Yearly Archives: 2006

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,...

Motorola slaps back at ‘exclusive’ claim by Chinese distributor

BEIJING—Motorola Inc. responded to a statement made by a Chinese online retailer last week, saying it generally does not grant exclusive e-commerce rights. PacificNet...

Survey: Wireless catching on with small businesses

DALLAS—Small businesses are becoming increasingly mobile, according to a survey conducted by the American Small Business Travelers Alliance. About 80 percent of respondents to...

Carlyle Group, France Telecom consider bid for Austrian operator

WASHINGTON, D.C.—France Telecom and the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, are reportedly in discussions to purchase Austrian operator One for more than $1.9...

Cricket service expands in Texas

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. will officially kick off a service launch in three Texas cities tomorrow with promotional events over the next couple...

Qualcomm shows off VoIP over EV-DO Rev. A

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it successfully demonstrated fully mobile Voice over Internet Protocol calls over its EV-DO Revision A technology. The announcement is notable...

Feds ask for comment on spectrum-sharing test bed

WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department today asked for public comment on the creation of a government-industry spectrum-sharing test bed, a key component of President Bush’s spectrum...

UrbanWorld Wireless opens new Internet store

LOS ANGELES—UrbanWorld Wireless launched a new online store hawking ringtones, voice tones and mobile images from its roster of celebrities. The site, www.urbanwireless.com, features...

Sidekick III peeks out of FCC

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...

NENA says 75 percent of Americans covered by E-911 Phase II

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

Senate committee declines to require telcos to testify about NSA operation

WASHINGTON—The telephone companies accused of allowing the National Security Agency access to customer calling patterns dodged a bullet Tuesday when the chairman of the...

3GUpload rebrands as Mixxer, launches new consumer offering

SEATTLE—Direct-to-consumer mobile content provider 3GUpload is the latest to join the user-generated content rush. The company rebranded as Mixxer and launched a package of...

Eminem wraps up ringtone lawsuit with settlement

DETROIT—Rapper Eminem settled a lawsuit with a Colorado-based content provider accused of illegally selling ringtones of the hip-hop star’s tunes. Michigan-based Eight Mile Style...

Ericsson leverages wireless plays for IPTV

CHICAGO—L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company’s long-term plans for TV...

T-Mobile reaches 7,000th hotspot with Sofitel deal

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sofitel hotels will be joining the ranks of businesses that offer T-Mobile USA Inc.’s Wi-Fi hotspots. Softitel, a brand of European Accor hotels,...

Handset vendors blanket U.S. with new music phones

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—U.S. phone shoppers have three more devices to pick from as Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. all released...

New search app ‘profiles’ millions of executives

WESTON, Mass.—Proxpro Inc., which provides mobile search and social networking products, said it launched a new mobile tool that allows Sprint Nextel Corp. and...

Reports: Intel looking to ditch communications unit

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Intel Corp. is rumored to be exploring the sale of its communications chip business as it seeks to slim down its operations...

ZTE to build CDMA EV-DO Rev. A network in Mongolia

SHENZEN, China—Chinese telecom manufacturer ZTE Corp. announced it signed a contract to build a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network in Mongolia for Skytel,...

Nortel rolls in with wider Q1 loss

NEW YORK—Nortel Networks Ltd. has finally caught up with its financial filings after a series of restatements and delays, but the figures for the...

Telcogames buys Fathammer for 3-D games

LONDON—Telcogames Ltd. said it acquired Finnish publisher Fathammer in an effort to expand its portfolio of 3-D mobile games. Terms of the deal were...

Warner Music buys stake in Japanese mobile broadcasting firm

LONDON—Warner Music continued to expand its digital distribution operations, acquiring a minority stake in Japanese mobile broadcasting FrontMedia. Terms of the deal were not...

Supreme Court shoots down Cingular’s move to block Calif. lawsuits

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. lost its chance to block several class-action lawsuits in California as the U.S. Supreme Court opted to allow the suits...

Sprint Nextel leads chorus opposing AT&T-BellSouth merger

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

Justice Dept, Gabelli reach settlement in auction fraud suit

NEW YORK—Lawyers for the Justice Department, Wall Street investor Mario Gabelli and Lynch Interactive Corp. told a federal judge they have settled a suit...
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