WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office is recommending that Congress extend the Federal Communications Commission's auction authority past its current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2007. GAO, the auditing arm of Congress, examined the spectrum allocation and licensing process. The paper is a follow-up to a...
WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office is recommending that Congress extend the Federal Communications Commission's auction authority past its current expiration date of Sept. 30, 2007. GAO, the auditing arm of Congress, examined the spectrum allocation and licensing process. The report is a follow-up to a...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it bought a minority stake in broadband solutions developer 2Wire Inc., a move that puts the company into the coveted home-gateway arena. "2Wire has extended the carrier's network directly into the subscriber's home with our home network solutions," said Brian Hinman,...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made a strategic investment in Tekion Inc. Tekion develops micro fuel cells for mobile products. The company's Formira Power Pack is designed to fit inside mobile products and, according to the company, allow consumers to stay...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made a strategic investment in Tekion Inc.Tekion develops micro fuel cells for mobile products. The company's Formira Power Pack is designed to fit inside mobile products and, according to the company, allow consumers to stay connected...
WASHINGTON-Top Bush administration trade negotiator Rob Portman said the United States negotiated an agreement with the European Union, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in applying zero tariffs on multi-chip integrated circuits, evolutionary new semiconductors used in cell phones and other miniaturized consumer electronic products."Multi-chip packages...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Microprocessor company Arm unveiled its newest offering, the Cortex-A8 processor, which the company said will give low-power mobile devices the computing strength of desktop computers. "The rapid convergence of digital entertainment and mobile communications technology requires new levels of system performance and...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Microprocessor company Arm unveiled its newest offering, the Cortex-A8 processor, which the company said will give low-power mobile devices the computing strength of desktop computers. "The rapid convergence of digital entertainment and mobile communications technology requires new levels of system performance and...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. became the latest carrier to court the Hispanic market, announcing a deal with the wireless arm of media company Univision to provide Latin content and Spanish-language wireless services to its subscribers. The Tier 2 operator added a new category, "En Espanol,"...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. became the latest carrier to court the Hispanic market, announcing a deal with the wireless arm of media company Univision to provide Latin content and Spanish language wireless services to its subscribers.The Tier 2 operator added a new category, "En Espanol,"...
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...
Controversial messaging company SMS.ac is hoping to scrub its image by issuing consumers' rights guidelines for wireless companies. The text-messaging company issued a six-point Consumer Bill of Rights calling on messaging and content providers to offer clear pricing, effective customer service and money-back refunds...
NEW YORK-Star Trek fans will soon be able to access themed content through a branded phone modeled on the communicators used in the 1960s TV show.Sona Mobile Inc. will partner with the licensing arm of Viacom International Inc. to produce the handset, which is...
Controversial messaging company SMS.ac is hoping to scrub its image by issuing consumers' rights guidelines for wireless companies. The text-messaging company issued a six-point Consumer Bill of Rights calling on messaging and content providers to offer clear pricing, effective customer service and money-back refunds...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Adult video distributor Xobile is delivering two-minute clips of streaming video to U.S. subscribers on third-generation networks, the company announced Thursday.Xobile said it is consistently streaming clips from nearly 5,000 adult films at 124 kilobits per second. The company is the mobile arm...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made an undisclosed financial investment in wireless local area network developer Trapeze Networks Inc.Trapeze Networks designs a WLAN mobility solution that allows users to roam securely anywhere in a network and across multiple facilities."Trapeze's product offering...
WASHINGTON-Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., a subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular S.A., will receive $15 million from International Finance Corp. to upgrade and expand its cellular network in Paraguay. IFC is the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group."This investment demonstrates that telecommunications services...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use. The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home page for its...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG's subsidiaries in Europe are working with Google to boost wireless Internet use, the companies said Wednesday.The mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom said it is encouraging users to surf outside the walled garden, using the Internet giant's portal as a home...
CHINAElectronics manufacturing services company Flextronics said it will score more than $550 million in upfront cash payments from the sale of its network and semiconductor businesses. AMIS Holdings Inc. will buy the company's semiconductor business, and as previously announced, Telavie AS will buy its...
BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Ventures announced an undisclosed strategic investment in Anam Mobile, a messaging infrastructure provider for short message service and multimedia messaging service (MMS) delivery platforms. The investment arm of the world's No. 2 handset provider cited Anam's patented Smart Services Framework, which...
The wireless industry often has found itself at odds with advocacy groups for the hearing-impaired community as industry has worked to incorporate technology into its phones to allow deaf and hard-of-hearing customers to make use of wireless products. Now wireless is being used in...
NEW YORK-Motorola Ventures acquired a stake in Asylum Telecom L.L.C., an Internet-based communications company with clients in 25 countries.The investment arm of Motorola Inc. declined to disclose terms of the investment, which was made in the form of a convertible secured note.Asylum, a 2-year-old...
A federal appeals court reinstated Nazomi Communications Inc.'s patent infringement lawsuit against processor company ARM Holdings plc. Nazomi claims ARM's Jazelle microprocessor for mobile phones infringes on one of its patents."Nazomi is confident, given the extensive guidance in today's Federal Circuit opinion, that the...
