Monthly Archives: January, 2007

Kababyboom!

An odd thing is going on in Washington policymaking circles. Folks are beginning to talk again about the budget, specifically about erasing the deficit...

U.S. Navy dives into nascent mobile video ad space

Mobile video is still very much in its infancy, but Third Screen Media claims it is reaching consumers by delivering a click-to-play wireless TV...

Verizon Wireless raises texting fee to 15 cents

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless plans to join its compatriots in raising the price of per-message texting, bumping the rate for sending and receiving messages...

Industry suit against Kentucky back on

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers' tax lawsuit against Kentucky is back on track, giving center stage to a federal pre-emption argument that's also at the heart of...

TI’s wireless chief, Delfassy, retires

Texas Instruments said Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president and head of the firm's wireless terminals unit, will retire this year after 28 years with...

Subex Azure to buy Syndesis for $164.5M

Revenue assurance software vendor Subex Azure Ltd. announced it reached a deal to acquire Syndesis Ltd., a telecom operations support software company, in an...

Space-agey and retro: Helio store opens in Mile High City

DENVER-The Helio store gleams from a distance in the early dark of a cold Denver evening, its floor-to-ceiling windows enclosing a modern, warehouse/boutique-chic space...

CallWave offers PC-based visual voicemail

Steve Jobs isn't the only one vying for improvements to the audio-based voicemail systems we've all come to know so well. CallWave Inc. announced...

‘American Idol’ changes vendor for text-message voting

The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar...

New York City 911 call centers to solicit cameraphone photos

WASHINGTON-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan to create millions of cellphone-carrying citizen crime fighters.In his state of the city address, Bloomberg...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

With profits down, Motorola to cut 3,500 jobs

Buffeted in its attempt to both lead in design and chase market share, Motorola Inc. announced it will cut five percent of its workforce...

Wireless accounts for one-third of corporate telecom spending

A new market research report by Insight Research concluded that wireless services accounted for more than one-third of all corporate telecommunication services last year....

AT&T debuts ‘Unity’ plans to extend wireless in-network calling to wireline numbers

In its first new converged offer since the merger of BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Inc., the new company is combining its wireless and wireline...

Investors smile on Tessco earnings, outlook

Tessco Technologies Inc. announced increasing revenues and profits in its most recent quarter, news that helped push the company's stock up almost 5 percent...

Fox News audio feed: $3 per month cellphone service

Fox News along with technology vendor Single Touch Interactive announced a new offering that will allow news junkies to access a live Fox News...

Player X lands $9.8M in funding

Mobile content vendor Player X announced it scored $9.8 million in its second round of venture funding. New investors Nordic Venture Partners and Long...

Alltel ‘cells’ new user interface

Alltel Corp. is continuing its innovation game with the introduction of CellTop, a new user interface running initially on the carrier's Samsung Electronics Co....

Study: Cingular brand more popular than AT&T

AT&T Inc. could have a tough time transferring the positive associations of the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. brand to the veteran AT&T brand, according to...

Verizon Wireless undercuts Cingular with cheaper phones

The heated battle between rivals Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. edged up a notch as Verizon Wireless cut its prices on several handsets...

ISuppli: $500 iPhone will cost $246 to make

ISuppli Corp has concluded-without performing a physical teardown-that Apple Inc.'s iPhone can generate 50 percent gross margins, based on a preliminary estimate of the...

Worst of the Week: I want my Pringles!

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 this...

Verizon Wireless scoops up Calif. spectrum license for $4.5M

Verizon Wireless announced it purchased a spectrum license from Alpine-Monterey F Inc. for $4.5 million. The carrier said the license covers 426,000 potential subscribers...

Sony Ericsson continues streak in fourth quarter

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. posted big gains in handset volumes, revenue and income for the fourth quarter of last year and the whole...

Nortel, Microsoft team for unified communications

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a wide-ranging agreement with software giant Microsoft Corp. to cash in on the potential for unified communications, which the company...
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