Yearly Archives: 2006

iSuppli: Motorola’s Q costs just $158 to build

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—Not only has Motorola Inc.’s Q device set a new low point for smart-phone pricing at around $200, it also has achieved...

BCGI settles with Freedom for $55.3M

BEDFORD, Mass.—Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running legal dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. The...

Worst of the Week: Bring on the Chaos!

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...

Qualcomm’s stock down on lowered forecast

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported third-quarter results of $1.95 billion in revenue and $643 million in net income, increases of 44 percent and 15 percent,...

LG Telecom loses 3G license in South Korea

SEOUL—LG Telecom Co. Ltd.’s next move is unclear now that South Korea’s Ministry of Information and Communications has stripped the carrier of its third-generation...

Seniors Coalition wants free handsets over more universal-service funding

WASHINGTON—Instead of giving subsidies to rural telephone companies, the government could save $1 billion annually by giving away free wireless and satellite phones to...

Yahoo deepens Motorola pact

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. took yet another step onto the wireless playground, inking a deal to preload its Go for Mobile service on "tens of...

Verizon Wireless suit halts telemarketing effort

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless settled a lawsuit with a telemarketing firm that had placed more than 500,000 Spanish-language calls to the carrier’s customers, telling...

Cingular plows into Q2 with 1.5 million new customers

ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off the industry’s second quarter results reporting with an unexpectedly high 1.5 million net new customer additions, as well as...

Comments from Apple, RIM stoke ‘iPod phone’ flames

  CUPERTINO, Calif.—Rumors of an "iPod phone" gained further traction after an Apple Computer Inc. executive hinted at an iTunes-friendly handset during a conference call...

Boingo finishes acquisition of Concourse

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Boingo Wireless Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., which operates airport wireless access systems. The acquisition combines...

@Road backs out of MobileAria purchase

FREMONT, Calif.—@Road Inc. announced it has terminated a week-old agreement to purchase MobileAria Inc. due to difficulties surrounding MobileAria’s mobile resource management services contract...

ADC lowers sales forecast

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC Telecommunications Inc. said it expects its sales from continuing operations for 2006 to come in lower than it previously predicted. Sales are expected...

Motorola charges at Nokia in global handset race

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—With unexpectedly strong growth in its second-quarter earnings boosting Motorola Inc.’s fortunes, the handset vendor plans to feed the buzz by launching an...

Markey calls for emergency alert requirements for wireless

WASHINGTON—Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House telecom and Internet subcommittee, today said the government should consider requiring mobile phone carriers and...

MobiTV adds new radio channels

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—MobiTV Inc., which provides television and digital radio services for cellular and Wi-Fi networks, said it added seven new national stations to its...

Syniverse could be hurt by LNP contract renewals

NEW YORK—Investment banking firm Raymond James & Associates Inc. reduced its estimates for Syniverse Holdings Inc.’s earnings based on acquisition costs and concerns that...

Amdocs expands OSS with $375M buyout of Cramer

ST. LOUIS—Amdocs Ltd. continued its spending spree, agreeing to shell out $375 million to acquire operations support systems provider Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Amdocs,...

Survey: T-Mobile USA pulls ahead of Verizon Wireless in customer satisfaction

MINNEAPOLIS—T-Mobile USA Inc. moved ahead of Verizon Wireless in customer satisfaction, according to a survey by Vocal Laboratories Inc. The survey draws on the...

KDDI to team with Qualcomm, others for common cell phone OS

TOKYO—KDDI Corp. is reportedly working with Toshiba Corp., Sanyo Electric Co. and Qualcomm Inc. to develop a common operating system for mobile phones to...

DHS report on critical infrastructure comes under fire

WASHINGTON—A top official at the Department of Homeland Security blasted his agency’s inspector general over a recent report highly critical of the ability of...

RadioShack’s summer of discontent continues as CFO leaves

FORT WORTH, Texas—RadioShack Corp.’s turbulent summer continued as Chief Financial Officer David Barnes said he will leave the retail chain to take a job...

LG falters with results below expectations

SEOUL, South Korea— LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported a net loss of $10.1 million on static sales of $6.1 billion in the second quarter...

Starbucks launches wireless scavenger hunt

SEATTLE—Starbucks Coffee Co. is the latest mega-brand to go mobile, launching a scavenger-hunt promotional campaign for wireless users. The coffee giant launched a...

Michigan chiefs of police want Congress to lean on FCC on behalf of Cyren

WASHINGTON—The Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police plans to urge Congress to lean on the Federal Communications Commission to put the 700 MHz Cyren...
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