Yearly Archives: 2006

Sprint Nextel names wireline spinoff Embarq

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s local communications company, which is scheduled to be spun off from the rest of the company in the second...

Despite no standard, all sides ready to move UWB forward

The IEEE'S recent decision to allow competing ultra-wideband standards in the marketplace has not deterred investors, but could spell trouble for the Bluetooth industry,...

Muni Wi-Fi vendor Cohda raises $1.8M

ADELAIDE, Australia-Cohda Wireless Pty. Ltd., a public-safety and municipal wireless technology developer, said it raised $1.8 million in its first round of venture funding....

Privacy group sues AT&T as part of NSA wiretapping scandal

WASHINGTON-A San Francisco-based privacy group claims in a new class-action lawsuit that telecom giant AT&T Inc. violated the law by cooperating with the National...

Truth-in-billing lawsuit may influence other cases

WASHINGTON-The high-stakes legal battle over truth-in-billing regulation continued to play out last week in a federal appeals court, with a consumer group and Vermont...

DTV hard date-Feb. 17, 2009-sails toward Bush approval

WASHINGTON-Finally! Congress has told TV broadcasters that they must give up the spectrum they were given to transition to digital TV by Feb. 17,...

Who’s your sugar daddy?

It is by no means coincidental some-if not most-major wireless legislation enacted by Congress the past decade has been tucked inside bulging budget bills...

Wireless e-mail space intense with patents, lawsuits, competition

The flurry of legal wrangling in the wireless e-mail space continued as Visto Corp. filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against competitor Good Technology Inc. Meanwhile,...

Censorship at core of debate for business practices in China

WASHINGTON-U.S. tech firms, bedazzled by Internet, wireless and other business opportunities in China's massively underserved market, find themselves facing intensive scrutiny and criticism from...

FCC to suggest tougher rules for call records

WASHINGTON- The Federal Communications Commission is expected to propose additional rules to protect cell-phone customer records later this month. Testifying before the House Commerce...

Wal-Mart to offer German MVNO service, mum on U.S. plans

BENTONVILLE, Ark.-Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it plans to offer its own discount wireless service in Germany under the brand name MangoMobile. Wal-Mart Germany is...

Revol expanding into four new markets

Regional wireless operators Cleveland Unlimited Inc. and CSM Wireless L.L.C. are expanding their Revol-branded unlimited postpaid calling service into the Ohio cities of Canton,...

Muni Wi-Fi wave continues to build as industry wrestles with standards

New agreements, contract details from Philadelphia and a smidge of a slowdown in product certifications kept Wi-Fi circles buzzing last week. In Philadelphia, reports...

Nortel re-enters broadband space in joint venture with Huawei

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Corp. announced plans to re-enter the broadband access market, unveiling a teaming with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop access offerings for...

Rogers launches Melodeo-powered podcast service

SEATTLE-Canadian operator Rogers Wireless Inc. and Melodeo Inc. have partnered to launch what the companies call North America's first mobile podcast service. The offering...

Alltel to stay cautious amid bright outlook

Alltel Corp. officials emphasized plans to continue their conservative path during a company analyst day in New York last week, even though they said...

Alltel expands prepaid options with U service

Alltel Corp. is revamping its prepaid service to try to profit from recent trends. As the U.S. postpaid wireless market saturates, fourth-quarter results showed...

Weather Channel launches clickable ads through Third Screen Media

ATLANTA-The Weather Channel Interactive announced plans for a mobile marketing campaign targeting wireless Web surfers.The company said it plans to use a clickable banner...

Rhythm NewMedia opens UK effort

LONDON-Mobile video advertising company Rhythm NewMedia opened offices in the United Kingdom. Stephen Upstone is set to lead the company's U.K. office in the...

Feds reach agreement on 5 GHz Wi-Fi products

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has reached an agreement with the Pentagon and vendors on how to test and manufacture new 5 GHz Wi-Fi products that...

Fon raises $21.7 million, plans global shared hotspot network

MADRID, Spain-Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global...

Verizon offers converged calling service free for three months

NEW YORK-Verizon Communications Inc. is coaxing customers to try its phone-and-computer call management service, iobi Home, by offering the service free for three months....

Wireless could transform mining communications

It seems like hardly a week has gone by lately without a miner tragedy or a near-tragedy in the news. As the media shines...

Unhappy 800 MHz licensees plead their case in appeals court

WASHINGTON-Two licensees-one site-based and one economic area-told a federal appeals court they got the short straw when the Federal Communications Commission decided to reconfigure...

Bush nominates McDowell to FCC

WASHINGTON-The White House said President George W. Bush intends to nominate Robert McDowell, assistant general counsel of CompTel, which represents competitive landline carriers, to...
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