The wireless industry has an ethical decision to make. Should we market our products and services to kids?The "tween" market generally is defined as children ages 11 to 14, and some recent wireless products and services target children as young as 6 years old.All...
NEW YORK-Convergin, formerly PhoneDo Networks, is launching its carrier-grade core network wireless convergence server solution for fixed-mobile convergence in the United States. Convergin said its Accolade platform unifies mobile, legacy and next-generation network elements, enabling service providers to accelerate network evolution toward a Session...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is gearing up to sell its first Walkman phone in the United States. However, the company is planning to sell the phone through its Web site and not through a wireless carrier like Cingular Wireless L.L.C. or T-Mobile USA...
NEW YORK-Newly formed Sprint Nextel Corp. released base salary and incentive targets for several of its executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Sprint Nextel Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer is set to receive $971,400 in base salary next year, while Chief Financial...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Consumer Electronics Association announced it will team with training firm Corporate Dynamics Inc. to help sell its Wireless Certification Program to independent wireless retailers. "Wireless retailers, both carrier and non-carrier-owned, need reputable sources for sales training and technology information," said Mike Mohr,...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a five-year agreement with the National Football League for the wireless carrier's Sprint-branded service to become the official wireless telecommunications service sponsor of the NFL. The agreement also provides Sprint Nextel with exclusive NFL content and original programming,...
BOSTON-M-Qube Inc., a mobile channel enabler, announced it secured $10 million in new financing in a round led by HarbourVest Partners L.L.C. Existing investors also participated in the funding. The financing will be used to support company growth and strategic acquisitions, said the company.
L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and ZTE Corp. joined Asia-Pacific's largest mobile alliance group, Bridge Mobile Alliance, increasing the membership base from eight to 11. The vendors joined the alliance through a new associate-membership scheme, which extends membership to global technology partners and breaks from...
Alltel Corp. finally joined the multimedia messaging service interoperability bandwagon, announcing deals with the nation's two largest wireless carriers. Alltel said it signed agreements allowing its subscribers to exchange picture and video messages with both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless users. The deals...
Memory Stick-Developed by Sony Corp. and used in a range of Sony products like the PSP. Memory Stick Duo is the small version, which measures 31 x 20 x 1.6 mm. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. supports Memory Stick Duo. Secure Digital Memory Card-Created...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can access the ringtone from a new Foo Fighters single before the song hits radio airwaves. Cingular and Sony BMG announced the availability of a ringtone from "D.O.A.," which will be released to radio stations today. Subscribers can buy the...
Apparently it's the mini, not the meek, that shall inherit the Earth. Everything is going small and portable, from video-game machines to music players to mobile phones. The latest to fall into this Lilliputian way of thinking is the removable memory card industry, which...
Third-party content providers are becoming increasingly savvy in hiding wireless transactions from the network operators that deliver them, industry insiders say. A handful of direct-to-consumer content providers in the United States and abroad are disguising their wares on mobile networks as photo messages and...
Rumors continue to circulate that Palm Inc. will build a version of its Treo smart phone using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile platform, spurning its longtime support for Palm operating-system vendor PalmSource Inc. If true, the move would represent a significant event for all three...
TAOYUAN, Taiwan-Manufacturing giant BenQ Corp. posted $24 million in net income during the first six months of this year. The company's sales dropped, however, due to competition in its various electronics businesses. BenQ covers a variety of industries, from LCD monitors to computers. The...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd. reported $48 million in revenues in its second quarter, up from the $24.6 million it posted in the same quarter last year. Sales of phones with the company's operating system tripled over the same period to 7.8 million phones in the quarter....
A day after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced a citywide initiative to close the gap between San Francisco's wireless broadband haves and have-nots by providing free or low-cost Wi-Fi access to all San Francisco residents, Intel Corp. announced a worldwide multi-corporation initiative to...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. is set to deploy its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access solution in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom after signing a deal with T-Mobile International AG. The technology will give T-Mobile's customers data speeds up of 1 to 2 megabits per...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Managed enterprise mobility solutions provider iPass Inc. added mobile virtual network operator to its list of offerings with the addition of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO capabilities to its iPassConnect universal client. The company said it has integrated nationwide 1x and EV-DO services from...
Wireless-related mergers and acquisitions dominated the headlines last week from technology pairings to content match-ups. Here is a roundup: Qualcomm Inc. paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW platform...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Founded in 1996, chip startup Tropian Inc. today released its first product, an RF transceiver for mobile phones that combines the transmissions of GSM and EDGE technologies. The company said the product will lead to smaller, more powerful and more efficient phones. "We're...
Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch a full-track music download service by the holidays, an executive from the newly merged carrier said last week. The operator looks to be the first U.S. carrier to deploy full-track offerings, which have gained steady traction among wireless...
WASHINGTON-The pesky tax on talking may finally be headed for the door-more than a century after it was established to pay for the Spanish-American War. It is not the legislative process that is finally killing it, but rather the judiciary, which consistently has ruled...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 AB has given up on the Finnish market, where it has operated a mobile virtual network operator service since 2003, due to competitive and regulatory challenges. The carrier, which holds a third-generation license in the country, also will end its fixed telephony...
