June 2007

Alcatel-Lucent unveiled a content platform designed to allow operators to customize the mobile shopping experience for their users.The Paris-based corporation said its 5965 Mobile Content Platform offers tools to help …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.–Adaptive Mobile: Doughty Hanson, an …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier –Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its issue rating on …

Peter Adderton, founder and CEO of mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc., has left the company he founded and subsequently guided into bankruptcy.An Amp’d representative confirmed that Adderton and …

It was loud and frequent complaints-“I’d rather make a trip to the dentist than shop for a wireless phone”-that ultimately led to the creation of Best Buy Mobile, a joint …

When customers call, marketers aren’t doing a very good job addressing their concerns. That’s the conclusion of a new call-center-satisfaction study, which found one-fifth of callers hang up with unresolved …

After a temporary break from acquiring affiliates, Sprint Nextel Corp. is going forward with the purchase of a small Minnesota affiliate for $312.5 million, a number that includes the assumption …

The Wizard of Oz can change his mind, it seems. Apple Inc. said that its forthcoming iPhone product will run applications created with Web 2.0 standards, opening the device to …

Broadcom Corp. plans to acquire GPS know-how, products and software by purchasing Global Locate Inc., a privately held firm that currently supplies GPS solutions to handset vendors, the two companies …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could overtake Motorola Inc. in market share for the second quarter, according to projections from analyst Ittai Kidron at CIBC. The share shift would be remarkable, …

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG has no intention of selling its U.S. wireless operations T-Mobile USA Inc., according to Rene Obermann, CEO of the international operator. Obermann reportedly told …

MetroPCS Communications Inc. extended its contract with TeleCommunications Systems Inc. for the company to provide hosted E911 services to the flat-rate carrier. The contract between the two companies has been …

Faith West is targeting mobile game publishers with new technology designed to improve gaming audio.The U.S.-based division of Japan’s Faith Inc. unveiled mXMFTool, an open-standard technology for developers of ringtones, …

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group once again made an ally out of a competing technology, agreeing to take the Wibree Forum under its umbrella.Wibree addresses devices with very low battery …

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 …

L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a GSM expansion framework deal with China Mobile Communications Corp. valued at $1 billion. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt …

If you were wondering whether Nokia Corp. would take advantage of last week’s potentially bruising decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban new 3G handsets bearing Qualcomm Inc.’s …

Richard Notebaert announced his retirement as chairman and CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., pending the company’s selection of a successor.The company has not set a timetable for naming a …

InfoSpace Inc. scored another carrier customer for its wireless Web service even as it continued to beat a retreat from the content space.The Seattle-area company expanded its relationship with Verizon …

USA Today is partnering with mobile search provider 4INFO Inc. on an ad-supported, text-message news alert service for mobile users.Consumers can register to receive free SMS alerts about news, sports …

Mobile security software developer AdaptiveMobile said it pocketed $14 million in a second round of funding.Doughty Hanson, an early-stage venture capital fund, led the round, joined by Noor Financial Investment …

IBM Corp. announced it agreed to buy Swedish software firm Telelogic for $745 million in cash to raise its profile as a leading software provider to major companies. Telelogic counts …

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. …

Fixed-mobile convergence subscribers will number 170 million by 2012 and generate $33.4 billion in revenue, if cooperation increases between all the players in the value chain, according to a new …

I’ve seen the future and it is advertising on cellphones.A bit dramatic, perhaps? Yes, but during a panel discussion with a group of college students from Northwest University at last …