Virgin Mobile Holdings plc is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The company, which operates a number of mobile virtual operator services around the world, laid out plans to launch...
MINNEAPOLIS—ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it acquired Israeli start-up G-Connect, a developer and manufacturer of systems that serve large and medium-sized Internet service providers. G-Connect’s IP service gateway system is used in high-speed Internet access networks and is specifically designed for managing IP traffic in...
BARCELONA, Spain—Virgin Mobile is set to be one of the first European operators to launch mobile TV services using a dedicated mobile TV network. The carrier, which operates a number of mobile virtual operator services around the world, laid out plans to launch mobile...
The mobile TV ecosystem was filled with TDtv news last week as IPWireless Inc. announced two new partnerships and upcoming trials. The network technology company says it's teaming up with mobile streaming providers Vidiator and MobiTV Inc. to develop mobile TV solutions based on...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed setting user fees on un-auctioned spectrum regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, but the agency refused to disclose which wireless services would be subject to new government taxes. The user fee proposal, included in a new White House...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-MobiTV Inc. and IPWireless Inc. announced they plan to jointly develop mobile TV delivery solutions for mobile operators, combining unicast technologies with TDtv multicasting. The companies said TDtv is an ideal offering that is able to leverage the newly defined 3GPP Release 6...
It seems like hardly a week has gone by lately without a miner tragedy or a near-tragedy in the news. As the media shines its light on the mining industry, it's clear that mining communications is ripe for modernization. Today most mines have hard-wired...
It is by no means coincidental some-if not most-major wireless legislation enacted by Congress the past decade has been tucked inside bulging budget bills aimed at balancing the nation's off-kilter checkbook. Indeed, in seemingly counterintuitive fashion, great strides in wireless policy have not tended...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee is warning two data brokers that if they do not satisfactorily answer a letter sent this morning, which is highly critical of the companies and questions their practice of selling cell-phone records, they will face a subpoena to either produce...
SARASOTA, Fla.-XG Technology L.L.C. announced it hired the London office of Credit Suisse as a strategic adviser as the company prepares to launch its xMAX technology. The company says xMAX is a modulation and encoding technology that improves the transmission of radio-frequency signals in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering issuing additional rules for protecting cell-phone customer records later this month, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told the House Commerce Committee Wednesday. Martin also asked that legislators strengthen laws to prohibit the commercial sale of the records. "We are...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. tapped the architect of its BREW business to head the commercial launch of its new mobile TV effort, MediaFlo USA Inc. Qualcomm's Gina Lombardi was appointed president of the company's MediaFlo subsidiary. Lombardi was previously senior vice president of marketing, product...
WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives joined the Senate in introducing legislation that would criminalize pretexting-the practice of impersonating a customer to get their call records. Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) introduced the bill, which is similar to the Consumer Telephone Records Protection...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed fining AT&T Inc. and Alltel Corp. each $100,000 for not having certifications on file showing that they are protecting their customers' call records. The FCC was forced to ask the five largest wireless and wireline companies for their certifications...
WASHINGTON-Morgan O'Brien, the industry pioneer who built Nextel Communications Inc. into a multibillion-dollar national wireless force, is joining a start-up firm seeking to leverage a patented geographic location-based technology for targeted emergency alerts and commercial mobile marketing. O'Brien will be chairman of the advisory...
WASHINGTON-Both the House and Senate said they plan to hold hearings on the ever-burgeoning privacy scandal regarding the disclosure and sale of customers' telecommunications records. The House Commerce Committee is expected to start the process with a hearing Wednesday afternoon. The Senate Commerce consumer-affairs...
WASHINGTON-A technology expert warned last week that if Congress authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require a broadcast flag in digital TV transmissions, the FCC could wind up as a gatekeeper for innovation. A broadcast flag is coding that would prevent the indiscriminate copying...
WASHINGTON-The House and the Senate will each hold separate hearings next month on the ever-burgeoning consumer-privacy scandal regarding the disclosure and sale of telecommunications records. The Senate Commerce consumer-affairs subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8. The House Commerce Committee will hold its hearing...
WASHINGTON-The practice of pretexting-impersonating a customer to obtain call records-is illegal, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission told reporters this morning. "In no way is the practice of pretexting legal, and we are working with the Federal Communications Commission to close these avenues,"...
WASHINGTON-A technology expert warned Tuesday that if Congress authorizes the Federal Communications Commission to require a broadcast flag in digital TV transmissions, the FCC could eventually wind up as a gatekeeper for new innovations. A broadcast flag is coding that would prevent the indiscriminate...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee began its investigation into the data brokering of cell-phone records by requesting that the Federal Communications Commission turn over information on how wireless carriers are protecting their customer call records. "In the recent cases involving the online sale of telephone...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile text-based services are expected to ring up big revenues during the 2006 World Cup soccer tournament taking place this summer in Germany.A new report from Visiongain predicts the month-long event will generate $6.35 billion in mobile revenue with text-based services and downloads,...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. said it invested another $10 million into IPWireless Inc., which develops UMTS TD-CDMA network technology. Sprint Nextel initially invested $4 million in IPWireless in July. Sprint Nextel is trialing IPWireless' UMTS TD-CDMA technology in Washington, D.C. using its 2.5 GHz...
LAS VEGAS-What do Intel Corp., Modeo L.L.C., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. all have in common? They are all eager to promote Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, an open standard for broadcast digital TV reception on mobile devices. The companies formed the Mobile...
