Yearly Archives: 2007

Telecom officials have full plate of issues

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration's top two telecom officials said wireless issues will have high priority this year, with policymakers anxious to see wireless networks evolve...

Industry suit against Kentucky back on

WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers' tax lawsuit against Kentucky is back on track, giving center stage to a federal pre-emption argument that's also at the heart of...

Verizon Wireless raises texting fee to 15 cents

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless plans to join its compatriots in raising the price of per-message texting, bumping the rate for sending and receiving messages...

U.S. Navy dives into nascent mobile video ad space

Mobile video is still very much in its infancy, but Third Screen Media claims it is reaching consumers by delivering a click-to-play wireless TV...

Kababyboom!

An odd thing is going on in Washington policymaking circles. Folks are beginning to talk again about the budget, specifically about erasing the deficit...

Dirty cheap WiMAX

I have bought into the WiMAX hype. I'm a true believer.When Nortel, Motorola, Alvarion and other WiMAX vendors gush over all the great things...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Awesome factoid of the week: A consumer...

RFID remains wildcard

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The business opportunities enabled by WiMAX and other broadband wireless technologies are as abundant as those being touted for the mobile-minded consumer....

Skeptics be damned. WiMAX supporters shoot for the stars

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The potential for mobile WiMAX is as big as the Internet itself, if you trust the true believers gathered last week in...

The ‘TV key’: one click to the tube: It’s all about simplicity and revenue generation

It's obvious, it's not new and it's at the forefront of the latest major, consumer-oriented innovation. Phone keys dedicated to a single functionality, such...

TI’s wireless chief, Delfassy, retires

Texas Instruments said Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president and head of the firm's wireless terminals unit, will retire this year after 28 years with...

Subex Azure to buy Syndesis for $164.5M

Revenue assurance software vendor Subex Azure Ltd. announced it reached a deal to acquire Syndesis Ltd., a telecom operations support software company, in an...

Space-agey and retro: Helio store opens in Mile High City

DENVER-The Helio store gleams from a distance in the early dark of a cold Denver evening, its floor-to-ceiling windows enclosing a modern, warehouse/boutique-chic space...

CallWave offers PC-based visual voicemail

Steve Jobs isn't the only one vying for improvements to the audio-based voicemail systems we've all come to know so well. CallWave Inc. announced...

‘American Idol’ changes vendor for text-message voting

The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar...

New York City 911 call centers to solicit cameraphone photos

WASHINGTON-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan to create millions of cellphone-carrying citizen crime fighters.In his state of the city address, Bloomberg...

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...

With profits down, Motorola to cut 3,500 jobs

Buffeted in its attempt to both lead in design and chase market share, Motorola Inc. announced it will cut five percent of its workforce...

Wireless accounts for one-third of corporate telecom spending

A new market research report by Insight Research concluded that wireless services accounted for more than one-third of all corporate telecommunication services last year....

AT&T debuts ‘Unity’ plans to extend wireless in-network calling to wireline numbers

In its first new converged offer since the merger of BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Inc., the new company is combining its wireless and wireline...

Investors smile on Tessco earnings, outlook

Tessco Technologies Inc. announced increasing revenues and profits in its most recent quarter, news that helped push the company's stock up almost 5 percent...

Fox News audio feed: $3 per month cellphone service

Fox News along with technology vendor Single Touch Interactive announced a new offering that will allow news junkies to access a live Fox News...

Player X lands $9.8M in funding

Mobile content vendor Player X announced it scored $9.8 million in its second round of venture funding. New investors Nordic Venture Partners and Long...

Alltel ‘cells’ new user interface

Alltel Corp. is continuing its innovation game with the introduction of CellTop, a new user interface running initially on the carrier's Samsung Electronics Co....

Study: Cingular brand more popular than AT&T

AT&T Inc. could have a tough time transferring the positive associations of the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. brand to the veteran AT&T brand, according to...
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