Yearly Archives: 2007

Verizon Wireless undercuts Cingular with cheaper phones

The heated battle between rivals Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. edged up a notch as Verizon Wireless cut its prices on several handsets...

ISuppli: $500 iPhone will cost $246 to make

ISuppli Corp has concluded-without performing a physical teardown-that Apple Inc.'s iPhone can generate 50 percent gross margins, based on a preliminary estimate of the...

Worst of the Week: I want my Pringles!

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 this...

Verizon Wireless scoops up Calif. spectrum license for $4.5M

Verizon Wireless announced it purchased a spectrum license from Alpine-Monterey F Inc. for $4.5 million. The carrier said the license covers 426,000 potential subscribers...

Sony Ericsson continues streak in fourth quarter

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. posted big gains in handset volumes, revenue and income for the fourth quarter of last year and the whole...

Nortel, Microsoft team for unified communications

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a wide-ranging agreement with software giant Microsoft Corp. to cash in on the potential for unified communications, which the company...

Shentel sees customer numbers jump in Q4

Regional carrier and Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it scored 11,909 net retail customer additions in the fourth quarter and...

Openwave locked in battle with Harbinger Capital Partners

Openwave Systems Inc. said it has yet to reach a settlement in its proxy contest with Harbinger Capital Partners.The mobile software developer said Monday...

Verizon Wireless, Texas reseller take contract battle to courtroom

Verizon Wireless won a preliminary injunction against a Texas wireless reseller that it claims reneged on its agreement to be an exclusive Verizon Wireless...

Nellymoser calls up new CEO

Mobile content company Nellymoser Inc. tapped Susanne Bowen to replace founder John Puterbaugh as CEO.Bowen most recently served as CEO of Webhire Inc., a...

Industry challenge to Kentucky wireless tax can move forward

WASHINGTON-A stay has been lifted in the mobile phone industry's challenge to a Kentucky wireless tax. A federal court has blocked the tax from...

Amp’d hitting the court with live broadcasts of NBA games

Amp'd Mobile Inc. is taking to the hardwood with content from the NBA, CSTV Networks and basketball magazines "Dime" and "Bounce."The mobile virtual network...

Kneuer promises report on government’s use of spectrum

The Bush administration's top telecommunications policy advisor said a report will be released early this year detailing the federal government's use of spectrum, information...

Millennial Media scores $6.3M in funding

Mobile marketing startup Millenial Media emerged from stealth mode with $6.3 million in its wallet.Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital and Acta Wireless participated in...

Study: Coverage still king

Wireless subscribers still covet broad network coverage-and will switch carriers to get it, according to a new survey of mobile users by comScore Networks....

CTIA hires Driscoll as chief of government affairs

Cellphone association CTIA announced it hired Jay Driscoll as its new director of government affairs. Driscoll previously worked as the legislative director for the...

‘Crush or Flush’ debuts for lonely cellphoners

IceBreaker Inc. is hoping to lure would-be lovers with an anonymous matchmaking application for cellphones.The company launched "Crush or Flush," a downloadable offering that...

InPhonic pairs cellphones, air travel with US Airways deal

Online retailer InPhonic Inc. and US Airways have partnered in a new Dividend Miles Wireless program that will allow US Airways Dividend Miles members...

Sprint Nextel heaves Hail Mary dual-mode phones

A tight embrace might keep a customer from wandering elsewhere, which helps explain Sprint Nextel Corp.'s official release of two dual-mode, CDMA/iDEN phones designed...

Sprint Nextel appoints new strategy VP

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced a new senior vice president of strategy as the company tries to turn around and its recent poor performance.Jack Dziak,...

Netflix plans to offer movies on cellphones

Online movie rental giant Netflix Inc. announced plans to roll out a new feature that will allow subscribers to stream movies and television series...

Comedy Central heads miniscule mobile TV audience

Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is far and away the television program that consumers are most interested in watching on mobile telephones. During the...

Mobile content industry remains desperate for viewers

LAS VEGAS-The only thing holding up the explosion of the mobile phone content and advertising business continues to be the lack of interested viewers,...

Juniper: Worldwide mobile gambling to hit $16.6B by 2011

The global mobile gambling market shows promise despite recent legislation in the United States against Internet gambling, according to new numbers from Juniper Research....

New Wave eyes lotteries with WagerPhone purchase

After a brief delay, New Wave Mobile Inc. has closed on its acquisition of WagerPhone Inc., which provides a customizable platform for lotteries that...
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