Monthly Archives: March, 2007

Clearwire nets $600M in IPO, details to come…

Clearwire Corp. has finally gone public, with an opening trading price of $27.25 per share that fell to less than $25 in busy midday...

WWE clips headed to Cingular phones

World Wrestling Entertainment will provide about 100 video clips each month to AT&T Inc.'s Cingular Wireless customers under a new content deal between the...

Nokia deploys software-updating service

Nokia Corp. said it deployed a software update application that will allow its customers to update the software on their Nokia phones on their...

CyberNet rolls out WiMAX in Calif.

CyberNet Communications Inc. said it deployed WiMAX-based wireless Internet access in parts of Los Angeles, Vernon and the city of Commerce, Calif. The...

User-generated content in flux: Zannel surfaces while Mojungle falters

The volatility of the early user-generated mobile content market was highlighted as one player strolled onto the playground while another was carried off the...

AT&T ‘hotter,’ passes T-Mobile USA with 48,000 hot spots

AT&T Inc. has substantially expanded its network of Wi-Fi hot spots, adding 13,000 new locations around the world for more than 48,000 total. That...

Yahoo dives deeper into mobile

Yahoo Inc. inked a deal to deploy its Go for Mobile 2.0 offering on Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile devices.The Internet giant is partnering with...

Starent files for $115M IPO

Starent Networks Corp. filed plans for an initial public offering. The company hopes to raise $115 million, according to reports.The infrastructure software developer said...

Nokia reworks North American sales and marketing efforts

Nokia Corp. named Mark Louison to lead its device business in North America, replacing Tim Eckersley, currently in that position. Louison has also been...

Nokia dives into mobile ad waters

Nokia Corp. announced a new push into mobile advertising, moves that likely will put the mobile powerhouse into direct competition with the likes of...

Sierra goes M2M with AirLink purchase

Sierra Wireless Inc. announced that it will acquire M2M vendor AirLink Communications Inc. for $10 million in cash and 1.3 million in shares. Under...

Virgin Mobile USA to add another Kyocera to its lineup

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. will soon sell a self-branded handset, made by Kyocera Wireless Corp., dubbed the Marbl for $30 to its predominantly pay-as-you-go...

AT&T pushes further into three-screen integration

AT&T Inc. launched a new service that allows customers to manage television recordings using their cellphones, further evidence of the carrier's moves toward an...

Chinese handset vendors set sights on U.S.

A robust economy in China may be fueling robust ambitions. Two domestic Chinese handset makers will use the upcoming CTIA Wireless 2007 show to...

Sununu adds amendment to public-safety communications bill

Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) is pushing an amendment to a homeland security bill that would ensure Internet Protocol-based solutions are not excluded from government...

ADC shows strong quarter but forced to restate earnings

Infrastructure equipment maker ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it increased earnings by 9 percent in the past quarter from the same quarter a year ago,...

RCC shows widening losses but improved customer metrics

Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported...

Mach acquires Cibernet

Mach announced that it acquired CB Holdings Inc., the parent company of financial-settlement company Cibernet. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Combined, Mach...

At GDC, mobile game-makers bemoan ‘giant sucking sound’

The opening day of the 2007 Game Developers Conference was all about 5 percent.While U.S. consumers increasingly use their phones to send photos and...

RIM stock-option review: $250M in adjustments

Research in Motion Ltd. has announced that it will adjust its earnings by $250 million due to the results of an internal review of...

Senate set to vote on $3.1B public-safety grant program

The Senate is set to vote this week on a homeland security bill that includes more federal support for interoperable public-safety wireless communications.The legislation...

TracFone class-action settlement could cost up to $70M

TracFone Wireless Inc. agreed to settle a class-action suit alleging the top prepaid cellular company misled consumers by charging them at the roaming rate...

Sprint Nextel’s new online community: a ‘fundamental change in culture’

In the spirit of freewheeling online wireless forums such as Howard Forums and SprintUsers.com, Sprint Nextel Corp. has started its own virtual community for...

Mobile heats up at GDC

A flurry of mobile gaming news is coming out of San Francisco in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference. Powerhouses and startups in the...

TDS cancels plans to buy 100% of U.S. Cellular

U.S. Cellular Corp.'s parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is no longer considering making an offer to acquire the portion of the carrier's...
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