Yearly Archives: 2007

Snoop Dogg: from gangsta rap to laying MVNO tracks

Snoop Dogg took the music world by storm in late 1992 when he helped propel gangsta rap to the most commercially successful subgenre of...

Price-fixing case could impact wireless distribution channels

The cellphone industry, the Bush administration and others are urging the Supreme Court to abandon a century-old antitrust standard in favor of one that...

U.S. Cellular justifies plan not to use DO

U.S. Cellular Corp. executives told analysts that they continue to be skeptical about the value of upgrading their CDMA 1x RTT network to EV-DO,...

Sprint Nextel’s bumpy ride continues as T-Mobile USA gains parental pride

Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed its dismal fourth-quarter customer numbers, which reflected an increasingly schizophrenic performance: reasonably healthy performance of its CDMA offerings, dragged down...

Executive Interview: D.P. Venkatesh

The mobile handset has become something of a looking glass in Wonderland. And mPortal Inc. was founded in 2000 to help clients-network operators, mobile...

Mobile TV space draws new entrants, contrasting models

California is sprinkled with television studios, and while many of the traditional Hollywood studios already have or are in the process of creating separate...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.--Verizon Wireless put out two press releases...

Telkore digs up $1.4M in funding

Infrastructure service provider Telkore Inc. snared $1.4 million in a Series A equity funding round led by SJF Ventures.Based in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Telkore provides...

Vivendi claims fraud against T-Mobile USA’s AWS spectrum acquisition

French media-telecom conglomerate Vivendi S.A. sharpened its charges against T-Mobile USA Inc. and its global affiliate, alleging corporate corruption helped the No. 4 U.S....

The changing face of the mobile handset business

The squeeze is on as the mobile handset business matures, growth slows and the pace of consolidation picks up.One sign of the increasing pressures,...

McCain bill drops Cyren Call for Frontline

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced a public-safety broadband bill that veers from the approach advocated by Cyren Call Communications Corp., first-responder groups and even...

Few gain, many lose, in battle over handset market share

Three of the top six handset vendors in the world lost market share last year, as did the "other" category that captures the multitude...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston...

Cingular to offer $5 unlimited in-network messaging option

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is upping the ante in the messaging game with plans to offer an unlimited in-network messaging plan to rival similar offerings...

Mobile gaming on upswing in Latin America

Mobile gaming revenues in Latin America will triple in the next five years, according to new figures from EJL Wireless Research.The Redwood City, Calif.-based...

VCAST MOBILE TV IN DENVER: THE REVIEW

Despite Verizon Wireless' attempt to downplay the launch of its Vcast Mobile TV service, the availability of the streaming TV service in the Denver...

Big 3, private tower firms all likely keen on T-Mobile USA tower sale

T-Mobile USA Inc. indicated that it is interested in selling anywhere from 3,500 to 5,000 of its towers in the United States-a sale that...

T-Mobile USA continues as DT catalyst

T-Mobile USA Inc. again proved to be the biggest wireless growth engine for its parent company, Deutsche Telekom AG, despite a significant year-over-year drop...

Nortel financial troubles continue

In less than a month Nortel Networks Ltd. has lost its chief financial officer, paid out $2.4 billion in cash and stock to settle...

Alltel expands smartphone plans

Alltel Corp. recently introduced a new line of postpaid plans for smartphones that include unlimited data use and its MyCircle offering. The Smart Choice...

Zander: Moto knows what to do

Ed Zander, Motorola Inc.'s CEO, is under pressure. And it shows.The first statement is a widely recognized fact and the second is an impression-but...

Alcatel-Lucent to build 700 MHz EV-DO Rev. A network for Washington public safety

In a significant move in the widening debate over interoperable public-safety communications, Alcatel-Lucent announced it won a contract worth up to $110 million to...

Verizon Wireless expands messaging plans

Verizon Wireless rolled out a pair of new messaging plans to meet the growing popularity of text, picture and video messaging among its customers....

Nokia’s N-Gage gets Glu support ahead of relaunch

Glu Mobile said it will publish games for Nokia Corp.'s N-Gage platform, which is set for a public unveiling next week.The handset maker is...
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