Monthly Archives: April, 2007

Sprint Nextel shareholder seeks change at beleaguered carrier

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. inched upward following a Wall Street Journal report that shareholder Ralph Whitworth is pushing for major changes at the...

Metro One taps restructuring group

Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it hired XRoads Solutions Group to help it restructure and improve its financial position.Metro One...

Research: Telecom capex jumped 8 percent in 2006

Telecom operators in North America spent $68.6 billion on their networks last year, an increase of 8 percent from 2005, according to a new...

Cingular and Verizon Wireless drop kid phones

Verizon Wireless has discontinued sales of its kid-focused Migo phone, by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., while Cingular has dropped its youth-targeted Firefly device at...

Worst of the Week: Electrode-nodule module transmits amps monkeys

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...

Local news stations to go mobile

Crisp Wireless and Internet Broadcasting have formed a partnership to launch 29 different mobile Web sites delivering breaking news, weather conditions, forecasts, live radar,...

Blowout expectations dashed, Wall Street sends RIM downward

The perversity of Wall Street came into focus after Research In Motion Ltd. delivered solid fourth-quarter fiscal 2006 earnings yesterday that were still below...

FTC pushes for civil penalties against pretexters

The Federal Trade Commission asked lawmakers for authority to assess civil penalties against individuals and firms that obtain consumer phone records under false pretenses,...

The $2B hole: Research shows businesses should pay for wireless

Businesses in the United States are wasting in excess of $2 billion each year by not paying their mobile employees' wireless bills, according to...

Report: Wireless E911 not good enough

A new report finds location-based wireless emergency service is not always reliable, one of several major problems with the nation's 911 regime that lawmakers...

Comverse greets new CEO

Comverse Technology Inc. announced former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Andre Dahan, 58, will become the company's president, CEO and board member beginning April...

Investors worry over Intrinsyc losses

Shares of Intrinsyc Software International Inc. dipped after the developer of mobile software reported a second-quarter net loss of $3.76 million.Intrinsyc, which is based...

Kajeet gets SquarePants with new Nickelodeon deal

Tween mobile virtual network operator kajeet announced a deal with kid TV channel Nickelodeon, whereby kajeet will offer content from Nickelodeon on its phones...

Triad sells Northern Cali licenses to Chickasaw

Spectrum licenses in the 1.9 GHz band covering a large swath of forested, rural Northern California have been sold for an undisclosed amount. Triad...

BCGI to shave off 21 percent of workforce

Boston Communications Group Inc.'s woes continued this week as the company said it will slash its workforce by 21 percent. The company also said...

Study: Mobile TV audience to reach 125M by 2011

The number of mobile TV subscribers worldwide will increase steadily over the next few years, reaching 125 million in 2011, according to new figures...

Analysts mixed on Palm’s Linux focus, smartphone growth

Palm Inc.'s management told analysts in New York yesterday that it will exploit growth in the smartphone sector to thrive, yet ducked questions about...

Alltel expands smartphone calling plans

Alltel Corp. has broadened the price range of its Smart Choice plans for individual and family smartphone users, which combine the carrier's mycircle calling...

Air Force turns to mobile marketing to up recruitment

On Friday, fans wandering around the sidelines of the Texas Motor Speedway in Dallas will be the first to experience the mobile arm of...

Qualcomm and Nokia: lowering expectations on a swift resolution

The public posturing by Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. remains consistent in the hours after their cross-licensing agreement expired after midnight last night, while...

Frontline calls up high-powered backers

Frontline Wireless L.L.C. said it picked up big-name, high-tech backing for its market-driven plan to buy spectrum for a national, public-safety broadband network that...

Alcatel-Lucent, Datang Mobile to build TD-SCDMA for China Mobile

Alcatel-Lucent and Datang Mobile scored big wins as China Mobile tapped the companies for a TD-SCDMA trial network expansion program.Datang and Alcatel Shanghai Bell...

AirTight rounds up $14.5M in funding

AirTight Networks Inc. announced it secured an additional $14.5 million in its latest round of venture capital funding, bringing the business' total VC investment...

Amp’d nears 200,000 subscribers, doubles customer base during first quarter

Amp'd Mobile Inc. says it is close to reaching the 200,000 subscriber mark after a strong first quarter, numbers that indicate the mobile virtual...

IPCS shows first-quarter subscriber growth

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. announced subscriber details for the first quarter and disclosed a planned private offering and consent solicitation.The company said...
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