Yearly Archives: 2006

Verizon Wireless touts ‘sideloading’ with new software

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless touted the "sideloading" functionality of its mobile music service, unveiling an application designed to make it easier for Vcast Music...

Prepaid company dismisses card in favor of code

Prepaid is a fast-growing segment of the wireless market. The industry's third-largest carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.'s growth in the past few quarters has been...

Subex Azure aims to offer CFOs insight into credit risks

Revenue assurance company Subex Azure Ltd. has added to its product portfolio with features designed to help operators better judge their risk of losing...

Sports nuts to ring up $3.8 billion in mobile content by 2011

HAMPSHIRE, England-Sports-related mobile offerings will explode from a $1 billion market this year to $3.8 billion by 2011, according to new projections from Juniper...

Alcatel finds win in Cingular network

PARIS-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will use Alcatel Inc.'s multiservice transport solution in its HSDPA network. Cingular launched its HSDPA network in December. Alcatel...

Comverse names new COO, directors

Comverse Technology Inc. said it eliminated the interim chief executive position and promoted its chief administrative officer to the post of chief operating officer,...

Qwest refreshes calling plans with family option

DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. revamped its wireless calling plans, striving to make a competitive family-plan offering while including converged service options. The operator, which...

Gov’t announces trade deal with Russia that includes telecom

WASHINGTON-The United States and Russia signed a landmark trade deal, likely paving the way for the large Eastern European nation's entry into the World...

Cingular claims victory against data broker, goes after telemarketers

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. won a lawsuit against a data broker, a victory that netted the carrier a cool $1.1 million. In a separate action,...

Mspot adds community

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Mobile entertainment technology developer mSpot rolled out an upgraded platform for wireless multimedia content. The latest version of the company's wireless music...

Analyst Angle: Price war ahead as Tre and TIM go head-to-head with DVB-H in Italy

Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot...

Helio opens retail ’boutique’

LOS ANGELES-Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. opened its first branded retail store in Santa Monica, Calif., touting the new location in the Third...

Cingular offers prepaid content cards

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is hoping to spur mobile content sales with the launch of prepaid, redeemable cards. The operator is targeting holiday shoppers with...

Sony, NXP, GSM Association push mobile payments

AMSTERDAM-Sony Corp. and NXP Semiconductors announced a joint venture to develop a secure chip that uses near-field communications for financial transactions. The goal is...

Palm releases SMS software upgrade

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In response to customer complaints about glitches in text messaging service from Treo 700wx devices running on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s network, Palm Inc....

Mobestar to acquire Mobile Life; investors yawn

LONDON-Wireless technology developer Mobestar Holdings plc will acquire Mobile Life Consulting Ltd. in an effort to expand its video dating services. The company said...

Juniper, NEC partner for IMS/FMC in Asia

Juniper Networks Inc. announced it is partnering with NEC Corp. to merge the worlds of mobile and Internet networking via joint Internet Protocol Multimedia...

Leap counters competitors in San Antonio

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. has adjusted its price plans in the increasingly competitive San Antonio market-and the new price points just happen to...

Berggi to transform phones into ‘smart devices’ with wireless messaging

HOUSTON-A group of European entrepreneurs is hoping to tap the mobile e-mail market with an e-mail and instant messaging service for mobile phones. The...

Bell Industries buys into paging with purchase of SkyTel from Verizon

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Verizon Communications Inc. is selling off a paging and wireless telemetry unit that it acquired when it purchased the former MCI Inc....

Comverse stock in freefall following new accounting errors

NEW YORK-The troubles continue to mount for wireless technology provider Comverse Technology Inc., as the company announced it identified errors in the "recognition of...

Nokia Siemens steps closer to starting line

ESPOO, Finland-The European Commission gave its blessing to the proposed merger of Nokia Corp.'s Networks Business Group and the carrier-related operations of Siemens AG.The...

Canadians get crack at all-you-can-eat music downloads from Telus

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian network operator Telus Mobility is adding a subscription-based offering to its full-track mobile music service.The carrier launched an all-you-can-eat service allowing...

Orb to stream YouTube to phones

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Orb Networks Inc. is hoping to cash in on the YouTube.com craze.The place-shifting technology provider expanded its service to allow users to stream...

Pantech supplies third Disney Mobile phone

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Disney Mobile has added a slim, silver clamshell phone from Pantech Corp. as its third handset choice for subscribers. The Bluetooth-enabled DM-P205...
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