Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Frontline, Cyren Call in war of words over 700 MHz auction

Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top cellphone carrier if federal regulators approve...

Wireless data worth more than $5B in Q1

The U.S. wireless data market generated more than $5 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2007, according to Chetan Sharma Consulting, and...

M2M market is low-churn, low-ARPU game: In U.S., carriers defer to MVNOs

Machine-to-machine communication is all about efficiency: collecting data from far-flung locations with less labor, less danger, lower power and in real-time. Thus one might...

RIM nears end of earnings restatement

Research In Motion Ltd. has moved a step closer to satisfying Canadian regulators' requirements for restated earnings in light of past stock-option practices at...

Moto, Napster make music

Napster announced a deal to bring on-demand subscription music services to Motorola Inc.'s entire line of cellphones.The digital music company said it will work...

ActsPower improves repeater performance

ActsPower Technologies, an RF wireless development company, said it has developed technology that improves on-frequency repeater performance on cellular and PCS networks."When utilizing repeaters,...

Nortel teams with Toshiba over WiMAX

Nortel Networks and Toshiba Corp. have teamed up to jointly develop mobile WiMAX base stations for the Japanese and global markets.The base stations will...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, Ericsson and more

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...

VC firms buy tower vendor

The rise of venture capitalists' power in the wireless industry and beyond continues to grow with the just announced purchase of National Grid Wireless...

Firms cash in on mobile banking

The mobile banking space continued to heat up as three financial institutions rolled out services for on-the-go customers.Wells Fargo & Company is targeting business...

Financial ratings wrap-up: U.S. Cellular, Leap, Alcatel-Lucent and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --RW Baird raised its...

Speedus drops patent suit against Verizon Wireless

Speedus Corp., a holding company that owns a variety of patents, said it will drop two patent complaints it filed against Verizon Wireless last...

Verizon to consolidate wireless, wireline advertising operations: Carrier positions against newly unified AT&T

Verizon Wireless will combine its advertising and marketing efforts with that of parent company Verizon Communications Inc. in a move that will help the...

Chinese equipment market tumbles forward

The Chinese market for mobile network equipment continued to creep forward as Alcatel-Lucent announced several major infrastructure contracts with Chinese wireless operators, and the...

Sprint Nextel expands unlimited trial, competition adjusts

Sprint Nextel Corp. has extended its unlimited voice and data trials to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Tampa, Fla. and Philadelphia, branching out from its initial market...

GPS more compelling app than TV for Europeans

European consumers are more interested in location-based services than they are in watching mobile TV, according to new figures from Canalys.The U.K.-based market research...

MyCorner joins user-generated content market

Mobile video service MyCorner is the latest player on the user-generated content field, launching an ad-supported service that allows users to share clips with...

Critics blast proposal that would increase penalties for copyright infringement

A digital rights advocacy group criticized a Bush administration legislative proposal to crackdown on intellectual property infringement, a move that comes as the music...

Worst of the Week: Razr burn

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...

New Motion sees growth in content sales

Digital entertainment company New Motion Inc. said its first-quarter sales nearly doubled.Net sales increased 83% to $5.6 million, from $4 million during the first...

Targeting the consumer: Moto CMO offers glimpse into firm’s marketing plans: Keller to keep ‘Hello Moto’ tagline

Motorola Inc. is shifting its marketing strategy away from its mobile devices such as the Razr or Pebl to one more squarely focused on...

Motorola expected to announce more job cuts soon

Struggling cellphone maker Motorola Inc. is expected to slash more jobs in addition to the 3,500 layoffs it announced earlier this year, several analysts...

Frontline, Cyren Call in war of words over 700 MHz auction: FCC has yet to rule on auction guidelines

Frontline Wireless L.L.C. rejected Cyren Call Communications Corp.'s view that first responders should join forces with a top mobile phone carrier if federal regulators...

TerreStar commands spectrum for hybrid satellite-terrestrial network

The Federal Communications Commission agreed to reserve a large chunk of frequencies for TerreStar Networks Inc., a firm that plans to provide wireless service...

MLB teams offer wireless ticketing

Major League Baseball is teaming with Scotland's Mobiqa to turn mobile phones into tickets to the ballpark.The companies unveiled Tickets@Phone, an application that allows...
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