March 2007

Medio Systems Inc. joined the mobile advertising stampede, unveiling a performance-based ad-serving network for both on-deck and off-deck activity.Mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. will be the first service …

XO Communications has started offering wireless broadband services in Phoenix, to expand its offerings beyond its fiber network. XO is offering the service in conjunction with XO-affiliated company Nextlink Wireless …

Canadian satellite communications company Stratos Global Corp. announced it will be acquired by Communications Investment Partners Ltd., an investment company focused on satellite services. Satellite vendor Inmarsat plc announced it …

After delaying the filing of its annual financial reports for 2006, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that despite a 10-percent increase in revenues from the same period a year ago, it …

Alltel Corp. has worked out sponsorship agreements with several cable networks for programs on VH1, ESPN, Speed, the Discovery Channel, USA and CMT.The deal includes Alltel as the presenting sponsor …

iLoop Mobile announced the launch of its mFinity mobile platform, which enables customers to create and implement text-based and interactive mobile ad campaigns. The platform will allow advertisers to develop …

Pointer Telocation Ltd. announced its plans to acquire Cellocator Ltd., a private Israeli company focused on location-based services and technology for cellphones. Pointer, which provides roadside assistance, fleet management and …

The CTIA Wireless show is the most important U.S. wireless event of the year. With tens of thousands of attendees, over 400,000 square feet of exhibits, participants from over 100 …

Ed Zander, Motorola Inc.’s CEO, will not appear at CTIA Wireless 2007’s keynote address on Tuesday next week, as originally scheduled.He may well be hunkered down, working on The Plan …

Nokia Corp. is asking European courts to declare Qualcomm Inc.’s patents in Europe “exhausted,” freeing the Finnish mobile phone maker to sell handsets in Europe containing chips by Texas Instruments …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to 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. …

Global flight information firm OAG has tapped mBlox to deliver text alerts to travelers in the Star Alliance network.The pact, which will be announced this week, allows OAG customers to …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.One of the most interesting statements on the inside pages of RCR Wireless …

Wireless customers are experiencing fewer call problems than in the past several years, according to the most recent survey of mobile call quality by J.D. Power and Associates-and the change …

Safari SMSKenya’s largest cellular operator, Safaricom, launched a money transfer service that allows its customers to transfer money using short message service technology. According to a Reuters report, in Kenya …

March in Florida typically conjures up images of half-naked college kids partying 24/7 on the beach, or for the more modest long lines and mouse ears. But, for the wireless …

It’s only March, but 2007 appears to be shaping up as the year of location-based mobile services. No, really, it might be true this time. Honest.Loopt Inc. this week is …

The Senate last week approved legislation to improve public-safety communications interoperability and location-based wireless 911, two vital homeland security components that remain weak links more than five years after the …

Cellular SouthCellular South announced it promoted four of its vice presidents to senior vice president positions. Suzy Hays was promoted to senior vice president of customer operations, where she will …

General Motors must dump 10 percent of its OnStar subscribers-about 500,000 users-because OnStar must cut off service to vehicles equipped with outdated analog telematics equipment.Next year, cellular phone service companies-which …

A small-business lawsuit to overturn the results of the $13.7 billion advanced wireless services auction is back on track, with the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreeing to hold …

Regional, flat-rate carrier Revol has started testing an advertising-supported wireless service that allows users to get a discount on their bills if they agree to receive content, advertising and promotional …

The Massachusetts Democrat who chairs the House Financial Services Committee is as liberal as liberal gets. But if the wireless industry and other business sectors look hard enough, they just …

As the hype machine clicks into high gear for the CTIA Wireless 2007 show, I thought it might be nice to review some of the hype from years past. The …