Monthly Archives: January, 2007

Visa enters mobile payment fray

Visa launched a mobile payment platform designed to support contactless payments, coupons and other m-commerce-related applications.The offering "is designed to foster collaboration between the...

Apple’s iPhone: Arrives at Cingular in June for $500-$600

Apple Computer Inc. finally unveiled the iPhone.As expected, Apple CEO Steve Jobs showcased the highly-anticipated device during his keynote speech at the Macworld Conference...

iDEN issues continue to pressure Sprint Nextel; carrier cuts 5,000 jobs

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s trouble in holding onto its postpaid iDEN subscribers continued during the fourth quarter as the company announced weak fourth quarter customer...

Sununu presses to free vacant broadcast spectrum

WASHINGTON-Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) said he will introduce legislation to free up vacant broadcast spectrum, a move that could provide additional frequencies for Wi-Fi...

Amp’d expands social networking reach

Amp'd Mobile Inc. is continuing to build on its appeal to younger mobile phone users. The mobile virtual network operator has further expanded its...

FCC rejects E-911 compliance extension

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected the mobile-phone industry's petition for regulatory relief from the recently passed deadline for meeting enhanced 911 handset-based location requirements,...

Motorola to offer Warner Music Group content

Motorola Inc. is jumping into the mobile music business with an effort to sell wireless content from Warner Music Group Corp.The handset maker said...

Medio to power T-Mobile USA content search

T-Mobile USA Inc. tapped Medio Systems to power mobile content searches on its t-zones portal.The carrier said Medio's technology "presents subscribers with the most...

Sununu tackles broadcast flag

WASHINGTON-Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) said he is drafting legislation to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from forcing technology standards on the communications industry."The FCC...

Yahoo enhances mobile partnerships

Yahoo Inc. is using the Consumer Electronics Show to tout a host of new partnerships supporting its Go 2.0 service.The Internet giant announced pacts...

Monday, Jan. 8, 2007

Amp’d adds 70k customers in Q4

Amp'd Mobile Inc. continues to tout its success in the mobile virtual network operator space, gaining more than 70,000 customers in the fourth quarter...

Modeo moves forward with Big Apple trial

Modeo L.L.C., a subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp., announced today that it has launched a trial version of its live, commercial quality mobile...

Sprint Nextel details WiMAX strategy

Sprint Nextel Corp. has chosen the Chicago and Washington, D.C., metro areas for the first deployment of its WiMAX network, with a rollout that...

SlingBox adds Palm OS support

Sling Media Inc. continued to expand its wireless functionality, adding support for devices running Palm Inc.'s operating system.The place-shifting technology company said owners of...

Verizon Wireless provides details on MediaFLO mobile TV

As expected, Verizon Wireless announced in conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas details of its planned mobile TV service, which will...

SlingBox shows consumers value video, music on-the-go

Sling Media Inc. was only a blip on the wireless industry's radar screen until April, when the company released its SlingPlayer Mobile software. The...

Executive Interview: Blake Krikorian

For the wireless industry, it may be the most disruptive technology of 2006. And it all happened because Blake Krikorian couldn't watch a baseball...

Amp’d Mobile branches beyond MVNO mold

Amp'd Mobile Inc. is racking up deals to offer its unique content and user interface abroad, and reap the benefits of revenue sharing without...

Tipping Point

As New Year beginnings go, this one has an especially odd, mixed feel.President Ford's funeral-beginning stately in the District of Columbia and ending solemnly...

Chertoff pledges to cooperate on public-safety issue

WASHINGTON-Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he would cooperate with Congress if it pursues legislation to increase the supply of public-safety spectrum. Chertoff acknowledged...

Cingular’s future tied to one parent

WIRELESS IS EXPECTED to be the heart of the newly merged AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., bundling multiple services with cellular and allowing advertisers...

Finishing touches: Like cars, leather, chrome packages come to cellphones

Colors, materials and finishes-aka CMF-have returned to center stage as a conveyor of value, product differentiator and sales clincher. Focused efforts to use CMF...

ETC

Pump up the mobile motivationPeople who made a get-fit new year's resolution this year can find motivation to stick with their goals on their...

Moving beyond the keypad: Stubborn consumers, not technology, remain hurdle

The keypad on the mobile handset is due for an extreme makeover. Like the television program, fashion-that age-old tyrant-and the need to update it...
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