CALGARY, Alberta-Chartwell Technology Inc. raised $10 million by selling more than 2 million shares in private placement, the mobile software and content provider announced Friday. Chartwell sold the shares for …
SEATTLE-Boeing’s efforts to bring high-speed wireless Internet access to airline passengers made news again Friday with two agreements with Asian telecom companies. StarHub, a Singapore-based communications company, agreed to add …
LONDON-MobVision launched its Arabian Nights Mobile Casino game, which includes age and identification verification systems to deter underage play and fraud. The first four games to be launched are slots, …
SYDNEY-Australian wireless carriers Optus and Vodafone Australia formalized an agreement first announced in August to share third-generation network sites and infrastructure across Australia. The carriers plan to share more than …
NEW YORK-InfoSpace Inc. got some good news Friday as Piper Jaffray maintained an “outperform” rating and $60 target price on the mobile technology company. InfoSpace was buffeted earlier this week …
Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $205.7 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 6.7-percent improvement compared with the $192.9 million the carrier posted …
WASHINGTON-Three independent wireless carriers told the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that changes to the intercarrier-compensation regime should move toward a bill-and-keep regime where carriers would choose the best way to …
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. recommended that Verizon Wireless modify or discontinue its “anytime, anywhere” claim for the carrier’s “IN-Network” calling plans to …
Customer confusion over wireless rate plans and services is costing wireless operators $3 billion per year due to increasing customer churn and harmed brand relationships, according to a consumer survey …
WASHINGTON-Democratic Federal Communications Commission Jonathan Adelstein won strong bipartisan support for a new term at a Senate confirmation hearing this morning, with Senate Commerce Committee members venting anger at the …
LONDON-Norwegian operator Telenor and U.S. transportation communications provider Arinc Inc. hosted a simulated flight Thursday to demonstrate an onboard aircraft GSM mobile-phone network. During the event, European journalists placed and …
FREMONT, Calif.-The Global UMTS TDD Alliance announced today that several new operators and vendors have joined the organization, pushing the group past the 50-member milestone in less than nine months …
BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless said it has won a $1.8 million telematics contract in Saudi Arabia. Motabei Electronics System (MES) Co. Ltd., a major application service provider in Saudi Arabia, …
SAN DIEGO-Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus have signed a deal to acquire Telcordia Technologies Inc. for $1.35 billion in cash, according to Science Applications International Corp., which owns Telcordia. …
SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. announced a global supplier agreement for UMTS infrastructure equipment available to all Vodafone Group plc subsidiaries worldwide. This agreement enables local Vodafone companies around the …
HONG KONG-Convergence holds one of the keys for third-generation growth in the wireless industry, spawning applications such as custom ringtones, three-dimensional games, multi-megapixel cameras, video and digital TV, according to …
TOKYO-Traditionally at the forefront of mobile-phone innovation, NTT DoCoMo Inc. released what it describes as a common software platform for its third-generation FOMA devices. The carrier said the software platform-which …
SBC Communications Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. signed a multi-year extension of their current agreement to provide co-branded DSL and Dial services and announced plans to extend the alliance to wireless …
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-Varatouch, which designs input devices for consumer electronics products, announced a reference design kit for analog joysticks for handheld devices. The kit is based on the company’s …
SEATTLE-Mobile entertainment company Blue Frog Mobile Inc. has launched an affiliation program in the United States for its ringtones, games, graphics, logos, wallpaper, chat and data services. As part of …
