Monthly Archives: February, 2007

Verizon Wireless buys Samsung’s dual approach to messaging

Slim, shiny, clever devices dazzle and delight-impressions that all the major handset makers are capable of producing in a mobile phone. As carriers manage...

Mobile TV deals hint at broader MVNO plans

For years, the nation's two largest wireless carriers, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless, have focused on their network's reach and reliability in marketing...

Adult content gets cold shoulder north of border

Think adult content is a safe play for wireless carriers? Try asking Canadian operator Telus Corp.Telus quietly dropped its racy offerings last week-less than...

Wireless increasingly ‘In Style’: Women’s magazine latest print effort

In Style is the latest U.S. print publication to go mobile, launching a downloadable application with celebrity photos, fashion trends and shopping information.The application...

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Mobile Melo shoots, scoresCarmelo Anthony, star of the Denver Nuggets basketball team, has launched a mobile portal called Melo Mobile. The portal is powered...

XM, Sirius tie-up to face FCC scrutiny

After months of rampant speculation, the nation's only two satellite radio companies, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., announced plans...

Man’s best friends

What do you get when you combine personal locator beacon wireless technology, a loyal black Lab and three climbers stranded on Mt. Hood: survival....

Mobile music fails to find its rhythm

In these early days of mobile entertainment, full-track download services are a bit like the weather: everyone complains about them, but no one seems...

Monday, Feb. 26, 2007

CommProve serves up new CEO

CommProve announced it appointed a new CEO, David Wilkinson, who previously served as the head of network management company Actix."The demand for CommProve's solutions...

Palm offers update for daylight-saving time extension

Palm Inc. has released a software update that addresses the extension of daylight-saving time that begins this year.Users can download the Palm software update...

S&P worries over Alltel’s ‘strategic alternatives’

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it put Alltel Corp.'s credit rating on CreditWatch with "negative implications." The move follows comments from Alltel executives...

NPD: Shoppers flip out for flip phones

It's still all about the flip when it comes to mobile phones.A new report from research firm NPD Group concluded that while many factors...

Mosaid to pay $70M for Wi-Fi, WiMAX patents

Mosaid Technologies Inc. announced it will pay around $70 million to chipmaker Agere Systems for patents covering Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology."Agere invited more than...

Brickhouse inks AVN deal

Adult mobile content provider Brickhouse Mobile inked a deal to deliver exclusive content from AVN Media Network, an adult industry trade publication.Brickhouse said it...

Content market thins as Zed pays $66.8M for MonsterMob

MonsterMob Group plc booted its three top executives after Spanish content aggregator LaNetro Zed took a 52-percent stake in the ringtone provider.Zed, an 11-year-old...

Broadcom and Qualcomm settle Bluetooth suits, but other issues remain

One down, at least four to go.Broadcom Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. agreed to drop lawsuits and counter-suits involving two patents apiece relating to Bluetooth...

InPhonic shrinks loss

Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed on increased revenues.The company reported revenue of $120.3 million for the quarter, up from...

SBA trumpets fourth quarter as ‘solid finish’ to 2006

Tower company SBA Communications Corp. reported improvements in both revenues and net loss for the fourth quarter.The company reported total revenues for the quarter...

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...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Robert W. Baird raised...

Buongiorno buys mobile advertising firm

Mobile content aggregator Buongiorno SpA said it will spend $5.6 million to acquire HotSMS BV, an Amsterdam-based mobile advertising firm.HotSMS works with traditional advertising...

NTIA turns over public-safety grant program to DHS

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, blasted the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for surrendering control...

Fon targets coffee shop Wi-Fi business with free router offer

Madrid, Spain-based "social router" company Fon is hoping to drum up some interest in its unique Wi-Fi business by going head-to-head with Starbucks and...

Mobixell acquires Adamind

Wireless technology company Mobixell announced it will acquire the assets of rival Adamind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The synergy between both companies;...
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