2006

LAS VEGAS—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to shut off both its TDMA and analog networks by 2008, chief executive officer Stan Sigman told attendees during a keynote address earlier this week …

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 eventually wants to launch a mobile …

SHANGHAI, China—Qualcomm Inc. and Chinese firm China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. announced today the two companies would form a new venture, TechFaith Software China Ltd., to develop software applications …

LAS VEGAS—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s local phone service spin-off, Embarq, plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator later this year, according to Embarq’s chief executive officer-to-be, Dan Hesse. Hesse told …

OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications announced that it completed and closed its exchange of $150 million in unregistered senior floating rate notes due 2012, for notes that have been registered under the …

LAS VEGAS—Consumers may not be willing to pay for the premium services many telecom companies are banking on to grow their revenues, according to findings of two new studies from …

LAS VEGAS—SkyBridge Technology Group Inc. signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire TeleDigit Inc., according to the companies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SkyBridge, based in Las …

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. The rules are designed to establish …

SEOUL, South Korea—Do Europeans like chocolate as much as South Koreans? If we’re talking food, the question is crazy. But because we’re talking about LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new Chocolate …

LAS VEGAS—BellSouth Corp. unveiled a pre-WiMAX wireless broadband back-up system for businesses’ Internet connections. The carrier said the system allows customers to activate a Wi-Fi hotspot at a business location, …

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. The small wireless operator has been …

SAN DIEGO—A lawsuit claiming Qualcomm Inc. didn’t deliver services it agreed to provide has been dismissed by New York state’s Supreme Court. Russian telecommunications contractor Whale Telecom filed suit in …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Nokia Corp. unveiled a new software development kit (SDK) for game-makers looking to create 3-D titles for the manufacturer’s smart phones. The SDK, which was announced at the …

SBA Communications Corp., the nation’s fifth-largest tower company, is offering $1 billion to acquire AAT Communications Corp., the nation’s sixth-largest tower company. SBA said it will pick up AAT’s 1,855 …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. rolled out a new pricing plan-without its signature Rollover feature-in a move to counter a similar plan offered by T-Mobile USA Inc. Cingular’s Nation 1000 plan for …

Mobile virtual network operator Cool Mobile has big plans for this year, starting off today by expanding its cool.Prepaid handset lineup to six Motorola Inc. devices and aiming to offer …

IRVINE, Calif.-More people preferred comedies and adventure movies over Academy Award-winning best picture “Crash” when searching for movie information over mobile devices. Go2 Movies announced the top most-searched movies in …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it purchased the remaining 50-percent interests in 10 partnerships with Palmetto MobileNet L.P. that it did not already own. The partnerships cover about 2 million …

It was a week of mixed results for regional carriers, as numbers trickled in from a handful of operators-some of which had delayed their reporting or had to restate prior …

Google Inc. is dipping its toe in the mobile browser business, formatting Internet sites for users surfing the wireless Web. But legal experts say the Internet giant may be infringing …

What does $67 billion buy these days? Convergence nirvana, for one thing. If AT&T Inc.’s offer for BellSouth Corp. gets approved, as it’s expected, big-time convergence could finally start happening …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. could find themselves in a bidding war today for Ethernet developer Riverstone Networks Inc. Ericsson submitted a competing offer for Riverstone just …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—VeriSign Inc. continued its spending spree, inking an agreement to shell out $250 million in cash for mobile messaging and content services provider m-Qube Inc. M-Qube powers mobile …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—GPS chipset provider SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said it acquired TrueSpan, a two-year-old company that is developing chips for mobile TV. The acquisition is part of SiRF’s plans …

Mobile virtual network operator Cool Mobile has big plans for this year, starting off today by expanding its cool.Prepaid handset lineup to six Motorola Inc. devices and aiming to offer …