Yearly Archives: 2006

Intel speculation on mobile hits high note

In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel...

Competitors decry AT&T, BellSouth union

WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject the proposed $67 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. because of the...

Nascent U.S. 3G handset market to broaden this year

A snapshot of the 3G handset market in the United States reveals a nascent business on the verge of growth, as carriers upgrade their...

Verizon follows kid-tracking trend

Verizon Wireless has entered the growing list of wireless companies offering anxious parents the ability to use the Global Positioning System and a cellular...

Correction

A quote attributed to Federal communications Commission member Michael Copps in the June 5 story "FCC keeps AWS auction rules intact" should have been...

Verizon follows kid-tracking trend with ‘Chaperone’ service

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless has entered the growing list of wireless companies offering anxious parents the ability to use GPS and a cellular phone...

Disney Mobile begins selling service

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Disney Mobile has begun selling phones and service through its Web site and by phone, officially launching the mobile virtual network operator...

Yankee Group: 54% of U.S. adults on family plans

BOSTON—Family plans are still driving growth in North America, according to a Yankee Group report—but prepaid plans will continue to be a significant factor...

UCT licenses OFDM patents from Qualcomm

SAN DIEGO—United Computer & Telecommunications said it will develop and sell OFDM/OFDMA subscriber units, routers and modem cards under an agreement with Qualcomm Inc.,...

Free handsets are good, but style is better

BOSTON—Place your finger on the pulse of U.S. consumers desperately seeking a mobile phone this summer and you find all the attributes that makes...

Powerwave acquires network equipment business from Filtronic

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Powerwave Technologies Inc., a wireless antenna firm, said it plans to acquire the majority of the network equipment division of London-based Filtronic...

MobilePro balks at ad-supported Wi-Fi, drops Sacramento plans

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Wireless broadband provider MobilePro Corp. said it is dropping out of a deal to build a Wi-Fi network in Sacramento. The Bethesda, Md.-based...

Hurricane’s impact on wireless usage tangible

NEW ORLEANS—Hurricane Katrina may have substantially changed communications patterns in Gulf Coast cities such as Houston and New Orleans, a new mobile usage report...

Wireless pre-emption missing from Senate telecom-reform bill

WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee released its latest draft telecommunications-reform bill this morning—and still wireless pre-emption is missing. Pre-emption of state regulation has been CTIA’s...

Tom Online acquires Infomax for $75M to expand TV efforts

BEIJING—Chinese wireless Internet company Tom Online said it will spend $75 million to acquire Infomax, which offers mobile interactive applications and services. Infomax was...

Content Briefs

Alltel Corp. selected Oz Communications Inc.'s mobile instant messaging solution to power its new Axcess Instant Messaging service. The BREW-based solution gives Alltel customers...

Cell phones drive semiconductor market

SAN JOSE, Calif.-A new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association predicts semiconductor sales worldwide will grow 9.8 percent to nearly $250 billion this year,...

Billions lost in soggy networks: More content means more chances for $$ leaks

Wireless carriers are spending big bucks in promoting the use of their flashy, fast new data services: full-length music downloads, three-dimensional mobile games, Web...

IMS attention drifts to digital home, IPTV, cable carriers, vendors agree

At last week's Globalcomm show in Chicago, telecom vendors paraded their technological wares, giving us a peek at their network roadmaps. The future, as...

Net neutrality loses ground in House, with White House

WASHINGTON-Proponents of network neutrality face an uphill battle to convince the U.S. Senate to include net neutrality in its version of telecommunications reform after...

Lucent unveils Acuity architecture

CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called "Acuity."...

Cox attacks telecom carriers on video lag

CHICAGO-Patrick Esser, president of Cox Communications Inc., reminded Globalcomm attendees during a keynote speech of his cable/telephone company's plans to unveil wireless service later...

Most Americans covered by advanced E-911 service

WASHINGTON-Public-safety answering points serving more than 75 percent of the population are able to receive location information from mobile-phone callers, according to statistics from...

Former FCC commissioner: Early-termination fees assist consumers

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers last week stepped up their campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission make early-termination fees off limits to states, a huge issue...

Sidekick III peeks out

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Details on the Sidekick III emerged out of the Federal Communications Commission, in effect giving Palo Alto-based Danger Inc., a small handset...
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