Yearly Archives: 2007

Sony Ericsson doing U.S. spadework

ORLANDO, Fla.-The mantra of profitability remains the guiding principle at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., even as it invests in development efforts in the...

Pardon me

Qualcomm Inc. suddenly finds itself contemplating an escape hatch similar to one undoubtedly in the forefront of Scooter Libby's thoughts these days: a presidential...

Stars of the show

The annual CTIA show is always a good time to take stock on where the domestic wireless industry has been over the previous 12...

Boost trials unlimited CDMA calling in select Texas, California markets

Boost Mobile L.L.C. has started trialing an unlimited CDMA calling service in some Texas and California markets, moving forward with plans to better compete...

Microsoft trials ‘Deepfish’ mobile Internet browser

Microsoft Corp. showcased a new Web browser that customizes Web pages for smartphone screens.The browser, dubbed Deepfish, delivers small images of Web sites, retrieving...

National Academy of Science to review cellphone radiation research

The Food and Drug Administration said the National Academy of Science will conduct a symposium and issue a report on future research requirements regarding...

AT&T’s YellowPages.com joins crowded text directory playground

AT&T Inc. subsidiary YellowPages.com unveiled a text-message search service that delivers local business listings and wireless Web links.Users can send a text message to...

CellStar gets stockholder nod to sell and dissolve

CellStar Corp. received its shareholders' approval to complete the sale of its U.S. and Latin American businesses-the distribution of handsets and accessories-to a subsidiary...

LCC delays financials

LCC International Inc. has delayed the filing of its annual financial statements for 2006 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company said...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Motorola and more

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...

Financial ratings wrap-up: Sprint Nextel, AT&T, Palm and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Credit Suisse First Boston...

Backhaul rising

As carriers urge customers to adopt an ever-expanding list of data services, the bandwidth-intensive applications are driving a higher demand for backhaul capacity. Insufficient...

FCC fines Amp’d $100,000

The Federal Communications Commission levied separate $100,000 fines against Amp'd Mobile Inc. and two other cellular carriers for not complying with guidelines for protecting...

MMA outlines urban content plans

ORLANDO, Fla.-The Mobile Marketing Association announced an effort to boost the mobile urban content market-and to help entrepreneurs looking to provide the stuff.The MMA...

Mobile TV state of industry

ORLANDO, Fla.-Mobile television is still in its infancy-mostly gaining traction among early adopters and primarily young men-but the subscriber base has more than doubled...

AT&T to speed up HSDPA, add dozens of new markets

ORLANDO, Fla.-AT&T Inc.'s wireless division is testing an upgrade to its HSDPA network that the carrier says will dramatically increase uplink speeds.According to Kris...

CTIA: Data revenues up 77 percent

Wireless data revenues rose to $15.2 billion last year, a 77-percent jump from 2005, according to CTIA. The wireless trade group estimates carriers data...

Worst of the Day: Last day tirade

Welcome to a special edition of our online column, Worst of the Week. Industry trade shows are especially nutty, so this column is a...

SmarTVideo pushing Dennis Miller to mobile

ORLANDO, Fla.-SmarTVideo Technologies Inc. announced a deal to deliver live mobile broadcasts of Dennis Miller's radio talk show.The Atlanta-based company, which operates the under...

Sony Ericsson doing U.S. spadework: New Sagem deal for emerging markets

ORLANDO, Fla.-The mantra of profitability remains the guiding principle at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, even as it invests in development efforts in the United...

The Chinese are coming!

ORLANDO, Fla.-The competitive cauldron that is the domestic Chinese handset market has produced a few winners. And that has fueled a desire among those...

Partnerships key for pushing content

ORLANDO, Fla.-The day two keynotes at CTIA Wireless 2007 were all about collaboration. And, of course, money.From music to video to m-commerce, Wednesday's speakers...

First responders awarded additional $400M in funding

The growing pool of federal dollars for interoperable public-safety communications grants could get even bigger, even though the nearly $3 billion spent to date...

Sling Media adds Palm OS support

Sling Media Inc. expanded the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile product to the Palm operating system, which is available on a handful of devices,...

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