Sprint Corp. received an important endorsement for its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. as the Federal Communications Commission granted its approval for the deal, which will solidify the new Sprint Nextel Corp.'s position as the industry's third-largest operator with more than 40 million...
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...
ESPOO, Finland-Finnish broadcaster YLE is powering what it said is the first live TV broadcast for mobile users at an international sporting event.The company is delivering footage from the IAAF World Championships track and field competition in Helsinki, Finland. Users can watch the real-time...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. announced Wednesday that their respective stockholders have approved the transaction for the companies to merge. The companies expect the merger to close on or about Aug. 8.In the deal, the two companies agreed to a stock-for-stock exchange, whereby...
The Federal Communications Commission approved Sprint Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc., which will bolster Sprint's position as the industry's third-largest operator with more than 40 million subscribers. According to Sprint, the FCC approval completes all required regulatory approvals for the acquisition, and...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission last month that it will not meet the Dec. 31 deadline to have 95 percent of its handset base capable of locating 911 callers."Sprint Nextel would likely achieve 80-percent to 85-percent handset penetration by the end...
DENVER-Brickhouse Mobile announced a five-year agreement with Homegrown Video, an amateur adult film distributor, that calls for Brickhouse to develop, distribute and sell mobile-phone content and services worldwide.Homegrown content will be available via a monthly subscription or a la carte, according to the deal....
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
To the Editor, I just read the article, "Emergency alert tests with cell phones expanded," by Jeffrey Silva, in your July 11 edition and found it very interesting. I do believe that the U.S. needs a system similar to the one used in Kuwait....
WASHINGTON-A group has urged homeland security officials to require cellular carriers to take advantage of embedded cell-broadcast capability in mobile phones so U.S. citizens can receive wireless alerts during emergencies. "A pilot or trial of a public warning system that is based on the...
OBERHAUSEN, Germany-Wireless multimedia messaging service application provider ConVisual said it has installed an interactive TV platform for Australian entertainment company IAM Mobile.The platform, which came online last week with the Australian broadcast of the "Live8" concert, integrates incoming MMS and SMS messages into live...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. is teaming with Abertis Telecom and Telefonica Moviles Espana on a live mobile TV service in Spain, the companies said this week.The project, which is backed by regional and local TV channels, will begin broadcasting to 500 mobile users in Madrid...
My niece was caught in a rainstorm last week while at an out-of-town cheerleading camp. The torrential rain soaked her to the skin and drowned the wireless handset in her pocket. After the rain stopped, the phone would not work. My brother loaned her...
PHOENIX-The mobile digital TV broadcast market is poised for significant growth during the next five years, according to a new report from market research firm S2 Data Corp.However, S2 points out there are significant hurdles including commercialization, regulatory issues, spectrum planning and handset availability.The...
WASHINGTON-Efforts to fill the seat on the Federal Communications Commission left vacant by the departure of former FCC Chairman Michael Powell were stymied late Thursday when Christine Kurth, deputy chief of staff for the Senate Commerce Committee, withdrew her name from consideration. Kurth was...
SAN ANTONIO-Qualcomm Inc. acquired 10 patents covering a wireless broadcasting technology that allows operators to send bursts of content to select groups of subscribers. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Qualcomm scored the patents through an acquisition of the assets of Vail, Colo.-based...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and frequent critic of the TV broadcast lobby, plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that would end the transition to digital TV at Jan. 1, 2009. McCain's move likely will pre-empt the current...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week approved rules implementing relocation fund legislation approved by Congress last December, a move that paves the way to auction third-generation wireless licenses in June 2006. The guidelines require the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to be...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved rules implementing relocation fund legislation approved by Congress last December, a move that paves the way for the auction of third-generation mobile-phone licenses in June 2006.The guidelines require the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), former chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and frequent critic of the TV broadcast lobby, will introduce a bill next Tuesday that will set the hard date for the completion of the digital TV transition at Jan. 1, 2009. McCain's...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. offered industry an early look at its MediaFLO mobile TV technology in conjunction with its BREW developer's conference here. The demonstration showed MediaFLO can transmit streaming video, but also revealed the technology isn't as polished as rival offerings like DVB-H and...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has reached an agreement with spokeswoman Catherine Zeta-Jones extending their commercial advertising relationship. Terms of the multi-year extension were not released, though T-Mobile USA said Zeta-Jones will continue to appear in television, broadcast and online advertising, as well...
Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel to its Vcast service that will feature rotating performances from shows around the nation...
WASHINGTON-South Korea's National Emergency Management Agency said it will expand cell-broadcast disaster alerts to cover the whole country.NEMA said the initiative has enabled mobile-phone subscribers to get information on typhoons, tsunami and other disasters on a real-time basis with the support of wireless carriers...
