Yearly Archives: 2006

FCC’s Martin forgoes conditions in proposed AT&T-BellSouth merger vote

WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Communication Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for an Oct. 12 vote on the proposed $67 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth...

Sprint Nextel bucks court ruling, will continue selling iDEN in iPCS territory

RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. said it plans to seek a stay in a court decision that orders the carrier to divest its iDEN operations...

Andrew streamlines business units

WESTCHESTER, Ill.—Roll with it—that’s what Andrew Corp. is doing as it streamlines its executive team and reorganizes its product groups to "capitalize on the...

Leap planning Kansas City, Portland launch

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. plans to launch its newest market, Kansas City, Mo., in less than two weeks and is gearing up to...

Study: Global wireless market strong

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The global wireless market has experienced strong growth during the past five years, according to a study from Pyramid Research. The consulting firm’s...

InfoSpace shares fall on news that carrier going directly to music label

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Shares of InfoSpace Inc. plunged after the company said it expects its revenues to take a hit due to a plan by an...

Small carriers plead for automatic-roaming rules as FCC tackles issue for third time

WASHINGTON—A group of rural and regional wireless carriers again urged the Federal Communications Commission to adopt automatic-roaming rules they believe are necessary for competition....

Senate committee approve Martin, Kneuer nominations

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee approved the nominations of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and acting National Telecommunications and Information Administration head John Kneuer....

Nokia and Microsoft buddy up for mobile searches

ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp.’s Mobile Search platform will incorporate Microsoft Corp.’s Live Search capabilities to streamline mobile information searches on Nseries smart phones—now "multimedia computers,"...

Worst of the Week: Cellular Judgment Day

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so...

Startup garners $6M for PC to phone app

CAMPBELL, Calif.—SoonR said it raised $6 million in series A funding. The company said it plans to use the funds to expand its service,...

Study: 4 million to sign up for mobile TV in the U.S. next year

NEW YORK—Roughly 4 million U.S. consumers will subscribe to mobile broadcasts from dedicated, multimedia networks such as Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFlo by the end of...

Nielsen Mobile links with Verizon Wireless to track mobile music sales

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Nielsen Mobile continued its leisurely stroll into wireless, tapping Verizon Wireless to provide sales information regarding the carrier’s mobile music sales. Nielsen...

Cingular inks $150M military contract

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. struck a five-year agreement with the U.S. Army, Air Force and Defense Telecommunications Services-Washington worth more than $150 million. The deal,...

Motorola to test retail vending stores

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it is testing the concept of selling its products through robotic retail stores. The automated vending stores are operated by...

Digicel makes acquisition into El Salvador

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Caribbean operator Digicel announced it will expand its reach into Central America by purchasing an El Salvadoran wireless provider that also has a...

Distributed antennas get backing from new forum

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Wireless Infrastructure Association officially launched the Distributed Antenna Systems Forum at the PCIA trade show, explaining that the group’s mission is to...

Nokia leads industry effort to reduce environmental impacts

ESPOO, Finland—Chalk up another one for Nokia Corp.’s reputation as an environmentally friendly electronics manufacturer. And give Motorola Inc., Nokia’s global rival, credit for...

Alltel pushing MyCircle campaign, Verizon uses carboard cut-outs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. is set to begin a major advertising push for its MyCircle offer, which allows customers to place unlimited calls to...

IEEE replacing 802.20 group leadership

PISCATAWAY, N.J.—The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, a move aimed at getting the work on a...

Pearl drawing strong demand

NEW YORK—Demand is strong at T-Mobile USA Inc. retail stores for the recently launched Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry Pearl, according to a national...

PeerMe offers free global calling for Sprint Nextel EV-DO phones

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—PeerMe Inc., a wireless Voice over Internet Protocol company, said it launched a free service for Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA2000 1x EV-DO...

MVNO Xero Mobile on the blocks

LOS ANGELES—Xero Mobile isn’t expected to launch service until January, but the mobile virtual network operator is already looking for a buyer. Xero, which...

MobileMail grabs funding, Russian distribution agreement

LONDON—MobileMail Ltd. said it snared $1 million in private placement funding as well as a distribution agreement with Russian Internet service provider NNT Telecom....

WhitePages.com offers mobile search service

SEATTLE—WhitePages.com launched the beta version of its new mobile search service. The service allows cellular phone and e-mail device users to access the same...
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