Yearly Archives: 2006

VeriSign acquires wireless consulting firm in $52M transaction

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. will spend $52 million to acquire technology consulting firm inCode Wireless. InCode has 14 offices in 10 countries and provides...

Oz nets $34M in VC funding

MONTREAL-Oz hopes to increase its presence on the mobile messaging playground after raking in $34 million in a second round of funding. Canadian institutional...

Analyst Angle: Wine and wireless and what we’ll be talking about in 2007

Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot...

Samsung, LG roll out new phones for the holidays

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The nation's handset vendors are kicking into high gear in time for the holiday shopping season-which started on "Black Friday," the day...

Nokia, Ericsson line up for T-Mobile USA’s 3G deployment

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson won T-Mobile USA Inc.'s third-generation network buildout business as the nation's fourth-largest carrier sets out to offer its...

Ericsson plans job cuts

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Although L.M. Ericsson announced in September it would hire 500 new engineers to accelerate its research into next-generation Internet Protocol-based networks and multimedia...

U.S. Copyright Office OKs handset unlocking

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Copyright Office recommended that mobile-phone subscribers beginning Dec. 1 can keep their handsets to use on other wireless networks when they change...

Sequans lands Motorola $$, Alcatel deal

French chipmaker Sequans Communications further established its standing in the WiMAX ecosystem, announcing an investment from Motorola Inc. along with an agreement with Alcatel...

EchoStar, Sprint Nextel ink satellite deal

WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. has struck a deal to lease satellite TV spectrum from EchoStar Communications Corp., an arrangement that will give the No. 3...

Crisp builds I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter WAP site

NEW YORK-Crisp Wireless said it built a WAP site for MindShare Interaction to promote Unilever's I Can't Believe It's Not Butter brand. The site...

IBM picks up Vallent for wireless expertise

ARMONK, N.Y.-IBM Corp. added to the rapidly consolidating market for vendors serving wireless operators by snapping up privately held Vallent Corp., a software firm...

Palm lowers guidance on Treo 750 delay

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Palm Inc. lowered its financial guidance for its second fiscal quarter, which ends Dec. 1, due to delays in shipping its Treo 750...

NeuStar picks up mobile IM company

STERLING, Va.-NeuStar Inc. said it acquired Followap Inc., a U.K.-based company that provides mobile instant messaging products for Europe and Asia. The deal is...

Nokia lowers expectations, unwraps new phones

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. slightly lowered its financial expectations for the coming years, news that caused investors to pause, but the company also unveiled...

Comcast sells wireless service bundle in Boston, Portland

BOSTON-Comcast Corp. launched wireless service in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. in two markets: Boston and Portland, Ore. Comcast's Mobile Access service is "a...

NTIA spectrum committee to meet Dec. 13

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration set Dec. 13 for the first public meeting of a new federal advisory committee created to assist the...

Alvarion ditches cellular business unit, sharpens focus on WiMAX

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The future is all about WiMAX for Alvarion Ltd. now that the wireless broadband solutions developer cut its Cellular Mobile business unit...

Verizon Wireless nabs YouTube wireless debut

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-Video-sharing phenomenon YouTube.com has selected Verizon Wireless for its first mobile distribution agreement. Verizon Vcast subscribers will be able to use their...

NTSB urges ban on cellphone use for motor coach, school bus drivers

WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board urged federal and state governments to ban motor coach and school bus drivers from using cell phones-except in emergencies-while...

Oberon buys Blaze

NEW YORK-Casual game developer Oberon Media added to its portfolio, snapping up mobile game-maker Blaze for an undisclosed sum. Blaze claims more than 100...

MetroPCS to use Qpass for mobile content

ST. LOUIS-MetroPCS Communications Inc. has tapped Amdocs Ltd.'s Qpass digital commerce platform to deliver mobile content. The carrier said it will use the technology...

Palm gets home for the holidays, launches Treo 680 at Cingular

ATLANTA-Palm Inc.'s new Treo 680-combining enterprise applications with multimedia to expand Palm's traditional market-will launch via Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on Friday at $200, the...

Cholocate coated in mint and cherry for holiday sales

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-As chocolate-lovers know, their favored confection appears in many colors. And Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appear to be banking...

Huawei scores Belgium softswitch contract

SHENZHEN, China-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. racked up a contract with Mobistar to deploy mobile switching centers as the Belgium-based carrier transitions its core network...

Behavioral targeting goes mobile: Sprint Nextel sells ads on opening screen to mobile Web

SAN FRANCISCO-In September Sprint Nextel Corp. said it would help marketers target ads for its mobile Web pages by gender or region, for example....
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