2008

Mobile content company Handmark Inc. will bulk up its game library with the acquisition of Astraware Ltd., a U.K.-based game studio, for an undisclosed sum.Handmark, a Kansas City, Mo.-based firm, …

The Federal Communications Commission boasts that its new wireless emergency-alert proposal will help fulfill its statutory charter to promote the safety of life and property, but the agency’s head conceded …

U.S. Cellular, the nation’s sixth-largest carrier in terms of subscribers, said it expects a shortfall in the number of its 2007 customer additions. The carrier also reported it spent $13.1 …

The 700 MHz auction – spectrum the wireless industry has coveted for more than 10 years – is set to start this month.At times it didn’t seem like the wireless …

EchoStar L.L.C. could be forgiven for being less than merry the day after Christmas, the day the Federal Communications Commission told the satellite TV company that it must pony up …

Cartoon Network New Media sounds like a fun place to work. Take Ross Cox’s word for it. The network’s senior director of entertainment products said it often feels like he’s …

Online search provider ChaCha last week sashayed onto a very crowded mobile dance floor.The Indianapolis startup unveiled a short-code based version of its search offering, which uses paid human “guides” …

The calendar says 2008, but a wireless directory controversy that’s been resurrected in Congress makes it seem like 2004 all over again.Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Sherrod …

Not that we spend too much time surfing Canadian carrier Web sites, but a quick glance of the Telus Mobility site shows some interesting coverage challenges for the Great White …

At crime scenes in Boston, youth who gathered in the aftermath to watch the police at work were often texting and making calls, communicating about the events that had just …

Telecom and cable companies will go into 2008 with an eye on real convergence products and personalizing content access for customers, according to Kent Steffan, VP of the content direct …

The biggest upset of this football season may have been Appalachian State University’s victory over Michigan. But for the mobile-marketing industry, it came the day ESPN had more visits to …

Juniper Research released a new report that predicts Mobile WiMAX will attract 80 million subscribers within five years, assuming devices and differentiated services are available.The firm said Mobile WiMAX 8012.16e …

San Francisco’s long-delayed plan to bring free, citywide Wi-Fi coverage to its more than 800,000 residents seems to have been revived. Meraki Networks Inc. announced that it will deploy such …

Standalone navigation devices will give way to mobile phones as the worldwide portable navigation market explodes over the next several years, according to a report from Telematics Research Group.The market …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. urged the Federal Communications Commission to embrace a plan to allocate vacant TV channels — known as white spaces — on a fixed-licensed …

Pudding Media announced it raised $8 million in its first round of venture funding. VC firms Opus Capital and BRM Capital led the round.Pudding, which offers technology designed to deliver …

Sling Media Inc. announced its video-viewing software will run on Blackberry devices starting later this year. The company will demonstrate the new application on Research in Motion’s Blackberry Pearl 8120 …

Verizon Wireless filed a civil suit against Alltel Corp., accusing the No. 5 carrier of false advertising. Verizon Wireless’ suit takes issue with an Alltel ad that claimed “only Alltel …

A new study concludes drivers who talk on cellphones contribute to traffic congestion, a consequence compounding well-documented dangers of operating wireless devices while behind the wheel.“At the end of the …

Motorola Inc. unveiled a standalone broadcast mobile television device that it hopes will appeal to TV fans who want to go mobile. The device is the first of its kind …

The crowded mobile search space welcomed a new player as ChaCha brought its online service to wireless.The Indianapolis startup unveiled a short-code based version of its search offering, which uses …

OpenMoko Inc. has become an independent subsidiary of parent First International Computer Inc. (FIC) in pursuit of a slice of the mobile handset business based on an open-source software platform.OpenMoko, …

AT&T Mobility announced it completed its acquisition of Easterbrooke Cellular Corp., a rural wireless carrier with services in West Virginia operating under the Cellular One brand. Terms of the deal …

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