January 2007

Qualcomm Inc.’s shares jumped briefly after the company reported increases in both its net income and revenues during its first fiscal quarter of 2007, but its stock price quickly dropped …

InfoSpace Inc. continued to consolidate its businesses with the announcement that it will sell off its U.S. gaming studio to Twistbox Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. Formerly known as Atlas …

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its run as the carrier with the best customer-service ratings by consumers, edging out other operators for the fifth year in a row in J.D. Power …

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Nokia Corp. is making lots of money churning out mobile phones, but the pattern of its success is shifting. Its position as the world’s leading handset maker was easily confirmed …

Handset vendor Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will team with chipset maker Runcom Technologies to pursue the high-speed, inexpensive network promise of WiMAX. Kyocera said it will use Runcom’s WiMAX …

Moderati is expanding beyond ringtones with a series of offerings designed to ward off pesky suitors or impress potential dates.The content provider launched Mobile Faker, which is available to Sprint …

Two newly publicized health studies on mobile phone and base station radiation have produced mixed results, likely keeping alive the long-running scientific debate over whether handsets and cell site transmissions …

BenQ Corp.’s mobile communications business, apparently now limited to its home turf in Taiwan and other Asian markets, has selected Kineto Wireless Inc.’s UMA technology for a pair of upcoming …

Yahoo Inc. is hoping a new online advertising system and an increased presence in wireless can help it close the widening gap between it and rival Google Inc.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based …

Disney Mobile has chopped the price of two handsets for a limited time, and is promoting a limited-edition “Steamboat Willie” phone aimed squarely at Disneyophiles. The “Steamboat Willie” phone comes …

Web search company Lycos Inc. launched a mobile content Web site powered by PlayPhone Inc. The LYCOSmobile site offers downloadable games, wallpapers and ringtones. Customers will be able to purchase …

MTV announced a new program-one that will incorporate a variety of wireless technologies-that will run across its standard broadcast networks as well as Internet and mobile TV channels. Verizon Wireless …

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Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s last quarter before being absorbed by parent company AT&T Inc. resulted in a company record 2.4 million net customer additions, up from 1.8 million net adds a …

Infrastructure company Tellabs reported that its revenues were down for the fourth quarter but up overall for the full-year 2006. The company’s troubled fourth quarter saw falling revenues in its …

Movero Technology Inc. said it is partnering with Palm Inc. to couple its device management software with Treo smartphones.The startup is hoping to gain traction with software that allows IT …

A panel of federal judges is set to hear arguments Thursday in Miami on whether to consolidate more than a dozen lawsuits against Motorola Inc. and other Bluetooth technology vendors. …

Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major portion of which is being sought …

The Weather Channel Mobile continued to expand its offerings, adding traffic information and hourly forecasts to its wireless services.The Weather.com mobile Web site now features traffic data for 24 metro …

Bar-code scanning company Nextcode Corp. announced a deal with Philippine wireless provider Smart Communications Inc. The deal is Nextcode’s first with a carrier. The company’s ConnexTo carrier platform provides software …

Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are backing an effort to provide full-track mobile music downloads to Chinese subscribers.The companies announced a strategic investment in Access China Media …

Verizon Wireless subscribers spend more on mobile data than customers of any other U.S. carrier, according to new data from IDC.The market research firm found Verizon Wireless users spent an …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd, whose handset division last year slipped from No. 4 to No. 5 in global rankings, posted drops in revenue and operating profit for the fourth quarter …

Alcatel-Lucent, one of the world’s leading network suppliers, warned that its fourth-quarter revenues will come in below expectations, news that sent investors scurrying away from the company’s shares. Alcatel-Lucent’s stock …