Yearly Archives: 2007

Sprint Nextel turns to Azcar for spectrum-relocation help

Sprint Nextel Corp. tapped Toronto-based Azcar Technologies Inc. to help it implement its government-mandated spectrum relocation plan. Azcar will provide specialized training services to...

3G Razr hits Cingular’s virtual shelves

The Motorola Inc. Razr v3xx-equipped to run on Cingular Wireless' next-gen network-is "finally here," Cingular's Web site announced breathlessly to the hordes who apparently...

Access replaces Palm OS brand with ‘Garnet’ tag

PalmSource Inc. is getting another makeover. Access Co. Ltd., which owns the operating system vendor, is now in the beginning stages of renaming all...

IPCS begins search for COO replacement

Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. said its chief operating officer, Alan G. Morse, has left the company by "mutual agreement."Tim Yager, the...

Linux forces merge and accelerate

The promise of an open-source platform for mobile phones-and, undoubtedly, competitive pressures-has led a group of competitors and allies to formally found the LiMo...

New bill aims to speed $1 billion toward public-safety communications

The Senate Commerce Committee has decided President Bush's top telecom policy adviser could use some help with his agency's $1 billion public-safety communications interoperability...

Qualcomm rides solid quarterly earnings

Qualcomm Inc.'s shares jumped briefly after the company reported increases in both its net income and revenues during its first fiscal quarter of 2007,...

Ailing InfoSpace ditches U.S. gaming studio

InfoSpace Inc. continued to consolidate its businesses with the announcement that it will sell off its U.S. gaming studio to Twistbox Entertainment for an...

J.D. Power: T-Mo again leads in customer-service ratings

T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its run as the carrier with the best customer-service ratings by consumers, edging out other operators for the fifth year...

Worst of the Week: Are People Really That Stupid???

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...

Nokia posts solid earnings, despite Euro and U.S. woes

Nokia Corp. is making lots of money churning out mobile phones, but the pattern of its success is shifting. Its position as the world's...

Kyocera mates with Runcom for WiMAX

Handset vendor Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will team with chipset maker Runcom Technologies to pursue the high-speed, inexpensive network promise of WiMAX. Kyocera...

Moderati fakes it with new services

Moderati is expanding beyond ringtones with a series of offerings designed to ward off pesky suitors or impress potential dates.The content provider launched Mobile...

Pair of health studies fail to clear up cellphone-cancer debate

Two newly publicized health studies on mobile phone and base station radiation have produced mixed results, likely keeping alive the long-running scientific debate over...

BenQ inks UMA agreement with Kineto, company focuses on regrouping

BenQ Corp.'s mobile communications business, apparently now limited to its home turf in Taiwan and other Asian markets, has selected Kineto Wireless Inc.'s UMA...

Yahoo rides mobile focus during fourth quarter

Yahoo Inc. is hoping a new online advertising system and an increased presence in wireless can help it close the widening gap between it...

Disney Mobile cuts handsets prices, launches ‘Steamboat Willie’ collectors’ model

Disney Mobile has chopped the price of two handsets for a limited time, and is promoting a limited-edition "Steamboat Willie" phone aimed squarely at...

Lycos offers games, ringtones

Web search company Lycos Inc. launched a mobile content Web site powered by PlayPhone Inc. The LYCOSmobile site offers downloadable games, wallpapers and ringtones....

MTV to debut ‘multi-platform’ program to take advantage of mobile

MTV announced a new program-one that will incorporate a variety of wireless technologies-that will run across its standard broadcast networks as well as Internet...

Analyst Angle: Measuring mobile games market share

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the...

Out with a bang: Cingular posts record 2.4 million new customers

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s last quarter before being absorbed by parent company AT&T Inc. resulted in a company record 2.4 million net customer additions, up...

Tellabs results show rocky fourth quarter

Infrastructure company Tellabs reported that its revenues were down for the fourth quarter but up overall for the full-year 2006. The company's troubled fourth...

Movero offers Treo management software

Movero Technology Inc. said it is partnering with Palm Inc. to couple its device management software with Treo smartphones.The startup is hoping to gain...

Panel to consider consolidating lawsuits over hearing loss from Bluetooth headsets

A panel of federal judges is set to hear arguments Thursday in Miami on whether to consolidate more than a dozen lawsuits against Motorola...

High-tech interests come out against increased spectrum for public safety

Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major...
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