SAN DIEGO-Investors continued to show their faith in wireless Tuesday with two new funding announcements. Sky Mobile Media Inc. announced it has raised $6.25 million in Series A financing, with Enterprise Partners Venture Capital leading the round. The mobile software developer said it will...
Leap Wireless International Inc., which recently emerged from bankruptcy protection that allowed the carrier to cut more than $2 billion in debt, said it expects to spend between $28 million and $33 million expanding its Cricket service to the Fresno, Calif., market by the...
Wireless technology companies Teleca and IPWireless announced a new partnership the companies said will speed the development of new mobile phones and data devices working on the UMTS TDD network standard. The companies said they will work with Sweden's Wireless System Integration to form...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. inked a new deal with Oz Communications Inc. to install the company's instant messaging software into select Samsung mobile phones. The deal is the latest in a series of significant customer wins for Oz, a privately held company...
Nokia Corp. used its Nokia Mobility Conference last week in Monaco as a platform to showcase several new products, including its new smart-phone offerings: the Nokia 7710 widescreen multimedia smart phone, the Nokia 3230 megapixel smart phone and the mid-range Nokia 6020 camera phone....
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...
Following weeks of speculation, Verizon Wireless inked an agreement late last week to acquire bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. and its remaining spectrum licenses for $3 billion. The deal, which is subject to government approval as well as approval from NextWave's bankruptcy court, will add...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Mobile communications vendors may soon find themselves in competition with WiMAX vendors for the same customers, according to a report from ABI Research. According to the report, "HSDPA-Mobile Broadband," the two camps started out on different paths but ended up at the...
LONDON-South African wireless carrier Vodacom intends to be the first African carrier to offer third-generation services through a deal announced with Vodafone Group plc, which is an owner of Vodacom. The South African company said it plans to market Vodafone's 3G services, particularly the...
SINGAPORE-Following their European counterparts, seven Asia-Pacific mobile operators inked a deal to form a regional alliance, called Bridge Mobile Alliance, which will operate through a Singapore-incorporated company, Bridge Mobile Pte Ltd. The joint-venture company aims to drive economies of scale for equipment purchases and...
BERWYN, Pa.-Former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Triton PCS Inc. reported that it intends to enter into a $250 million senior secured term loan facility that will replace its existing $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The carrier said it plans to use...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced the ASTRO 25 LE solution, which it said brings the benefits of Project 25 to smaller towns, cities and counties, and federal government agencies, utilities and other groups with wireless radio needs. Motorola said the ASTRO 25 LE is designed...
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...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp., which previously reported preliminary third-quarter results, posted $272.4 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 27.8-percent improvement compared with the $213.1 million the carrier reported during the third quarter of 2003. The carrier...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. plans to roll out 40 handsets next year as part of the company's series of projections. The Finnish vendor also said it is on track to meet its goal of delivering 35 handsets in 2004. However, the company said it plans...
TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it has agreed to acquire 100 percent of inter-touch (BVI) Ltd. for $70 million. Inter-touch is a Singapore-based holding company of Internet providers that supply high-speed broadband connections and applications for business travelers at hotels across Asia-Pacific...
PARIS-Motorola Inc. and Bouygues Telecom, a French mobile operator, announced a contract to deliver Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) services using Motorola V400p handsets. Bouygues Telecom will make its voice messaging services commercially available to enterprise and professional customers this month, Motorola said....
Following stronger-than-expected third-quarter growth results posted by seven of the nation's eight largest wireless operators late last month, a trio of smaller players posted mixed results last week. Meanwhile, a rural operator postponed its planned financial release, citing past accounting adjustments. Sprint PCS' largest...
Efforts to build a national security wireless network in Iraq have always been murky and dangerous. It is still risky business, with blood-thirsty insurgents hell bent on disrupting political and economic rehabilitation in the war-ravaged country.Largely for that reason, First Responder Network contracting in...
Terrified by the stigma of pornography and despite its revenue-enhancing potential, U.S. carriers continue to keep mobile adult content at arm's length, refusing to offer it through their portals. But that's not stopping wireless users from getting it. There's no question of the worldwide...
Dobson Communications Corp., which previously reported preliminary third-quarter results, posted $272.4 million in total revenues during the third quarter of this year, which was a 27.8-percent improvement compared with the $213.1 million the carrier reported during the third quarter of 2003. The carrier noted...
Sprint PCS' largest affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. reported 53,000 net customer additions during the third quarter, which was more than three times the 16,000 subscribers the carrier added during the third quarter of 2003. Alamosa said it ended the quarter with 866,000 total customers....
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Mobile communications vendors may soon find themselves in competition with WiMAX vendors for the same customers, according to a new report from ABI Research.According to the report, "HSDPA-Mobile Broadband," the two camps started out on different paths but ended up at the...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Telefonica Moviles (Peru) selected Datumcom Corp. for A-GPS support and location-based services deployment engineering services. The company is providing its LOC-AID.net location services, including friend finder, fleet management, location dating and location gaming, as well as engineering services for validation, calibration and...
