June 2007

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Aepona, a global provider of telecom software and services, plans to merge with Appium, which focuses on application servers and service creation environments, the two companies announced. The new entity …

Amp’d Mobile Inc. blamed its rapid growth, back-office systems and collection problems as the reasons for its need to reorganize under Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and said that nearly half of …

Corporate infrastructure provider Avaya Inc. announced an $8.2 billion deal under which it will be bought out by two private-equity firms. The transaction is just the latest in a growing …

HTC Corp., the nimble, Taiwan-based smartphone maker that is a leading purveyor of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system, announced in London its new HTC Touch, a phone that employs …

Infrastructure giant L.M. Ericsson announced it will pay around $417 million for German billing company LHS AG, a move that could pit Ericsson directly against telecom billing heavyweights like Amdocs …

Telecom giant AT&T Inc. was the nation’s second-largest advertiser during the first quarter, according to TNS Media Intelligence, second only to multinational manufacturer Procter & Gamble Co., which makes a …

AT&T Mobility has revamped its prepaid play with a new add-on package options for its GoPhone Pay As You Go customers.GoPhone users can now choose a calling package of 3,000 …

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 and vendor. The value of the …

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. tumbled in after-hours trading after the company rejected a takeover bid by Harbinger Capital Partners.Harbinger, which is already Openwave’s second-largest shareholder, two weeks ago offered …

Long-running speculation that Palm Inc. has been a takeover target may abate now that the company has received a $325 million infusion of private capital from Elevation Partners-a 25% stake-in …

L.M. Ericsson’s courtship of Turner Broadcasting System International continues to roll on; CNN International, of which Turner is the parent, plans to air six, 60-minute films exploring technology in the …

Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom said it as has tapped InfoSpace Inc. to provide a suite of mobile search and Internet services.InfoSpace said it will power a mobile search …

Google Inc. is jumping onto the crowded m-commerce field with a wireless version of its Checkout service.Google Checkout, which launched a year ago, is a PayPal-type offering that allows users …

Singapore-based Flextronics International Ltd. said it would acquire Solectron Corp., of Milpitas, Calif., for $3.6 billion in cash and stock to create an even larger electronics manufacturing service that will …

Best Buy Co. Inc. has expanded its mobile retail experiment, bringing on additional wireless-only retail locations beyond the initial test market in New York City.Best Buy Mobile started out with …

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. …

As the days get longer and the mercury rises, a handful of mobile e-mail developers are reaching for the LEMONADE. Shorthand for the License to Enhanced Mobile Oriented And Diverse …

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in May:

Mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection over the weekend, claiming its back-end systems have been unable to keep up with the company’s rapid growth. The …

The Bush administration, seeking to make more efficient use of the nation’s dwindling supply of airwaves, took another step toward creating a test bed for sharing spectrum among federal agencies, …

WASHINGTON-A federal judicial panel conditionally remanded a brain-cancer lawsuit and class-action headset lawsuit against mobile-phone companies to courts in Florida and Pennsylvania respectively. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore …

Stalwarts in media are increasingly bullish on driving their audience’s eyes and ears to just about every channel imaginable. But just as these powerhouses are finally finding their online groove, …

It’s official: Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry Curve is available at AT&T Mobility. Price is $200, with two-year contract and mail-in rebate. The quad-band device rides on AT&T Mobility’s EDGE …