Monthly Archives: May, 2007

Carriers tickle Motorola pricing, Alltel snaps, jumps into music

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and...

AT&T draws on past rebranding experiences : iPhone launch brings spotlight to new entity

More than four months after announcing its acquisition of BellSouth Corp., AT&T Inc. continues a determined push to rebrand Cingular as "the new AT&T."...

Sony Ericsson launches S500 slim slider in U.S.

Counting on "small details" to differentiate its latest product launch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced it will launch its new S500 handset in...

Washington poised to ban cellphones while driving

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) today plans to sign bills prohibiting drivers from operating cellphones-including sending text messages-while behind the wheel, her press aide...

THQ, Zenops make wireless gaming purchases

The wireless gaming space continued to consolidate, as two major players in the space announced purchases.First up was THQ Inc., which announced it bought...

Nokia, Sony Ericsson bulk up in China

Nokia Corp. is deepening its hold on the Chinese handset market, the world's largest cellphone market and also one of its most rapidly growing.The...

Alcatel-Lucent wireless woes continue

Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues for the first quarter that were slightly lower than what it forecast nearly three weeks ago; however, investors didn't appear alarmed...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nortel, Nokia Siemens, Motorola 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...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Leap, Nortel, Powerwave 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 --Morgan Stanley raised its...

OnStar subscriber sues over 2008 loss of coverage

DETROIT-An OnStar subscriber in Virginia has filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court seeking $5 million from General Motors and OnStar Corp.Robert Weaver, of...

Alltel promotes side-loading with Jump Music app

Alltel Wireless is following AT&T Mobility's lead by encouraging subscribers to side-load tunes from their computers to mobile phones.The Little Rock, Ark.-based carrier launched...

Helio rolls out unlimited plan for $145 per month: Ocean handset now available through Helio, GameStop

Helio L.L.C. announced it is now offering an unlimited voice calling plan for $145 per month. The offering includes long distance and roaming calls,...

U.S. Cellular shows financial, customer gains in Q1

U.S. Cellular Corp. reported a sizeable increase in revenues in preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2007, marking a steady increase in...

Sprint Nextel gets new CMO: Carrier also working with new ad firm

Yet another executive is exiting through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s revolving front-office door.The carrier said Mark Schweitzer will step down from his post as chief...

Zander hits the road with new handsets, I-can attitude

Having survived an attempted coup by dissident shareholder Carl Icahn earlier this week, Motorola CEO Ed Zander hit the road this week to tout...

J.D. Power: The 30-second window critical to carrier retail success

First impressions really do count in wireless, and retail store staff had better be quick on their feet, according to the most recent customer...

AdMob teams with mywaves for click-to-video ads

AdMob is teaming with mobile media company mywaves to power click-to-video advertisements on wireless phones.The offering will allow wireless Web surfers to click on...

FCC: Fourth-quarter complaints cover wireless billing, rates

The Federal Communications Commission said it received 4,600 wireless complaints in the fourth quarter of 2006, a slight increase over the previous quarter. Most...

Worst of the Week: Conspiracy Theories

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...

TCS renews E911 deal with Verizon Wireless

TeleCommunications Systems Inc. has extended a pact to provide hosted E911 Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) services to Verizon Wireless.The Annapolis, Md.-based mobile data technology...

PlayPhone grabs $18.7M in funding round

PlayPhone Inc., which provides off-deck entertainment offerings, said it raised $18.7 million in a third round of venture capital funding.The financing was led by...

News Corp.’s Peter Chernin sees mobile space as ‘evolving’

LAS VEGAS-At a press conference at the Cable Show yesterday, News Corp. COO Peter Chernin offered his views on both mobile and online business...

T-Mobile USA scores 1 million new customers in first quarter, details to come…

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst' expectations, largely on the strength of its...

Plaintiffs ask to drop California brain cancer suit against Motorola, others

Motorola Inc. said a lawyer for a California landscape contractor who alleged in a suit that heavy cellphone use caused his fatal brain tumor...

Call-blocking battle heats up: Sprint Nextel files lawsuit against alleged ‘traffic pumping’

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies who have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged "traffic pumping,"...
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