Yearly Archives: 2007

Verizon Wireless to launch Vcast Mobile TV March 1

Verizon Wireless will begin offering mobile television on March 1, according to coverage maps on the carrier's Web site. No further details were offered,...

Frontline: Another player in the wrestling match for 700 MHz public-safety spectrum

A trio of wireless veterans unveiled a new plan for a national public-safety broadband network that would use auctioned 700 MHz spectrum to supplement...

Sprint Nextel ‘grenade:’ unlimited voice, messaging and data

Sprint Nextel Corp. has thrown down a gauntlet in the form of two new unlimited voice and data plans offered in the San Francisco...

Ericsson makes hostile bid for Tandberg Television

L.M. Ericsson bid $1.4 billion in cash in a hostile move to acquire Norway's Tandberg Television.The Swedish infrastructure company, which is moving aggressively into...

U.S. Cellular posts mixed quarterly results

U.S. Cellular Corp. moved closer to catching up with its financial reporting, providing third-quarter 2006 results and selected data from its fourth-quarter 2006 operations....

BenQ Mobile goes swirling down the drain

BenQ Mobile, the Munich, Germany-based company formed by BenQ Corp. of Taiwan when it scored Siemens AG's handset business in 2005, has no buyers...

Dual-mode handsets: An $82B market in five years

Global VoIP over Wi-Fi equipment will drive $82 billion in revenue by 2012, according to Juniper Research, which projects that dual-mode handsets-cellular and Wi-Fi-will...

Academy Awards audience says ‘Hello’ to iPhone

Apple Inc. debuted its first television commercial for its forthcoming iPhone during the Academy Awards last night. The 30-second spot, which ran multiple times,...

Hovr launches ad-supported mobile games

Hovr Inc. is the latest player in the ad-supported mobile gaming waters, launching an online community with more than 100 free titles.The New York-based...

Alltel’s extends data-rating deal with Convergys

Alltel Corp. renewed its contract with Convergys Corp. to continue managing Alltel's wireless data-rating operations for another four years. Additional terms of the deal...

Motorola’s Rizr shut out of red carpet debut

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences-the long-winded powerhouse behind the Oscars-put one of its legal guns to use last week to dispel...

Report: text messaging to hit 3.7 trillion by 2012

Spending on SMS services worldwide is expected to reach $67 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Portio Research.The firm forecasts SMS...

Adult content gets cold shoulder north of border

Think adult content is a safe play for wireless carriers? Try asking Canadian operator Telus Corp.Telus quietly dropped its racy offerings last week-less than...

Wireless increasingly ‘In Style’: Women’s magazine latest print effort

In Style is the latest U.S. print publication to go mobile, launching a downloadable application with celebrity photos, fashion trends and shopping information.The application...

NTIA contracts DHS to handle public-safety grant program

Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, accused the National Telecommunications and Information Administration of surrendering control...

iPhone could disrupt, if price is right: Consumer survey says $300 or less could cause churn

A survey of American online shoppers suggests that Apple Inc.'s yet-to-be-launched iPhone has penetrated consumer awareness, unlike other handsets before their launch. At a...

Overdue AWS report sent to Congress

The Bush administration sent Congress a long-overdue report that is key to deploying spectrum licenses that bidders paid $13.7 billion for during last year's...

Supporting advertisers

So the latest topic of endless hype within the wireless industry seems to be ad-supported content and services. Ad-supported mobile social networking, ad-supported games,...

Motorola lowers expectations, sees comeback in second half: CFO hits the road in wake of Garriques’ departure

The next couple of quarters will be rocky, Motorola Inc.'s CFO told investors and analysts at last week's Bank of America's 2007 Technology Conference...

Man’s best friends

What do you get when you combine personal locator beacon wireless technology, a loyal black Lab and three climbers stranded on Mt. Hood: survival....

After years of struggle, tower industry beginning to bloom

The tower industry is sitting pretty these days. And, all things considered, the future couldn't look brighter for The Big Three: Crown Castle International...

Sprint Nextel adds to phone lineup, fiddles with smartphone pricing

Sprint Nextel Corp. this past week made increased efforts to work its online retail handset angle. The carrier added at least four new handsets...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.--All the talk about Alltel being acquired...

On robust results, Alltel to discuss strategy options : Wireless revenue climbs 19 percent at Cincinnati Bell

Alltel Corp. posted robust wireless results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2006, solidifying its position as the largest small player in the wireless...

Keeping Willie wireless

It's good to have friends in high places, the saying goes. Better yet are the friends who push you to pursue a promising, emerging...
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