WASHINGTON-Technology may be the only way to solve the centuries-old battle between copyright owners and consumers who want authorization to make copies of protected works. "We don't have a political solution, but if we could come up with a technological solution maybe we could...
WASHINGTON-Siyamend Zaid Othman is helping lay the foundation for a new Iraq where information flows freer than it did under the oppressive regime of Saddam Hussein and where ordinary people can chat on cell phones like billions of others do around the world everyday....
XG Technology L.L.C. said its first consumer product, a Voice over Internet Protocol handset, will be available by the end of this year and that the device will work with low-cost xMAX-enabled base stations. The handsets are expected to be dual-mode, equipped with both...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered by TV broadcasters and instead use 30 megahertz for a fourth-generation nationwide public-safety network...
SARASOTA, Fla.—XG Technology L.L.C. said its first consumer product, a Voice over Internet Protocol handset, will be available by the end of this year and that the device will work with low-cost xMAX-enabled base stations. The handsets are expected to be dual-mode, equipped with...
Sling Media Inc. launched a software package allowing wireless subscribers to view TV broadcasts on Windows Mobile devices. The developer announced a beta version of the much-awaited offering, which sends video from a cable box through an Ethernet cable to a handset running Windows...
SAN FRANCISCO-Content providers will need to deliver compelling programming for mobile video to grow beyond the young, male demographic it currently attracts, two new reports indicate. Mobile TV is already drawing a key demographic for advertisers, according to Telephia. Wireless users between the ages...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it is teaming with the Associated Press to allow reporters to file 60-second video clips from the 215 cities and 466 airports where the carrier offers high-speed wireless access. The service uses SNAPfeed, a "store and forward" video application...
WASHINGTON-The National Religious Broadcasters came out against Senate legislation aimed at allowing the TV white spaces to be used for unlicensed operations, charging that such devices are untested, the digital TV transition is not complete, and such devices could interfere with wireless microphones that...
FREMONT, Calif.-The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.'s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are companion documents to the previously ratified Flo Air Interface Specification submitted to the TIA...
Six Apart Ltd., a company that specializes in blogging software and services, bolstered its position in the mobile blogging arena with the acquisition of SplashData Inc.'s SplashBlog mobile photo blogging application and service. Terms of the deal were not released. The SplashBlog service allows...
SAN MATEO, Calif.—Sling Media Inc. launched a software package allowing wireless subscribers to view TV broadcasts on Windows Mobile devices. The developer announced a beta version of the much-awaited offering, which sends video from a cable box through an Ethernet cable to a handset...
SAN FRANCISCO—Content providers will need to deliver compelling programming for mobile video to grow beyond the young, male demographic it currently attracts, two new reports indicate. Mobile TV is already drawing a key demographic for advertisers, according to Telephia. Wireless users between the ages...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—GPS chipset provider SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. said it acquired TrueSpan, a two-year-old company that is developing chips for mobile TV. The acquisition is part of SiRF’s plans to develop chips for a variety of wireless technologies.TrueSpan’s platform is based on OFDM...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. is teaming with the Associated Press to allow reporters to file 60-second video clips from the 215 cities and 466 airports where the carrier offers high-speed wireless access. The service uses SNAPfeed, a "store and forward" video application developed by...
FREMONT, Calif.—The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are companion documents to the previously ratified Flo Air Interface Specification submitted to the TIA...
WASHINGTON-As part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, Sprint Nextel Corp. was given 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band. However, before the carrier can use the spectrum it must first...
WASHINGTON—As part of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, Sprint Nextel Corp. was given 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band. However, before the carrier can use the spectrum it must first...
WASHINGTON—Allocating spectrum for unlicensed uses would help rural America achieve full broadband deployment, the chief technology officer for Microsoft Corp. told lawmakers Tuesday. Microsoft’s CTO, Craig Mundie, endorsed bills that would make TV White Space spectrum available to unlicensed users. "Unlicensed spectrum should be...
Call it hedging your bets. Qualcomm Inc. said it is developing chipsets based on a rival mobile television standard-Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, or DVB-H-even while it works to complete its own MediaFlo network in the United States.Qualcomm is spending about $800 million to build its...
Mobile advertising has come a long way since the early days of "American Idol." The hit show is credited with catalyzing text messaging in North America, generating more than 13 million messages during the 2004 season from fans voting via their mobile phones. Mobile...
REDMOND, Wash—Microsoft Corp. announced that it’s backing Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld technology as a "founding member" of the Mobile DTV Alliance. Although the group formed in January, Microsoft only today announced its membership despite its ranking as a founding member. Microsoft joins Intel Corp., Modeo...
FORT MYERS, Fla.—Continuing its recent flurry of acquisitions, NeoMedia Technologies Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire HipCricket Inc., which provides custom mobile marketing solutions for broadcasters and brand marketers.HipCricket, based in Essex, Conn., licenses software to radio stations and broadcast networks that...
Senate lawmakers on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation to reserve unused slots in broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband access.The unused or unassigned broadcast frequencies are known as white spaces. The Wireless Innovation Act of 2006 requires the Federal Communications Commission to permit unlicensed use of...
