2007

Washington is about to join New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, California and the District of Columbia in banning the use of hand-held cellphones while driving, but enforcement and compliance challenges …

T-Mobile USA Inc. posted a solid first quarter, bringing in 980,000 net new subscribers and outperforming analyst’ expectations, largely on the strength of its prepaid customer growth. According to RBC …

Cyren Call Communications Corp., unable to convince policymakers to divert half of the auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum for a national public safety/commercial wireless broadband system, is exploring various options that …

Comments by Chris Petrovic, VP of business development in digital media at Playboy Enterprises Inc., that ran in the May 7 article “Playboy exemplifies adult content’s struggle for legitimacy” were …

Speaking the languageLastminute.com and CoolGorilla launched six talking phrase books for mobile phones. The phrase books, which can be downloaded from www.coolgorilla.com, allow travelers to search for foreign words and …

Alcatel-Lucent reported revenues for the first quarter that were slightly lower than what it forecasted nearly three weeks ago; however, investors didn’t appear alarmed with the final tally as the …

“Spider-Man 3” hit box-office gold as it broke the U.S. and global opening weekend box office records upon release the first weekend of May. While much of the film industry …

Counting on “small details” to differentiate its latest product launch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced it will launch its new S500 handset in the United States. Pricing and distribution …

It’s full steam ahead for Motorola Inc.Free, for the moment, from the shadow of billionaire and dissident shareholder Carl Icahn and his influence on Motorola Inc.’s direction, CEO Ed Zander …

Few music companies have pursued mobile as aggressively as The Orchard Enterprises Inc. The New York-based company serves as a kind of digital music aggregator, distributing content from dozens of …

USB Cellular modem shipments could grow to more than 22 million units by 2012, according to a study from ABI Research.“Proliferation of 3G networks is the primary driver of growth …

Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to cash in. A study released late …

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this story: If you built a tower, …

There’s a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with the rise in new media alternatives. …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged “traffic pumping,” while the small companies themselves have …

State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges on cellphone bills.Sprint …

The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the Simpsons at the 20th Century Fox …

Shared Spectrum Co. didn’t need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference in Dublin …

Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates the “global mobile Internet community” mig33, …

More than four months after announcing its acquisition of BellSouth Corp., AT&T Inc. continues a determined push to rebrand Cingular as “the new AT&T.” Though that phrase has gotten its …

T-Mobile USA Inc. appears to have refreshed its handset lineup by discounting most of its Motorola Inc. Razrs-four models dropped to $30 from $50-and discontinuing the Moto Pebl.The Pebl had …

As corporate spending on wireless increases, companies are moving from a relatively hands-off approach to wireless into increased scrutiny and management of their wireless expenses-and according to one company, the …

A report from iGR Inc. released last week showed that between 50% and 70% of kids between the ages of 12 and 14 have their own cellphone and that the …

As wireless companies and banks seek to move into mobile banking and payments, many are eyeing the global remittance market as a potential source of new revenue. However, some may …

Several private-equity groups have reportedly formed in an attempt to acquire Alltel Corp., according to the Wall Street Journal.The paper said at least three groups exist that are pursuing the …