2006

LAS VEGAS—The made-for-mobile content scene expanded by two today: content vendor Zingy Inc. and cable channel VH1 both announced plans to develop video content exclusively for wireless users. The announcements …

LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Inc. said it would blanket Las Vegas with its MediaFlo mobile TV technology in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show, which starts tomorrow. Qualcomm said the …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. said it will offer some of its customers commercial-free music streaming over its CDMA network. MobiTV Inc. developed the carrier’s new Axcess Radio service. The service …

LAS VEGAS—Go Networks introduced its Metro Broadband Wireless system, which is a Wi-Fi system designed for metropolitan deployments. The announcement highlights the growing demand for municipal Wi-Fi networks, which are …

By Gail Kachadourian Robert Lutz’s boss and wife both complain about the amount of time he spends on his BlackBerry. But the General Motors product czar insists he wouldn’t be …

WALL, N.J.—Centennial Communications Corp. posted a widening loss in its third quarter but reported its best prepaid wireless growth in five years. The company’s stock was up slightly on the …

SAN MATEO, Calif.—Wireless game-maker Glu Mobile announced it acquired iFone, a wireless entertainment publisher based in Manchester, United Kingdom. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The transaction is …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—Oil company Flying J Inc. announced it will launch a mobile virtual network operator service aimed at the nation’s transportation industry. Flying J said it teamed with Telcordia to …

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced new services in Las Vegas that allow customers to use their mobile phone to buy tickets, register at hotels and receive mobile coupons. The company …

British wireless subscribers can send and receive text messages at bargain-basement rates thanks to an IP-based messaging service released last week. But-unlike Voice over IP-analysts say the new offering poses …

As Alcatel Corp.’s board of directors met last Thursday to review its “merger of equals” with long-time rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc., analysts were pounding out reports and …

Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it deployed a multitechnology, multicarrier wireless coverage system for the Chicago Transit Authority. In cooperation with Aldrige Electric, Powerwave installed its fiber-based indoor distributed antenna system …

The squeeze is on, the stakes are high and the options few. Second-tier handset makers-their exact numbers globally are unclear, but there may be more than 100 players-are scrambling to …

ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Groove Mobile announced it closed $8.5 million in new venture funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, while Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners and Star Ventures …

Handmark Inc. is hoping to raise its profile by giving away service. The Kansas City, Mo.-based company mobile media company this week will begin offering free content in an effort …

AOL will join the crowded mobile browser playing field this week, unveiling a service that automatically adapts Web pages for mobile-phone use. The Internet service provider introduced technology from InfoGin …

Mercora Inc. plans to bring more attention to the hot topic of placeshifting this week with the launch of a second version of its Radio 2.0. The offering, billed as …

WASHINGTON-Siyamend Zaid Othman is helping lay the foundation for a new Iraq where information flows freer than it did under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein and where ordinary people …

WASHINGTON-Technology may be the only way to solve the centuries-old battle between copyright owners and consumers who want authorization to make copies of protected works. “We don’t have a political …

The global war on terrorism and natural disasters here and abroad are forcing policymakers to rethink-and redesign-public warning systems that take advantage of wireless and other technologies used by billions …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is ramping up its reach, with new distribution plans and content aimed at furthering its ambition of “liberating the digital tribe,” in the words of Doug Dobie, …

Alltel Corp. is on track to complete its wireline spinoff by mid-year, and the company plans to extend CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services to about 60 percent of its potential customers, …

WASHINGTON-Cutting wireless out of the universal-service system seems to be gaining traction as legislation introduced in the House of Representatives that would make it much more difficult for mobile-phone carriers …

RFS Radio Frequency Systems said it plans to demonstrate a fast bit-rate remote radio head unit that permits fiber connectivity direct to the towertop at CTIA Wireless 2006. The RHH …

WASHINGTON-Network neutrality has emerged as a key sticking point in the debate regarding a scaled-backed communications draft bill-tentatively dubbed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006-released by the …