Yearly Archives: 2007

Prepaid pines for affection: Carriers increasing incentives

With substantial growth expected to come from the prepaid wireless market, national carriers are beginning to pay more attention to the one-time red-headed stepchild...

Kneuer to leave NTIA

The Bush administration's top telecom advisor John Kneuer is stepping down later this month, ending a rocky tenure characterized by the Democratic-led Congress' intense...

Wall Street punishes Leap for earnings restatements

Leap Wireless International Inc.'s stock took a major hit this morning. The flat-rate wireless carrier, which until recently had been courted by MetroPCS Communications...

Clearwire posts increased loss on market expansion

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.'s losses widened substantially during the third quarter, with higher revenues more than offset by a $159 million charge...

Private equity to buy InPhonic for $50M through bankruptcy: Versa Capital Management will also provide additional $25M in financing

Shares of InPhonic Inc. continued their free-fall as the online wireless retailer filed for Chapter 11 protection and said it will sell "substantially all"...

Qualcomm shows gains in quarter, but outlook worries

Qualcomm Inc.'s earnings in the fiscal fourth quarter and full year showed year-on-year improvements, but a modest outlook for the fiscal first quarter sent...

Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube

The best part of Google's "Android" announcement last week? Why, the name of course. How awesome is it that a giant company like Google...

CinemaElectric adds ads to videos: Mobile-video firm signs deal with YouTube, Google for AdSense program

CinemaElectric Inc. is quickly finding its groove in the mobile video space. With more than half of its content produced in-house, the company has...

Pakistan’s supreme cellphone jammer

Embattled Pakistani President-General-Censor-in-Chief Pervez Musharraf has his hands full these days with all those loud, disagreeable lawyers and that headstrong, trouble-making female politician. Kind...

What’s so great about open access?

So let me start out with a caveat: I only understand open access from the "regular person" point of view. I'm not an engineer...

Roaming rules continue to rile industry: FCC decision applauded by rural carriers, derided by large players

The Federal Communications Commission's revised roaming rules may have exacerbated an already divisive industry issue, with warring carriers challenging new guidelines and feuding over...

Antennas: Where the rubber meets the road: Handset market demands low-cost volumes, sophisticated innovation

You've undoubtedly noticed, with pleasure, that the telescoping, whip antenna of yore has long ago disappeared inside the increasingly sleek device you slip into...

FCC set to rule on MSS’ terrestrial plans: Decision could bolster sagging sector

Federal regulators appear poised to take actions that could enable Globalstar Inc. to integrate terrestrial wireless facilities in most of its mobile satellite service...

Clearwire, Sprint Nextel call off WiMAX partnership: Sprint Nextel ‘remains fully committed’ to Xohm rollout

With the launch of WiMAX trial markets just weeks away, Sprint Nextel Corp. says it is re-examining its WiMAX business plans and has abandoned...

Prepay powers T-Mobile USA’s Q3 growth: No. 4 national carrier rounds up 857,000 net adds

T-Mobile USA Inc. added 857,000 net subscribers to its network during the third quarter, numbers primarily driven by the carrier's prepaid offering. The carrier...

Pro-rated ETFs: The new industry standard: Sprint Nextel becomes last of top-tier carriers to modify ETF terms

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will pro-rate its early termination fees for customers, the last of the four national wireless carriers to do so.Sprint...

Tellabs CEO on the way out

Tellabs Inc. announced that Krish Prabhu plans to resign as president and CEO by March 1, 2008. Prabhu, 53, has served in the positions...

Towerstream slides in Q3

Towerstream Corp.'s stock slipped a little more than 4% to $2.50 per share after the company reported a net loss of $1.75 million for...

Worst of the Week: Awesome Androids

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...

Samsung refreshes $600M media-buying account

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. awarded its $600 million media-buying account to Publicis Groupe's Starcom, according to executives familiar with the situation.Starcom prevailed in a...

Nortel stock surges on positive Q3

Nortel Networks Corp. stock jumped 18% to $19.40 yesterday when the infrastructure vendor reported earnings of $27 million during the third quarter, up from...

Nokia, Vodafone cut content and services deal: Companies’ alliance may buffer Apple, Google advances

As the pace of convergence quickens, Nokia Corp. cut a deal with wireless telecom giant Vodafone Group plc to integrate mutual service offerings designed...

Sony Ericsson widens direct-to-consumer efforts with PlayNow music store

Like rival Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson is stepping up its direct-to-consumer content business.The London-based handset manufacturer said it will expand its PlayNow business, adding...

T-Mobile USA to pro-rate ETFs starting next year

T-Mobile USA Inc. jumped on the bandwagon for a more consumer-friendly wireless service contract, announcing plans to begin pro-rating early termination fees in the...

AMT cheers investors with profits, raised guidance

American Tower Corp. brought in $59.6 million in profits during the third quarter thanks to a 10% increase in total revenue from the year-ago...
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