Yearly Archives: 2006

Profiting off public safety

It looks like everybody and their mother is courting the public-safety market. Thanks to the wonders of digital TV, there's now a bunch of...

Xero inches closer to ad-supported offering

LOS ANGELES-Mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile Inc. said that it is now testing its technology and service in preparation for a 2007 commercial...

AT&T is telecom’s top political patron with $2.4M in donations

WASHINGTON—AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., awaiting final federal action on their $79 billion merger and key stakeholders in the telecom reform debate on Capitol...

Cherrysauce, MIA team for white-label porn offering

BRIGHTON, England—European adult mobile content company Cherrysauce and wireless technology developer MIA are partnering to launch a platform for network operators looking to hawk...

AMT to restate last year’s results

BOSTON—American Tower Corp. confirmed it will restate financial results from 2005 through the first quarter of this year after finding discrepancies in "measurement dates"...

Cingular launches new Web site ahead of holidays

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched a newly redesigned Web site, trimming out some of the previous page’s many links and going for a cleaner,...

Telegent launches multi-tech mobile TV chip

Telegent Systems Inc. will join the mobile TV bandwagon with a first-generation, single-chip solution for handset manufacturers in Asia. The fabless semiconductor firm-the company...

Did you get the memo? MIMO is all the rage

Did anyone else notice that during the recent WiMAX World trade show, every vendor launching WiMAX gear touted Multiple Input, Multiple Output technology as...

R/GA brings size to wireless ad space

Mobile marketing took another step toward the mainstream last week as noted advertising firm R/GA launched a division to address wireless phones. The agency,...

Palm offers Treo 650 software upgrade

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Smart phone users, a small but growing segment of the mobile public, are now dealing with what may become a standard part of...

Correction

In the Oct. 16 issue on page 7, we incorrectly stated the company and number of towers that Crown Castle International Corp. is buying....

Connecting cowboys: CTIA, LECs argue who can best serve rural America

WASHINGTON-The Great American Cowboy has become the star in the marketing/advocacy game between CTIA and rural wireline carriers. The Coalition to Keep America Connected,...

Study: Europeans visit wireless Web more often than Americans

LONDON—European mobile consumers are far more likely to access the wireless Web than their U.S. counterparts, according to new figures from digital media measurement...

Brightpoint to sell Verizon Wireless kit to businesses

PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. inked a deal to sell phones and services from Verizon Wireless to small- and medium-sized businesses. The mobile phone distributor said...

T-Mobile USA, Virgin, Bang & Olufsen intro phones for holidays

DALLAS—The holiday retail season kicked into high gear as T-Mobile USA Inc., Virgin Mobile and others introduced a bevy of new handsets. First up...

The early bird may draw a flock:: Handset vendors juggle variables for product news

Timing, they say, is everything. And so it goes with mobile handset vendors and their product announcements. There's a natural tension between the need...

Handset batteries bear ever-greater burden: ‘Chokepoint’ coming or will research triumph?

The math is simple: mobile devices are requiring more power at a rate greater than improvements in current battery output and longevity can provide...

Top handset brands surge toward magical billion mark

Style and innovation matter. So does brand and, of course, size. Carrier relationships help too, though three of the strongest brands continue to exert...

As wireless data grows, spectrum usage is set to change

With the need for using 850 MHz spectrum for its TDMA network decreases, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has been carving out blocks of the spectrum...

Appeals court cautioned not to throw out Auction 66

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry cautioned the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals not to overturn results of the advanced wireless...

Airbiquity scores telematics win in automotive space

Seattle-based software developer Airbiquity recently cemented its relationship with Continental Automotive Systems' telematics unit, which develops and markets embedded telematics and hands-free communications systems...

US Internet, Aptilo snag Minneapolis muni Wi-Fi contract

MINNEAPOLIS—US Internet and Aptilo Networks snapped up a hefty contract to build and operate a 59-square-mile Wi-Fi network for the city of Minneapolis. Known...

Gov’t moves to use RFID spur private sector

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is moving aggressively to integrate radio-frequency identification technology into homeland security, defense and immigration policies, a posture expected to catalyze private-sector...

Detroit tops in wireline replacement among largest markets

SAN FRANCISCO-Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul have the highest rates of wireless substitution among the 20 largest U.S. cities, according to research by Telephia. Detroit...

Analyst Angle: MVNOs need to play the game within its current boundaries

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...
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