Yearly Archives: 2006

Minnesota AG asks Supreme Court to review consumer-protection decision

WASHINGTON-Minnesota Attorney General Mike Hatch has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court decision striking down a state law that...

Voice-recognition firms bank on data to infiltrate wireless

The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu-known until this week as Agile TV-officially joined the...

Network neutrality could thwart investment in wireless networks

WASHINGTON-Requiring network neutrality would thwart investment in high-speed networks, Wall Street analysts warned lawmakers. Network neutrality generally refers to the ability to run any...

Verizon selects Xign for payment management

PLEASANTON, Calif.—Verizon Wireless selected Xign Corp., a purveyor of on-demand, order-to-pay software, to streamline its order delivery, invoice processing and payment management. By moving...

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...

Religious broadcasters oppose allocating TV white space for unlicensed use

WASHINGTON—The National Religious Broadcasters association said it is against Senate legislation aimed at allowing TV white space to be used for unlicensed operations, arguing...

EarthLink pours $121.5 million, 27,000 customers into MVNO Helio

WASHINGTON—EarthLink Inc. has already invested about $121.5 million into its soon-to-be-launched mobile virtual network operator, Helio, according to the company’s recently filed annual report....

Wavecom acquires Sony Ericsson’s M2M business

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France—Wavecom announced plans to acquire Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P.’s machine-to-machine business, which specializes in automotive and industrial wireless solutions, in a deal...

Promptu to use voice recognition to infiltrate wireless

The newest player on the crowded mobile search playground is one of the most vocal. Promptu—known until this week as Agile TV—officially joined the...

Level 3 completes Progress Telecom acquisition

BROOMFIELD, Colo.—Level 3, an international communications company, completed its acquisition of Progress Telecom, L.L.C., a regional wholesale network services company based in St. Petersburg,...

AirPlay to connect live TV with mobile games

MONTEREY, Calif.—AirPlay Networks Inc. announced plans to launch a series of mobile games based on live TV broadcasts. The San Francisco startup said it...

Winds of (auction) change

You can almost smell the blood. It's pre-auction season. And this year, with some decent spectrum up for grabs in the AWS auction set...

GAO says wireless E-911 may never be available nationwide

WASHINGTON-Congressional auditors said the deployment of wireless enhanced 911 services continues to progress, but that some states could take five more years and others...

SBA spends $1B to pick up AAT towers-some of which it previously owned

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...

Cingular challenges T-Mobile with $40 per month calling plan

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...

Cool prepares for crowded MVNO arena using rewards strategy

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...

Industry Study

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...

Alltel gains control of Carolina ventures for $455 million

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....

Regional operators post mixed 4Q, year-end results

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...

Will Google’s phone browser run into copyright troubles?

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

Converged services next telecom battle ground

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,...

Ericsson, Lucent face off over Riverstone assets

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...

VeriSign buys into mobile marketing with $250 million m-Qube purchase

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...

With eye on mobile TV, SiRF acquires TrueSpan

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...

Cool prepares for crowded MVNO arena, will offer iRadio

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...
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