Monthly Archives: April, 2007

T-Mobile USA again tops J.D. Power rankings

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued to dominate the J.D. Power and Associates regional survey of wireless customer satisfaction, receiving the highest ranking in all six...

InterDigital expects more royalty revenues for Q1

InterDigital Communications Corp. updated its first-quarter guidance to reflect additional royalties identified during a routine audit conducted by the company.The company said it expects...

Modeo NYC usage stats show demand for mobile TV

LAS VEGAS-Modeo L.L.C., which recently wrapped up a trial of its broadcast mobile TV service, said the 138 participants in the trial mostly gave...

The path to convergence: AT&T adds wireless to plans for business

AT&T Inc. is taking another step along the path of convergence as it rolls out integrated business service plans that include wireless along with...

Alltel’s calling zone swells into Canada, Mexico

Alltel Corp. has expanded the reach of its plans to include toll-free calls to and from Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin...

Flycell updates Web sites

Flycell Inc. is targeting 14- to 25-year-olds with revamped wireless and computer Web sites hawking ringtones, games, on-demand video and other mobile goodies.The New...

Motorola posts sales decline, profit loss-but investors expected worse

The news from Motorola Inc., which reported first-quarter earnings early today, is fairly grim-and the short-term outlook is no better.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based handset giant...

Survey: Stand-alone Wi-Fi doesn’t match cellular

Wi-Fi-only phones probably won't replace cellular phones anytime soon, according to a new survey from research firm In-Stat.While stand-alone Wi-Fi phones theoretically could replace...

Artificial Life eyes interactive TV apps with acquisition

Artificial Life Inc., a Hong Kong-based company that focuses on mobile technology, content, games and applications, said it bought the SMS Galaxy system from...

BlackBerry outage ends, but cause still under review

One measure of the established use of wireless e-mail in general and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices in the United States in particular:...

General Dynamics to build wireless network for government agencies

The Justice Department said it picked General Dynamics Corp. to deploy a wireless network to be shared by three federal agencies, the selection coming...

AT&T goes after pretexters

AT&T Inc. said it reached confidential settlements and obtained court-ordered injunctions against 13 alleged pretexters in the federal lawsuits it filed in San Antonio...

ACLU urges rejection of wiretap liability protection

The nation's top civil liberties group urged lawmakers to reject a new Bush administration proposal that would give liability protection to wireless carriers and...

FCC digs deeper into broadband deployment

The Federal Communications Commission launched rulemakings to examine broadband deployment in the United States, as well as how to measure availability of and access...

Clearwire’s stock bounces briefly on analysts’ confidence

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.'s stock rose briefly today as analysts issued favorable reports of the company's prospects, but later continued its downward...

Cellphone video on forefront of Virginia Tech news coverage

Television viewers tuning in to catch updates of Monday's shootings at Virginia Tech saw glimpses of the tragedy through Jamal Albarghouti's mobile phone.A graduate...

Alltel hires former Sprint Nextel manager to head mobile ad strategy

Alltel Corp. announced that it hired a wireless industry veteran to coordinate its mobile advertising strategy for its data services and technology platforms. Eric...

Microsoft’s Tellme launches toll-free search number

The voice-activated mobile search space continued to heat up as Microsoft Corp. launched a series of services delivering local business information.The free offerings, unveiled...

Cheaper smartphones hit Alltel, T-Mobile USA

Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest carrier, discounted two smartphones over the past week, dropping prices on the Palm Inc. Treo 650 to $150 (from...

AT&T passes on Telecom Italia investment for now

AT&T Inc. has dropped negotiations to acquire a one-third stake in a holding company, Olimpia S.p.A., which controls about 18 percent of Telecom Italia's...

Museum to display GPS work of Tendler

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History said it received for future display prototypes and patent papers documenting the work of 911 GPS cellphone...

Telcos now open to FreeConference.com calls, firm says

A free conference calling service says that Sprint Nextel Corp. has stopped blocking calls to its numbers, a move that comes after FreeConference.com urged...

Poll: Media executives see threat, opportunity in user-generated content

User-generated content is the largest threat-and, perhaps, the biggest potential opportunity-to media and entertainment companies, according to a survey of executives released by Accenture.The...

Nokia embraces widgets

Nokia Corp. has joined the mobile widget bandwagon.The handset maker said it initially will use the icon-based applications on its S60 platform, providing one-click...

New broadcast coalition could threaten entrenched mobile TV players

Rather than ceding control of the mobile TV market to the nation's wireless carriers, nine U.S. television broadcast groups have formed an industry alliance...
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