new Library of...

Nortel forms JV to penetrate Southeast European markets

BELGRADE, Serbia-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it is working on a joint venture with advisory firm Southeast European Communications and Investments Inc. to help the...

Carriers urged to pursue mobile music

LOS ANGELES-Carriers worried about becoming a "dumb pipe" should jump headlong into the digital music waters, according to entertainment executive Kedar Massenburg.Network operators have...

InfoSpace offering free trial of location service

BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace is offering customers with select handsets the chance to use its mobile local search for free for 60 days.The InfoSpace Find It...

Nielsen Mobile to monitor Sprint Nextel music sales

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Nielsen Mobile announced a deal with Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier, to monitor the operator's weekly ringtone and...

Kallasvuo: Nokia ‘over invested’ in U.S.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. apparently will pursue an incremental strategy of portfolio expansion in the U.S. market, rather than gunning for a hit handset...

Datang joins OSDL for Linux

BEAVERTON, Ore.-Chinese handset manufacturer Datang Mobile announced it is joining the Open Source Development Labs consortium, which is focused on encouraging adoption of Linux...

Refresh Mobile snares Forum Nokia award

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Refresh Mobile took top honors as "Developer of the Year" in the 2006 Forum Nokia Pro Awards.Other winners included Telcogames' The Silhouette...

3Com buys out Huawei’s interest in H3C

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-3Com Corp. said it will secure full ownership of its H3C joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. by buying Huawei's 49-percent stake...

Nokia, Yahoo extend partnership

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. and Yahoo Inc. extended their partnership to include Yahoo services on three new Nokia handsets running on the handset vendor's...

Cisco powers Albany’s free muni Wi-Fi

ALBANY, N.Y.-Free Wi-Fi powered by Cisco Systems Inc. is on the loose in Albany, N.Y., as the state capital begins deploying a Wi-Fi network...

MediaFLO adds T-Mobile USA to trial mix

Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA subsidiary said the industry's No. 4 operator T-Mobile USA Inc. is trialing its mobile TV service, adding another national carrier...

Adult content market to bring in $3.3B in five years

HAMPSHIRE, England-European mobile users will help the mobile adult content market grow from $1.6 billion this year to more than $3.3 billion by 2011,...

Centennial sheds Dominican business

Centennial Communications Corp. plans to sell its Dominican Republic operations to Trilogy International Partners for about $80 million in cash. The transaction is expected...
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