ATLANTA-FOX Sports Interactive Media said it expanded its publishing partnership with Sorrent into other areas besides games. Under the deal, Sorrent will create and publish all new FOX Sports Mobile multimedia sports content and FOX Sports Mobile Fantasy, a standalone wireless fantasy sports offering....
BERLIN-Wireless heavyweights Nokia Corp., Philips, Universal Studios Networks Germany and Vodafone's research division announced a pilot program to develop a digital broadcasting technology for mobile phones. The technology would allow media companies to broadcast TV shows to wireless handsets."We see that people's lives are...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-NeoMagic Corp. and M-Systems said TCL Corp. is using NeoMagic's MiMagic applications processors with M-Systems' Mobile DiskOnChip to power its Windows Mobile-based smart phones.TCL will begin shipping its first smart phone, called OC01, this summer. The MiMagic 5 enables OC01 to provide...
When Monet Mobile Networks Inc. launched service in November 2002, many in the industry believed that the promise of advanced wireless data technology had finally become a reality-which is why the carrier's bankruptcy filing came as such a surprise."Personally, I'm very, very sorry to...
Wireless communication tower owners American Tower Corp., Crown Castle International Corp. and SpectraSite Inc. spoke at last week's Raymond James & Associates Inc. Institutional Investors Conference, where all three companies expressed optimism for strong tower lease-ups in 2004. American Tower said it expects industry...
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc. announced it has completed the sale of its broadcast services division to Doty, Moore & Hoenninger L.L.C., an investment vehicle owned by members of the broadcast group's existing management team."The sale of our broadcast services division represents the final step...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. has deployed Vyyo Inc.'s wireless broadband solution in Haikou, the capital of Hainan, China. "Using our solution, ChinaSat seamlessly rolled out wireless broadband access in the island of Hainan," explained Michael Corwin, president and chief operating officer....
CANNES, France-The 2004 GSM Association Awards, sponsored by Intel, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nortel, Nokia and Convergys, were presented last night at 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The winners were:Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' Sony Ericsson T610 device won for best mobile terminal handset or device....
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration, facing a $521 billion budget deficit this year, sent Congress a $2.4 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2005 that includes proposals to generate revenue through continued wireless license auctions, regulatory user fees and levies on broadcast frequencies. ...
RED BANK, N.J.-The Radio Club of America handed out accolades to several contributors to the wireless industry at its recent annual banquet and its 94th Anniversary Dinner Awards Presentation.Arthur McDole received the Fred M. Link Award for "his substantial contributions to the advancement and...
Although mobile phones are perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the wireless industry, they are by no means the only aspect of the business. Indeed, wireless technology today inhabits everything from gas monitors to vending machines to laptop computers.The market has evolved to the...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than $100 billion by 2008, according to a report from Analysys. "While the major share of the market will go to consumer...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Wireless operators are expected to battle fixed-line operators for a chunk of the broadband home market, which could be worth more than $100 billion by 2008, according to a report from Analysys."While the major share of the market will go to consumer...
The wireless industry has had a long and lucrative history with sponsoring sporting events. According to a report released last year by Sports Marketing Surveys Ltd., the telecommunications industry signed 91 sports sponsorship deals in 2002, trailing only the automotive industry's 124 sponsorship agreements....
So Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell has declared war on the U2 rock star, the second Irishman in less than two gulps of a Guinness to feel the wrath of the Bush Administration.It's Mano a Bono. For his part, former Treasury secretary Paul...
WASHINGTON-Top mobile-phone operators told a federal appeals court the Federal Communications Commission went astray of the law by awarding additional mobile satellite service licenses despite the sector's desperate financial condition. In its opening brief, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless...
WASHINGTON-Congress should sunset all telecommunications regulation including spectrum allocations and let the private sector innovate if true telecom progress is ever to occur, according to a paper released by the New Millennium Research Council."Congress need only sunset existing telecom regulation and declare the market...
If the predictions pan out, wireless carriers will loosen their purse strings in 2004 to further build out and enhance their networks. To appease unsatisfied consumers and to prove their mettle against the competition, carriers likely will be issuing search rings to locate the...
LONDON-U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom made available new spectrum at 5.8 GHz for wireless broadband services in the country's remote communities. The regulator expects service providers to offer always-on connections with download speeds of up to 1 megabit per second.Ofcom said the 5.8 GHz Band...
Sprint PCS' Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early stages but one that is evolving quietly and rapidly."I think it will be more...
WASHINGTON-Ten years after Congress authorized auctions to award wireless permits, the market-based licensing scheme continues be a magnet for those needing funding for pet projects, but the Federal Communications Commission's strong embrace of intelligent radio technology and commercial exploitation of unlicensed spectrum could force...
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher said thousands of Cellular One subscribers in the state will be entitled to refunds as part of a settlement of billing lawsuit against the mobile-phone operator.Fisher filed a civil lawsuit against Cellular One in July 2001, accusing the Dobson...
WASHINGTON-Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher today said thousands of Cellular One subscribers in the state will be entitled to refunds as part of a settlement of billing lawsuit against the mobile-phone operator.Fisher filed a civil suit against Cellular One in July 2001, accusing the...
WASHINGTON-Another unexpected snag has further complicated industry's chances for securing military spectrum for third-generation wireless services, with the powerful broadcast lobby claiming new studies-conducted in the absence of technical guidance promised by the Bush administration-show frequencies earmarked for the Pentagon in return for surrendered...
