Yearly Archives: 2006

Brightpoint razors in on Motorola distribution deal

PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. will supply Motorola Inc.’s handsets and accessories to some of its customers in the United States, Brightpoint announced. The agreement between...

Consumers generally satisfied with their wireless carrier

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.—Wireless operators are doing well at retaining customers, and only 7 percent of cellular customers say they plan to switch providers when...

xMAX devices expected to be available by year’s end

SARASOTA, Fla.—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...

Network neutrality is sticking point in watered-down communications bill

WASHINGTON—Network Neutrality has emerged as a key sticking point in the debate regarding a scaled-backed communications draft bill released by the House Commerce Committee...

Qualcomm fires another lawsuit at Broadcom

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement suit against chipmaker Broadcom Corp., the third in a running dispute over what Qualcomm alleges...

Volantis, Bango powering mobile content for Hearst magazines

SEATTLE–Hearst Magazines is going both on- and off-deck to offer ringtones, images, daily horoscopes and editorial content from Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and CosmoGirl to wireless...

Mobile music content could be the answer to thinning margins for carriers

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—Operators struggling with decreasing profits from basic services may want to look to mobile music, according to two new studies. The worldwide...

Telecom bill focuses on franchises for wireline operators

WASHINGTON—The House Commerce Committee released a draft of its communications bill, a somewhat limited piece of legislation that focuses on franchising efforts, but does...

European regulators attempting to control EU roaming rates

BRUSSELS, Belgium—European Union telecom regulators today announced plans to force wireless operators to lower their international roaming rates within EU countries, with the goal...

Nortel officers ordered to refrain from selling stock

TORONTO—Current and former directors, officers and employees of Nortel Networks Ltd. are forbidden by the Ontario Securities Commission to trade shares of the company’s...

LimeLife grabs $10M in VC 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...

Bluetooth SIG aligns with WiMedia Alliance version of UWB

BELLEVUE, Wash.—The Bluetooth Special Interest Group picked the WiMedia Alliance multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing version of ultra-wideband for integration with Bluetooth technology, thus...

Cool Mobile, Motorola end prepaid relationship

NEW YORK—Mobile virtual network operator Cool Mobile has run into trouble, with Motorola Inc. ending its relationship with the MVNO less than two weeks...

Nokia dominates Latin American handset sales

BOGOTA, Colombia—A national survey of Colombian wireless users finds Nokia Corp. dominating the Latin American country’s mobile handset market, which despite its modest size—at...

Fortuna plans MVNO service for mobile gamblers

BURNABY, Canada-Fortuna Gaming Corp., a Canadian-based company focused on online and mobile gambling, sees mobile gambling as a big part of its future and...

Lucent trumps Ericsson’s bid for Riverstone

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc. outbid L.M. Ericsson in the auction of Ethernet developer Riverstone Networks Inc.'s business. Riverstone said Lucent's final bid was...

Optasite adds $125 million to tower plans

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Eager to expand its portfolio, tower owner and operator Optasite Inc. completed a $125 million round of debt and equity financing.The company also...

By The Numbers

Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the four first-tier wireless operators that control enough spectrum for a nationwide footprint. They are ranked by...

Gartner wireless analyst: Harrumphing the state of handsets, mobile services

You can thank Socrates-the illustrious Athenian of the fifth century B.C.-for establishing the power of asking leading and potentially unpopular questions, without feeling the...

Everypoint snags $10M for sports apps

BOSTON-Everypoint, a mobile sports application firm, attracted $10 million in a second round of venture-capital funding, the company reported. Venrock Associates led the round,...

Microsoft to update ActiveSync with release of Vista OS

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. is expected to overhaul its ActiveSync Windows Mobile device management offering, when the software giant rolls out the next version of...

MMA updates best marketing practices, gets new board

BOULDER, Colo.-The Mobile Marketing Association revised its "consumer best practices," updating the guidelines to include chat services, interactive television, and viral and affiliate marketing....

Price aims to liquidate its assets-Verizon stock

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp.'s board of directors has decided to pursue liquidating the company, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....

Telematics firms disagree with numbers-based approach to funding USF

WASHINGTON-Telematics providers have come out against FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's numbers-based approach to financing the universal-service fund . Those providers noted that because telematics...
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