February 2007

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduce legislation to kill the 3-percent federal excise tax on wireless and wireline phone service.The Department of Treasury, following a series of legal defeats, …

The U.S. House of Representatives said it canceled MobileAccess Networks’ in-building wireless license and add-on business to improve cellphone coverage in the House because of concerns about the bidding process …

Alcatel-Lucent introduced a new CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A-enabled base station for the 700 MHz spectrum band aimed at supporting the specific needs of public-safety organizations. The company said the …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that reversed a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges …

Mobile payment startup Obopay Inc. announced an impressive win, inking a deal for a pilot program to allow Citi customers to send and receive money from wireless phones.The Redwood City, …

Interactive gaming company AirPlay is teaming with the National Basketball Association on a new offering that allows mobile users to compete against each other during basketball games.NBA AirPlay Live lets …

Leap Wireless International Inc. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter and full year 2006, while revenues increased. The carrier added a total of 260,000 customers during the fourth …

Verizon Wireless announced that it has partnered with Fujifilm USA Inc. to provide its customers with Fujifilm’s “Get the Picture Online Service Network,” an online photo-printing service that allows users …

The hype surrounding dual-mode phones is overblown in the United States, according to research firm Ovum.The company issued a new report that predicts only about 2 percent of U.S. mobile …

MobiTV Inc. announced that it has surpassed two million subscribers, a doubling of its paying subscribers worldwide in less than a year. MobiTV offers more than 100 television channels worldwide …

Mobile social networking developer Jumbuck Entertainment Ltd. reported a net profit of $1.86 million during the second half of 2006, up 11 percent from the same period in 2005.The Melbourne, …

Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed its dismal fourth quarter customer numbers with the release of its full financials, but reported a silver lining of a 32-percent increase in profits for the …

NII Holdings Inc., which provides iDEN-based wireless service for business customers in Latin America, added a record 934,300 net subscribers to its network last year, a 49-percent increase over its …

Kineto Wireless Inc., a supplier of unlicensed mobile access technology, has received $10 million in its latest round of investor funding. InterDigital Communications Corp. led the pack with an investment …

SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. boosted its average revenue per user, cut operating costs and gained subscribers during the fourth quarter of 2006, but still posted an overall loss for the …

Verizon Wireless said it won a permanent injunction and default judgment against Specialized Programming and Marketing L.L.C., which the carrier had sued for spamming its customers.Verizon Wireless said Specialized sent …

RadioShack Corp.’s stock stood out this morning as it shot up nearly 15 percent to $26.24, well above its 52-week high, on news that the electronics retailer’s profits in the …

Mobile content company Motricity Inc. once again added to its bank account, raking in $50 million in equity funding from controversial investor Carl Icahn.Motricity, which provides and delivers mobile content …

Digital payment technology company Valista Ltd. named a new CEO, promoting former Vice President of International Sales Arlene Adams.The Dublin, Ireland-based firm said founder and current CEO Raomal Perera will …

Pay-as-you-go mobile virtual network operator XE Mobile added big-box retailer CompUSA as a new outlet for the MVNO’s handsets and airtime cards.“We expect XE Mobile’s products to appeal to our …

Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier’s Web site. No further details were offered, and the maps offered the caveat …

A trio of wireless veterans unveiled a new plan for a national public-safety broadband network that would use auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to supplement first-responder frequencies in the same band.Frontline …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has thrown down a gauntlet in the form of two new unlimited voice and data plans offered in the San Francisco market, home of a high-tech populace.Sprint …

L.M. Ericsson bid $1.4 billion in cash in a hostile move to acquire Norway’s Tandberg Television.The Swedish infrastructure company, which is moving aggressively into the digital content space, topped a …

U.S. Cellular Corp. moved closer to catching up with its financial reporting, providing third-quarter 2006 results and selected data from its fourth-quarter 2006 operations. The company has been going through …