BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled the next generation of its Flash-OFDM protocol, raising the stakes for the company in the battle for supremacy against other technologies like WiMAX and UMTS-TDD in the eyes of major carriers in the United States, Europe...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless said it will begin selling PalmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone for $500 with a two-year contract. The device supports Cingular's EDGE network and sports an MP3 player, video capture and playback and Bluetooth technology."The future of wireless is all about...
Mobile publisher THQ Wireless Inc. said it will allow football fans to vote for a most valuable player during the Super Bowl broadcast Feb. 6.THQ is teaming with Players Inc., the licensing arm of the NFL Players Association, to encourage spectators to tout their...
DIC Entertainment said it has signed an agreement with SmartVideo Technologies inc. to create what it describes as the world's first animation channel for cell phones. Known as "DIC Kid's Network," the channel will enable up to 25 million children to access a vast...
LOS ANGELES-WMD Holdings Group Inc. said it will use broadband connectivity from Verizon Wireless for the company's Navitouch Interactive Broadcast Network.Navitouch is an interactive video and audio network that can be used by advertisers and provides a source of services and information for consumers,...
Four of the world's biggest consumer electronics companies are partnering to develop a digital rights management (DRM) standard to deter piracy and illegal copying of music and video. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. formed the Marlin...
OSLO, Norway-The Mobile Media Co. will team with U.K.-based technology company Rubberduck Media Lab Ltd. to provide live streaming video to mobile handsets around the world, the companies announced Tuesday. Rubberduck will deliver 2.5- and third-generation-supported downloadable content to Mobile Media subscribers, allowing media...
Wireless has been mobilized in a variety of critical and innovative ways in reaction to the December tsunami disaster. The wall of water that struck parts of Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and elsewhere served to severely disrupt some telecommunications networks. According to company statements...
LAS VEGAS-The stampede toward mobile video continued at the Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to on-the-go viewers. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced a series of agreements to bring television network content to devices using...
The stampede toward mobile video continued Thursday at the International Consumer Electronics Show as content providers, carriers and TV networks announced alliances to bring televised content to wireless handsets. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. announced a series of agreements to bring television network content to devices...
WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts say down below. The biggest pitfall with year-end prognostications is they tend to lend...
The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for portable, two-way interactions, technology companies the world over are scurrying to build devices that...
BERKELY, Calif.-The nation's first live mobile TV broadcaster celebrated its first birthday Thursday. MobiTV, which recently reached an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., began delivering mobile content to Sprint PCS a year ago. Since its launch, the service has grown from eight to...
Verizon Wireless became the first major U.S. carrier to offer ringback tones, launching a service analysts say-and carriers hope-may be even more profitable than ringtones. Ringbacks are clips of music a caller hears instead of a traditional ring before the person being called answers...
Mobile TV took a big step forward last week as Qualcomm Inc. announced plans to deploy an $800 million nationwide network delivering multimedia messaging service broadcasts to mobile handsets. Use of the network, which is expected to come online in 2006, will be offered...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry told the Federal Communications Commission that integrating wireless technology into the nation's outdated Emergency Alert System could be more difficult than expected and warned policy-makers that scrapping the current regime would be unwise. CTIA-The Wireless Association said policy-makers should proceed cautiously...
Crown Castle International Corp. said it purchased Verizon Wireless' 37.3-percent interest in their Crown Atlantic Joint Venture for $295 million, including $15 million of net working capital. The venture included 2,019 towers and has $180 million outstanding under its senior credit facility. Following the...
Crown Castle International Corp. said it purchased Verizon Wireless' 37.3-percent interest in their Crown Atlantic Joint Venture for $295 million, inclusive of approximately $15 million of net working capital. The venture included 2,019 towers and has $180 million outstanding under its senior credit facility.Following...
LONDON-Rock band Rooster has made history with the first live concert in the United Kingdom to be broadcast live via mobile phone. A 45-minute set was broadcast from London's Institute of Contemporary Arts to around 1,000 subscribers via mobile operator 3's network. The broadcast...
Nokia Corp. and U.S. tower firm Crown Castle International Corp. have partnered to bring video services to U.S. mobile users, the companies said Tuesday. In October, the team launched digital video broadcast for handsets (DVB-H) trials in Pittsburgh, transmitting television-type content to mobile devices....
The history of Broadcast Towers Inc., a modestly sized tower services company, offers an account of the tower industry's past and suggests a different path the the future. Ben Gaboury, Ron Lipham and Michael Kerwick have more in common than sitting at the helm...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. began a new advertising campaign that includes links to recently acquired AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and represent the carrier's new position as the nation's largest wireless operator. The campaign, which was created by BBDO Atlanta and BBDO New York, is set...
WASHINGTON-Three nationwide GSM carriers will participate in a digital emergency alert pilot that officially kicked off last week, but questions remain about whether the Bush administration-sponsored project can secure support from top CDMA wireless operators and the leading industry trade association. The six-month pilot...
WASHINGTON-The public-safety community is urging lawmakers to accept the Senate language of the 9/11 Commission legislation that would allow it to have access to 700 MHz spectrum Jan. 1, 2008. "The public-safety spectrum provisions adopted by a unanimous Senate would establish a firm date...
