Monthly Archives: February, 2008

Open(ID) says me: Online account management protocol gains big backers

You may have never heard of it, but Google Inc. is behind it. So are AOL, Microsoft Corp., and Yahoo Inc. With that kind...

Hardware, and beyond : Nokia and Samsung race to provide Internet services

BARCELONA, Spain - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced plans at the Mobile World Congress trade show to launch an Internet-services strategy for its handsets,...

Counting mobile advertising effectiveness remains a challenge

Like Britney Spears, mobile advertising is desperately in need of some monitoring.Market research firms seem to be tripping over themselves to offer the most...

Loop partners with Intercasting to expand reach

Mobile social networking startups Loop Mobile Ltd. and Intercasting Corp. said they will partner to make Loop's MOKO communities available to subscribers of Intercasting's...

Sprint Nextel hit with new class action lawsuit: Carrier’s roaming charges at center of action

Sprint Nextel Corp. faces a new class action lawsuit alleging the No. 3 mobile phone carrier misled consumers by improperly charging roaming fees in...

Poaching season in mobile: Vodafone grabs Microsoft’s mobility leader Knook

Pieter Knook, the leader of Microsoft Corp.'s mobile business and an 18-year company veteran, has jumped ship to Vodafone Group plc.Knook will lead the...

Disney launches mobile content site in U.K.

The Walt Disney Internet Group took the wraps off a wireless Web site for U.K. consumers offering mobile content and interactive services.The company, which...

700 MHz auction bidding remains slow: Pacific C Block garners attention

Auction 73's slow creep towards exhaustion continues unabated with new bids remaining below triple figures, though interspersed with the occasional head scratcher. So it...

Senate grants immunity on wiretap lawsuits: Telecom giants off the hook

The Senate passed legislation giving parent companies of the three largest mobile-phone carriers retroactive immunity from dozens of privacy lawsuits triggered by a Bush...

Alcatel-Lucent scores AT&T Mobility deal: Contract calls for expansion of UMTS/HSPA network

Alcatel-Lucent came out swinging at the Mobile World Congress event this week. The company added to the pile of news it's made by announcing...

AT&T closes Aloha deal: Telecom giant secures precious 700 MHz spectrum for $2.5B

AT&T Inc., parent company of the largest U.S. mobile phone carrier, said it completed the $2.5 billion purchase of Aloha Partners L.P."AT&T is committed...

Worst of the Week: Rotten Berries

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...

Westward ho!: Sprint Nextel to move corporate headquarters from Reston, Va., to Overland Park, Kan.

Sprint Nextel Corp. continued to chip off its Nextel Communications Inc. legacy, announcing today that it was consolidating its operational headquarters and corporate headquarters...

End in sight (again)?: New bids dip below triple digits in 700 MHz auction

Perhaps taking a cue from "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King," the Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction is teasing us with...

LTE continues world tour: China Mobile joins Vodafone, Verizon Wireless in LTE trials

China Mobile said it will join Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless in an ongoing trial of LTE technology.The world's largest mobile operator said...

Alcatel-Lucent to power RIM’s prepaid platform: Tracking service expected to increase interest in developing countries

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it's developing an application for Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry platform that will allow prepaid users to track voice and data...

Jamba to provide EMI tunes DRM-free

Jamba said it will be the first digital retailer to offer music unencumbered by digital rights management (DRM) software under a deal with record...

Game on!: Writer strike over ends with compromises on new media outlets

Clear the set. It's back to business as usual in Hollywood.Members of the Writers Guild of America overwhelmingly voted to end the 100-day-long strike...

PHOTOGUIDE: The phones of Mobile World Congress

BARCELONA, Spain -- Attendees of the Mobile World Congress show here have been treated to a range of new devices, from startups to multibillion-dollar...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: Acuity, Numobiq, VKernel and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...

Yahoo looks to link online world: Company’s oneConnect service to unify messaging

BARCELONA, Spain - Yahoo Inc. claimed it plans to reinvent mobile communications with oneConnect service, a mobile product with an open architecture that aggregates...

Infrastructure providers partner for LTE: Alcatel-Lucent, NEC plan to tackle space together as carriers call for single standard

BARCELONA, Spain - In an increasingly difficult environment for network providers, Alcatel-Lucent announced it is teaming with Japan's NEC in a joint venture to...

NATE to increase focus on tower safety

The National Association of Tower Erectors said it would redouble efforts to improve job safety in a sector that caught the attention of government...

Auction 73 tops $19.3B: Bidding activity on select 700 MHz licenses remains steady

The Federal Communication Commission's 700 MHz spectrum auction slogged past the $19.3 billion mark yesterday afternoon on its slowing march to an eventual conclusion...

Qwest posts mixed wireless results

Qwest Communications International Inc. ended 2007 with 824,000 wireless customers, up 2.9% from the 801,000 subscribers it counted at the close of 2006. The...
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