February 2007

Ron Garriques, an eight-year Motorola Inc. veteran who rose to lead the company’s mobile device division, itself responsible for the company’s resurgent fortunes via the Razr handset, resigned from Motorola …

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 and vendor. The value of the …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. touted a handful of high- to mid-tier handsets at the outset of the 3GSM World Congress and duly gained attention for its technical prowess. Tucked away …

Cox Communications has launched converged services in two markets in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp., offering consumers in Arizona and San Diego a bundle that includes wireless service and mobile …

Chinese wireless vendor Linktone Ltd. said it plans to make a competing offer for U.K. mobile content company MonsterMob Group Plc.Spain’s LaNetro Zed has already made a bid to buy …

Sprint Nextel Corp. wrapped up its trial of Qualcomm Inc.’s MediaFLO service last month, and has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services-at least for …

Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. announced it raised another $35 million in venture-capital funding, this time scoring money from Altitude Capital Partners L.L.C. The news means that Visto has now …

Canadian telecom company Rogers Communications Inc. boosted its wireless ARPU more than 6 percent year-over-year and posted its lowest churn rate ever: 1.24 percent.Rogers added 189,300 net new postpaid subscribers, …

Apple Inc. has requested more time to respond to Cisco System’s lawsuit over the iPhone name, according to Cisco.The new deadline for an agreement is Feb. 21. The previous deadline …

Having doubled the money it sets aside for legal issues-from $100 million last year to $200 million for the year ahead-Qualcomm Inc. announced that it will hire Carol Lam, the …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Carrier Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on …

T-Mobile USA Inc.’s chief marketing officer, Mike Butler, has resigned. A spokesman for the wireless carrier said Butler was in route to the T-Mobile USA-sponsored NBA All Star Game in …

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) wants to examine alternative emergency warning systems-including those based on wireless technology-in the aftermath of the Feb. 2 tornado that killed 20 people. The Florida …

Bell Mobility announced it will offer full-length, pay-per-view movies for video-capable mobile phones. The service, Mobile Movies, streams movies directly to the user’s handset over Bell’s wireless high-speed network.The movie …

Mino Wireless, a voice-over-IP mobile and wireless communications provider, announced that it has received $7 million in funding from the venture-capital firm Canaan Partners. Mino Wireless said its technology enables …

Dobson Communications Corp. reported solid quarterly results for the final period of 2006, growing its subscriber base and increasing its average revenue per user. Dobson ended the year with an …

Tween-focused mobile virtual network operator Kajeet Inc. has begun selling phones and service via its Web site, with coverage maps that appear to match up with the Sprint Nextel Corp. …

BARCELONA, Spain-Adding to the somewhat surreal nature of this year’s 3GSM World Congress was the presence of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CTO Barry West, who headlined a panel discussion on WiMAX …

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 column is a chance for …

Due to the infinite wisdom of a Congress that, rather than tackle the United States’ real energy issues, decided to futz about the margins with ideas the consistency of overcooked …

Alltel Corp. has settled a patent suit with Los Angeles-based Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing L.P., and agreed to pay an unspecified sum for a license on patents that Katz …

Late winter is always a good time to slim down, it seems. Nokia Corp., which employs some 68,000 people worldwide, announced it will cut 700 jobs, about one percent of …

Cellphone users are increasingly overwhelmed with the assortment of advanced features and functions on their phones, so much so that they rarely make use of services beyond simply placing a …

More details emerged about Clearwire Corp.’s planned initial public offering, with the company’s most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings showing an offering of 20 million shares for an anticipated …

The debate over net neutrality has moved full force into the wireless space.A new paper by Columbia University law professor Timothy Wu claims mobile-phone carriers’ iron-clad control of networks is …