Yearly Archives: 2006

LimeLife grabs $10M in venture funding

MENLO PARK, Calif.-LimeLife Inc. snared $10 million in Series B financing, the women's mobile content publisher said. U.S. Venture Partners led the round; other...

MMA to tackle wireless video guidelines

BOULDER, Colo.-The Mobile Marketing Association has created a committee to address the operational and technical guidelines surrounding wireless video. The committee, which is open...

xMAX devices expected to be available by year-end

XG Technology L.L.C. said its first consumer product, a Voice over Internet Protocol handset, will be available by the end of this year and...

Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel expected to lead slowing 1Q growth

Wireless operators largely are expected to maintain their market share in the first quarter, which is typically a weaker quarter than the holiday-fueled fourth...

ACE*Comm shows enterprise management app that includes flexible usage reporting

Network business intelligence and operating support systems solutions provider ACE*Comm Corp. unveiled its Enterprise Patrol application that the company said allows enterprise communications managers...

Bango, Volantis ink content deals with Hearst publications

Bango is powering three new mobile content portals for properties of publishing giant Hearst Publications. The U.K.-based provider of direct-to-consumer content launched mobile sites...

Disney hires ad agency, gears up for mobile launch

All signs point to the Walt Disney Co. gearing up to jump into the wireless space soon. The company's mobile virtual network operator's Disney...

Motorola to release iDEN/CDMA handset by the fall

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In a move that could help it retain a core piece of business, Motorola Inc. is developing handsets for Sprint Nextel Corp. designed...

Motorola Q to debut this month

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-The Moto Q, Motorola Inc.'s flagship smart phone, will be available in April, missing by a hair the company's initial forecast for a...

Hotxt’s SMS service could ruffle feathers

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...

Alcatel/Lucent deal could be first of many for vendors

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.,...

Powerwave deploys system for CTA

Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it deployed a multitechnology, multicarrier wireless coverage system for the Chicago Transit Authority. In cooperation with Aldrige Electric, Powerwave installed...

Tier 2 handset makers scramble for shrinking market share

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...

Groove Mobile drums up $8.5 million in financing

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,...

Handmark giving away content for two weeks

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...

AOL service makes Web pages better for mobile use

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...

Mercora offers music ‘placeshifting’ with streaming broadcast service

Mercora Inc. plans to bring more attention to the hot topic of placeshifting this week with the launch of a second version of its...

Wireless services making progress in Iraq despite myriad of internal issues

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...

Congress wades into digital copyrights fray

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...

Wireless: Tomorrow’s emergency-alert system

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...

Amp’d extends distribution, lowers phone price

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,"...

Alltel taking breather following ‘busiest year’

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...

Wireless losing ground in USF battle

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...

Products

RFSRadio Frequency Systems said it plans to demonstrate a fast bit-rate remote radio head unit that permits fiber connectivity direct to the towertop at...

Network-neutrality provision ignites protests in draft telecom bill

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...
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