Wireless

MyTown2 may be blurring the lines between the real and virtual worlds, but there is nothing virtual about the success of Booyah, the company that created MyTown. The location-based mobile …

After decades of “holy wars” surrounding cellular technologies, common ground seems to have been made around the LTE standard. Virtually all carriers around the world have said they plan on …

The Indian Cabinet on Tuesday approved the National Manufacturing Policy, which has identified telecommunications as one of the “industries with strategic significance”.

Sprint Nextel’s recent announcement that it planned to begin deploying LTE services across its network as part of its Network Vision initiative was not a surprise to most industry observers …

Sprint Nextel’s (S) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde operations continued in the third quarter as the carrier continued to show improved customer growth results that are hampered by higher costs …

VelaTel Global Communications (VELA), which was previously known as ChinaTel, said it has created a joint venture with China-based Next Generation Special Network Communications Technology to deploy a TD-LTE network …

The survey also found that towns with less than 2 lakh population collectively returned a much higher number of internet users that the top four metros put together.

LightSquared reported a deal with Brightstar to be its preferred supply chain services provider. Brightstar provides value-added distribution services, logistics, supply chain services and retail outsourcing. “Many of LightSquared’s partners …

Appcelerator wants to get into the game – its Titanium platform is already used by 1.5 million developers, and now Appcelerator is buying Particle Code in an attempt to make …

Perhaps looking to stave off some recent claims that it was throttling back on network spending, Verizon Wireless (VZ) sent out a reminder this morning that the carrier was ahead …

Regional wireless operator C Spire Wireless said it would spend an additional $10 million on top of the $90 million announced last month to expand mobile broadband services to 61 …

Oracle wants to increase its offerings in the cloud RightNow. The software giant has agreed to pay $1.5 billion for RightNow Technologies (NASDAQ RNOW). That’s $43 a share, almost 20% …

Atlanta-based non-profit wireless association, The Wireless Technology Forum announced winners of its 2011 Wireless and Mobile Media Awards at a ceremony last night. This year’s winners included: –McKesson for best …

Qwilt has raised $24 million in two rounds from some of the same investors who funded Netflix — investors who understand the demands that video delivery puts on carriers, and …

Search engine giant Google has been looking for deals in more ways than one this year. The company has made 21 acquisitions, and several of its targets have been companies …

Alcatel-Lucent has a binding offer to sell it Genesys business for $1.5 billion in cash to a company owned by Permira, a European private equity firm. Genesys provides customer service …

Investments in software startups dominated the venture capital landscape in the third quarter of 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters compiled in the quarterly MoneyTree Report. Venture capitalists invested …

A U.S. District Judge held two black tablets above her head — one iPad and one Samsung Galaxy — and asked Samsung’s attorney if she could identify her client’s product. …