January 2007

Regional carrier and Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it scored 11,909 net retail customer additions in the fourth quarter and 30,528 net retail customers for the …

Openwave Systems Inc. said it has yet to reach a settlement in its proxy contest with Harbinger Capital Partners.The mobile software developer said Monday it extended a board seat to …

Verizon Wireless won a preliminary injunction against a Texas wireless reseller that it claims reneged on its agreement to be an exclusive Verizon Wireless dealer. Meanwhile, the dealer claims that …

Mobile content company Nellymoser Inc. tapped Susanne Bowen to replace founder John Puterbaugh as CEO.Bowen most recently served as CEO of Webhire Inc., a Boston-based talent-management software firm, and has …

WASHINGTON-A stay has been lifted in the mobile phone industry’s challenge to a Kentucky wireless tax. A federal court has blocked the tax from being enforced.Industry’s suit and the tax …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. is taking to the hardwood with content from the NBA, CSTV Networks and basketball magazines “Dime” and “Bounce.”The mobile virtual network operator said it will deliver a …

The Bush administration’s top telecommunications policy advisor said a report will be released early this year detailing the federal government’s use of spectrum, information largely kept out of the public’s …

Mobile marketing startup Millenial Media emerged from stealth mode with $6.3 million in its wallet.Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital and Acta Wireless participated in the first round of funding for …

Wireless subscribers still covet broad network coverage-and will switch carriers to get it, according to a new survey of mobile users by comScore Networks. About 27 percent of survey respondents …

Cellphone association CTIA announced it hired Jay Driscoll as its new director of government affairs. Driscoll previously worked as the legislative director for the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance.“With his …

IceBreaker Inc. is hoping to lure would-be lovers with an anonymous matchmaking application for cellphones.The company launched “Crush or Flush,” a downloadable offering that allows users to create profiles, browse …

Online retailer InPhonic Inc. and US Airways have partnered in a new Dividend Miles Wireless program that will allow US Airways Dividend Miles members to earn thousands of miles through …

A tight embrace might keep a customer from wandering elsewhere, which helps explain Sprint Nextel Corp.’s official release of two dual-mode, CDMA/iDEN phones designed to please iDEN customers who are …

Online movie rental giant Netflix Inc. announced plans to roll out a new feature that will allow subscribers to stream movies and television series to their personal computers. The company …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced a new senior vice president of strategy as the company tries to turn around and its recent poor performance.Jack Dziak, who has worked for MCI Communications …

Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” is far and away the television program that consumers are most interested in watching on mobile telephones. During the second quarter of 2006, the Comedy …

LAS VEGAS-The only thing holding up the explosion of the mobile phone content and advertising business continues to be the lack of interested viewers, panelists bemoaned at the second annual …

The global mobile gambling market shows promise despite recent legislation in the United States against Internet gambling, according to new numbers from Juniper Research. The firm predicts the global market …

After a brief delay, New Wave Mobile Inc. has closed on its acquisition of WagerPhone Inc., which provides a customizable platform for lotteries that offers new and alternative distribution channels. …

Wrestling franchise Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling signed an exclusive mobile content deal with New Motion Inc., an agreement that includes multimedia integration with Spike TV’s TNA iMPACT pay-per-view and …

Mobifusion, a developer, publisher and distributor of mobile applications, has expanded its reach into reference content for mobile devices and smartphones with its now completed acquisition of Town Compass. Terms …

ST. LOUIS-Alltel Corp. announced extended its content-billing deal with Amdocs Inc.Terms of the multi-year contract were not disclosed. Amdocs’ Qpass Digital Commerce platform allows Alltel subscribers to browse and purchase …

T-Mobile USA Inc. offered data this week purporting to demonstrate the consumer appeal of the Research In Motion Ltd. BlackBerry Pearl. The tidbits suggest that the Pearl-designed to appeal to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In …

Verizon Wireless plans to join its compatriots in raising the price of per-message texting, bumping the rate for sending and receiving messages from 10 cents apiece to 15 cents for …