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Deals were announced and applications launched last week as the large wireless vendors fanned the flames of the hot and getting-hotter mobile content market. L.M. Ericsson said it will distribute …

SAN FRANCISCO-Several highly anticipated mobile virtual network operators last week revealed plans to begin rolling out services in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season. One of the biggest names …

MUNICH, Germany-For those who yearn for channel surfing away from home, Siemens AG is launching Mobile TV Streaming, which the company said makes mobile channel surfing over GPRS or W-CDMA/UMTS …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile TV and video services could run into capacity constraints on third-generation networks in as little as two years, according to a new report from Analysys. The report, “Making …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular …

Mobile TV company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. “Things are just going through the roof,” boasted …

Startup Roundbox today announced $8 million in its first round of venture funding, news that coincides with the company’s emergence from stealth mode. Headed by executives from Dynamicsoft, Flarion Technologies …

WASHINGTON-A revised, $250 million emergency alert system bill set to be introduced would give the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-not the Department of Homeland Security-the lead in modernizing the nation’s …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in …

In the face of the lofty pronouncements and promises from official Washington about improving emergency communications and muscling up our telecom infrastructure in the aftermath of 9/11, the Asian tsunami …

WASHINGTON-In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said that he intends to create a new Homeland Security and Public Safety Bureau. Likewise, the issue of public-safety interoperable …

CAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV and other wireless video services could overwhelm third-generation networks within two years, according to a report from technology consultant firm Sound Partners. Carriers rushing to push …

BRISTOL, Conn.-ESPN renewed rights to Major League Baseball across its many platforms through 2013 with an eight-year, $2.4 billion deal announced this week. The pact builds on baseball’s current agreement …

HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-Mobile TV subscriptions could reach 65 million worldwide by the end of 2010, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report predicts streamed services will account …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-The mobile content and entertainment services market in Western Europe could reach nearly $40 billion by 2012, according to a new report from Berg Insight. The leading services in …

Music-rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired music-recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BMI, which collects royalties …

Music rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired the music recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BMI, …

DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor was pushing something else. Though his …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The wireless industry garnered unprecedented attention from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as MobiTV and Sprint Nextel Corp. were named winners of an Emmy Award. MobiTV …

WAYNE, Pa.-Traffic.com Inc. said it signed an agreement with the Maryland State Highway Administration that will allow for construction of a network of wireless roadside traffic sensors. The project will …

Leap Wireless International Inc. announced free Wireless AMBER Alerts for its Cricket customers. Wireless AMBER alerts are short text messages with local information about abducted children. In May, nine wireless …

The rising tide that is the mobile-content industry is hitting choppy waters for some publicly held content providers. Dwango Wireless is the latest company to get pummeled by the waves. …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. completed its merger with SpectraSite Inc., creating a combined company with more than 21,500 wireless towers, more than 400 broadcast towers and nearly 100 in-building sites. Stockholders …

FREMONT, Calif.-Digital Fountain Inc. unveiled a deal to license its Forward Error Correcting technology for wireless multimedia broadcasts to Nokia Corp., the software developer said last week. The world’s largest …

Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS expanded their mobile music offerings this week with two announcements. Verizon Wireless will team with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast clips from the Latin …