Yearly Archives: 2006

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...

FCC rushes DE rules for June auction

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week opened a review of a program that gives bidding discounts to small businesses in wireless license auctions,...

Handset Briefs

Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it plans to build dual-mode CDMA/Wi-Fi handsets using chips from Marvell Technology Group Ltd. "The footprint and adoption of (wireless...

Katrina panel: Lack of communications sparks additional problems

WASHINGTON-Public-safety, communications and special-interest group representatives came together last month to tell the Federal Communications Commission what worked and what didn't during last year's...

New health studies provide ammunition to both sides of debate

WASHINGTON-German researchers have detected an increased risk for certain brain tumors from long-term cell phone use, a finding that is not quite statistically significant...

Lombardi to lead MediaFlo USA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. tapped the architect of its BREW business to head the commercial launch of its new mobile TV effort, MediaFlo USA Inc....

Alcatel, Ericsson boast strong 4Q

European telecom vendors reported strong earnings based largely on increasing sales of wireless equipment. L.M. Ericsson posted $1.1 billion in net income for the...

Yahoo leads wireless Web portals

SEATTLE-Yahoo has the early lead in the race to become the wireless Web portal of choice for U.S. consumers, according to new figures from...

Phones, marvelous phones

One of the best things about being a journalist in the wireless industry is that we get to test new toys, er, I mean,...

Phone cancer studies more consistent than reported in newspaper

To the Editor, Recent results of cell-phone tumor studies are much more consistent than your news item, "Conflicting studies muddy cell-phone health risks," in...

FTC gives nod to Sprint Nextel’s acquisition of Nextel Partners

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Sprint Nextel Corp.'s $6.5 billion purchase of iDEN affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. has passed muster with U.S. antitrust authorities.The Federal Trade Commission issued...

Sony Ericsson goes all-in on wireless e-mail

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. released a new high-end 3G device and also laid out its plans for wireless e-mail. The company apparently has...

Comverse products to personalize SMS messages

NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. hopes to boost text messaging with a series of new personalized services.The services include an offering that allows members to...

ICrossing crosses into crowded mobile search playground

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The packed mobile search playground got even more crowded as digital marketing company iCrossing Inc. unveiled a new business unit. The company launched...

3G handsets a growing chunk of US market

NEW YORK-Third-generation handsets now account for roughly 16 percent of the U.S. mobile phone landscape, according to a new study from CIBC World Markets....

House Commerce Committee goes after data brokers

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee is warning two data brokers that if they do not satisfactorily answer a letter sent this morning, which is highly...

Mobile e-mail set to explode

LONDON-Wireless operators' revenue from enterprise mobile e-mail and personal information management is forecast to triple in the next four years, reaching $600 million by...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersMerrill Lynch lowered its fiscal...

GoTV to broadcast Super Bowl show for mobiles

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-On-the-go football fans can still keep tabs on the Super Bowl this weekend. Mobile television company GoTV Networks announced it plans to...
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