Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

The Federal Communications Commission extended by a month the looming June 26 deadline for Sprint Nextel Corp. to vacate 800 MHz interleaved channels involved in a rebanding initiative to eliminate …

A viral mobile marketing effort for the feature film “What Happens in Vegas” generated more than 50,000 peer-to-peer user engagements, according to the firm that delivered the campaign.Celtra Inc., a …

Municipal Wi-Fi vendor MetroFi Inc. appears to be pulling out of the game. According to the company’s Web site, it is shutting down all but two of the ad-supported wireless …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. —Funambol: Nexit Ventures led …

Huawei Technologies and Sony Ericsson have launched wireless modems for HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) networks that try to be more than just modems.

Analysts differ on the exact figure, but AT&T could be paying as much as $425 in subsidies per iPhone.

Research In Motion Ltd. reports fiscal first-quarter earnings on June 25 and, driven by sales of its Curve at Verizon Wireless, two analysts said the company’s results likely would be …

The Federal Communications Commission agreed not to hold Sprint Nextel Corp. and public-safety agencies to the June 26 deadline regarding portions of spectrum involved in an 800 MHz rebanding effort …

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Analyst Tero Kuittinen at Global Crown Capital L.L.C. said in a note to investors that top-tier carriers in the United States were pulling back on support for Motorola Inc., and …

This week Leap Wireless International Inc. brought on a new chief financial officer and, in turn, the company gave itself some financial breathing room. Walter Berger is Leap’s new CFO, …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to bridge the gap between enterprise users and multimedia devices with a new mobile e-mail service.The offering, awkwardly dubbed Sprint Mobile Email Work, allows customers …

Denny Marie Post has joined T-Mobile USA Inc. as chief marketing officer. She was previously senior VP of global food and beverage at Starbucks. “Denny has deep and varied experience …

The companies listed below represent the ten largest national and regional licensed wireless carriers based on subscriber numbers at the end of the first quarter of this year. There were …

Security appliance developer eSoft has updated its email gateway with the ability for users to spam-file or whitelist emails from any device, including a BlackBerry or smartphone. Previously, only Outlook …

Most employees know their bosses are usually within their rights snooping on workers’ e-mail, but text messaging has been in murkier territory.

Analysis Contractors and sector-straddling quangocrats sought yesterday to convince politicians of the need to spend defence or security funds on radio-based backups for GPS satnav, according to reports.

CANNES, France — They’re hip, hot and everywhere on the planet. But despite a drumbeat about mobile phones being the new frontier in the ad world, marketers have been slow …

The nation’s leading consumer groups urged the Federal Communications Commission to act on a request to investigate exclusivity pacts between top mobile-phone carriers and handset suppliers that rural wireless operators …

Apple Inc.’s iconic iPhone could become more prevalent in official Washington – especially among subway commuters – owing to House passage of an Amtrak funding bill with a provision designed …

LAS VEGAS – On day two of the NXTcomm08 event here, wireless seemed to jump out of the backseat and into the limelight. Executives Denny Strigl, current president and COO …

Delta Air Lines is the latest air carrier to get on board with mobile, allowing travelers at New York’s LaGuardia to use their phones as a boarding pass.Domestic flyers departing …

A group of private equity investors has rescued the municipal Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia, the city announced yesterday.The situation has been closely watched due to the failure of a number …

Google Inc. is still the player to beat in mobile search, according to new figures from Nielsen Mobile.The Internet giant accounted for a dominating 61% of all mobile Internet searches …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on AT&T to $46 …