Yearly Archives: 2006

Zafirovski: It’s time to focus

As the world waits for Nortel Networks Ltd. to post its fourth-quarter financials, chief executive Mike Zafirovski outlined his plans to overhaul the telecom...

Ericsson lights fire under Samsung over patents

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In a lawsuit filed in four countries, L.M. Ericsson is alleging that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is infringing on its patents by continuing...

Music phones often sing off key

Operators are beginning to deploy full-track digital music services as a way to increase revenues, boost customer loyalty and slow churn. But if carriers...

Judge chastises RIM, NTP for failing to reach pact

Research In Motion Ltd. dodged a bullet as a U.S. District Court judge stopped short of ordering an immediate shutdown in service to U.S....

Camera maker Sony releases camera phone app

ORLANDO, Fla.—Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via...

Wireless a shining spot in VC market

SAN FRANCISCO—The overall decline in venture-capital investments hasn’t touched the wireless industry, according to new research from telecom industry research firm Visiongain. Indeed, the...

Alltel teams with Navtrak, Telogis to offer vehicle tracking

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. reported partnership with Global Positioning System services company Navtrak Inc. and fleet management company Telogis to offer business customers a...

Sprint Nextel adds MTV TV channels

NEW YORK—Sprint Nextel Corp. added to its mobile video offerings with a new deal to add content from MTV Networks to its Sprint TV...

Wireless Xcessories dials up Sanyo for phone accessories

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.—Wireless Xcessories Group signed a manufacturing and supply agreement with Sanyo Energy (U.S.A.) Corp. to manufacture mobile phone accessories for the electronics...

Syniverse warns of business slowdown

Syniverse Holdings Inc. capped its first year as a publicly traded company with improved net income despite a decline in revenues for the fourth...

Bill in Va. legislature would tax all communications at flat rate

WASHINGTON-The Virginia legislature could be on the verge of passing an unprecedented statewide flat tax on wireless and other communications services, a move the...

Wi-Fi deployments stretch across cities, countries, corporations

Wi-Fi news is never in short supply. Last week, EarthLink Inc. announced that it teamed with Google Inc. to submit a proposal for San...

LG joins health litigation to keep cases with Blake

WASHINGTON- Major mobile-phone carriers and manufacturers last week petitioned U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake to reconsider her recent decision to have two health-related lawsuits...

Brightpoint buys Persequor

Handset distributor Brightpoint Holdings B.V. said it acquired all the outstanding shares of Persequor Ltd., which previously supplied management services to Brightpoint Asia Ltd....

Moonlight Mobile connects phones to Amazon products

LONDON-Moonlight Mobile launched an application that allows mobile-phone users to browse Amazon products and information from their handsets. The company said users can check...

Sprint Nextel updates integration progress

Integration is one of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s biggest challenges this year as the company continues to digest its multiple mergers-ranging from the former Nextel...

Wireless reinvigorates old-school game-makers

Some of the biggest names from the early days of video games are looking to cash in on the latest platform in gaming-the mobile...

IT industry weighs in on spectrum policy

The chief executives of nine of the nation's high-profile, high-tech firms are calling for a complete review of national spectrum policy in order to...

Texas Instruments drills in on WiMAX

Eager to capture a piece of an estimated $2 billion equipment market, Texas Instruments Inc. is plunging into the WiMAX infrastructure business. The company...

Go2 reveals 24M search user sessions in year

IRVINE, Calif.-Mobile search provider go2 said it delivered more than 24 million unique user sessions in 2005, marking a 51-percent increase from its 2004...

Cingular offers integrated phone product

ATLANTA, Ga.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced a product the company said integrates mobile and office communications. Cingular's OfficeReach, a voice-based virtual private network, offers such...

Sprint’s customer adds get ‘Boost’

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Boost Mobile and wholesale channels did much of the carrier's heavy lifting in the fourth quarter, helping propel the carrier to...

Nortel continues supply chain revamp with new GE exec

TORONTO—Nortel Network Ltd. nabbed another General Electric Co. Ltd. executive, naming Joseph Flanagan its new vice president of Order Management.Nortel said Flanagan will report...

Vodafone to file $48B charge linked to previous acquisitions

LONDON—Vodafone Group plc said it expects to file a $48 billion charge to its assets related to the value of goodwill, or the difference...

Fox Mobile launches content aggregating site Mobizzo

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Fox Mobile Entertainment is joining the ranks of wireless aggregators, unveiling a Web site hawking music, games and images for mobile phones.The News...
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