2006

The future of the “anywhere Internet” will likely involve a variety of networks and devices, analysts said during a teleconference this week-and if wireless operators want to get in on …

New Wave Mobile Inc. snared a $500,000 investment to fund the launch of a platform the company said will support wireless sales of lottery tickets.New Wave said it expects its …

Italian teens are leading their U.S. and Western European counterparts in consuming user-generated content and social networking applications, according to new figures from M:Metrics.The market research firm found that 70 …

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 this column is a chance for us …

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it completed its acquisition of 13 10-MHz licenses from Urban Comm-North Carolina Inc.The cash deal is worth $31.8 million.The licenses include markets in North Carolina …

Alltel Corp. said it will sell four markets in rural Southern Minnesota to Rural Cellular Corp.Terms of the deal were not released.Alltel had to divest the markets as part of …

WASHINGTON-The mobile phone industry plans to take the line-item billing controversy to the U.S. Supreme Court.Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

WASHINGTON-Key House Democrats said Federal Communications Commission General Counsel Samuel Feder made a weak legal case for authorizing Commissioner Robert McDowell to participate in AT&T Inc.’s hung-up $79 billion acquisition …

SAN FRANCISCO-Hip-hop continues to rule the ringtone market, according to new charts from two top content providers.Mobile entertainment publisher Moderati said rapper Lil Jon’s “Snap Yo Fingers” has been its …

NEW YORK-CTIA unveiled a version of its Web site designed for mobile phones. The site was built by mobile content company Lift Mobile.“Lift Mobile’s service is helping us meet the …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Digital Chocolate Inc. scored a high-profile franchise, inking a deal to produce a mobile game based on the hit HBO series “The Sopranos.”The publisher said it will offer …

WASHINGTON-Industry veteran Dale Hatfield was named chairman of a federally-chartered panel assisting the Bush administration on spectrum reform.“Dale Hatfield’s expertise, seasoned judgment and unquestioned integrity make him the obvious choice …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. tapped JumpTap Inc. to power a mobile-specific search engine for users looking for wireless content.The mobile virtual network operator said JumpTap will provide an advertising-supported search …

NEW YORK-Scanbuy Inc., which provides a barcode scanning service, announced it garnered new financing and scored a new chief executive officer.The company completed a $9 million, second round of financing …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering a weekly rotation of about 10 free, full-track music downloads from independent artists in an effort to showcase its mobile music store.The carrier …

Machine-to-machine wireless network operator Aeris Communications Inc. said it recently enhanced its data services to support asset tracking, automotive telematics and stolen vehicle recovery using CDMA and GSM networks nationwide-a …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it launched its Cricket-branded service in Portland, Ore., via its Cricket LCW joint venture. Cricket LCW is a collaboration between Leap and WLPCS Management …

SAN FRANCISCO-Former YouTube head of sales Tony Nethercutt has joined one of the hottest start-ups in the mobile-marketing space, AdMob.Before joining AdMob as vice president of advertising sales, Nethercutt headed …

RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel’s former operations chief, Len Lauer, who was fired from the company earlier this year following Sprint Nextel’s disastrous second-quarter financial performance, has landed at Sprint Nextel’s technology …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-With the launch of 10 CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A markets today, Sprint Nextel Corp. has more than met its goal of covering 40 million people with the …

T-Mobile USA Inc. grabbed attention among tier one U.S. carriers for the most price drops in early December, with four Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handsets discounted-and one jumping in price.The …

LOS ANGELES-Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the Korean handset vendor’s American subsidiary over the use of the name “BlackJack” for the latter’s new smart …

PHOENIX-Worldscout Corp. announced it purchased location-services company Alltigo Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Worldscout said the deal will bolster its efforts in location tracking.Alltigo’s Personal Location Tracking Device combines GPS …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. is quietly sweetening service deals for a limited time during the holiday season by offering the public the same deals on service that it gives …

DALLAS-A slowdown in wireless chip sales forced Texas Instruments Inc. to trim its fourth-quarter revenue outlook from between $3.46 billion and $3.75 billion to between $3.35 billion and $3.5 billion …