Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via various devices, including their televisions, computers and Web-enabled camera phones. The Share Everywhere product is scheduled to be available starting in...
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, Pa.—Wireless Xcessories Group signed a manufacturing and supply agreement with Sanyo Energy (U.S.A.) Corp. to manufacture mobile phone accessories for the electronics maker. The agreement links the modestly sized accessory maker to a manufacturer and retailer with notable presence in the North...
ORLANDO, Fla.—Sony Corp. revealed new details about a digital photo program that is expected to allow users to view, upload and share pictures via various devices, including their televisions, computers and Web-enabled camera phones.The Share Everywhere product is scheduled to be available starting in...
ORLANDO, Fla.—This spring, Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin offering its PCS users the ability to share pictures and videos recorded by their cellular phones on an invitation-only basis in Sprint PCS Picture Mail Groups. The service allows subscribers to create an online group related...
OKLAHOMA CITY-RadioShack Corp. customers in seven states will be able to purchase cellular phones and services from Dobson Communications Corp.'s wireless subsidiary, Dobson Cellular Systems, under the Cellular One brand. The new distribution agreement, announced by Dobson, involves 54 RadioShack stores in markets primarily...
OKLAHOMA CITY-RadioShack Corp. customers in seven states will be able to purchase cellular phones and services from Dobson Communications Corp.'s wireless subsidiary, Dobson Cellular Systems, under the Cellular One brand. The new distribution agreement, announced by Dobson, involves 54 RadioShack stores in markets primarily...
WASHINGTON-Morgan O'Brien, the industry pioneer who built Nextel Communications Inc. into a multibillion-dollar national wireless force, is joining a start-up firm seeking to leverage a patented geographic location-based technology for targeted emergency alerts and commercial mobile marketing. O'Brien will be chairman of the advisory...
NEWARK, N.J.-IDT Corp. said Detroit-based GVC Networks L.L.C. bought its Winstar subsidiaries, which provide telecommunications services to various U.S. government agencies. Though terms of the sale have not been disclosed, IDT said that sale includes Winstar Communications L.L.C., Winstar Government Solutions L.L.C. and Winstar...
SAN FRANCISCO-African Americans and Latinos use their cellular phones most often, and young users across the board talk the most, according to an analysis of postpaid wireless customer bills by industry research firm Telephia. Between the first and third quarters of 2005, monthly minutes...
The wireline parent companies of Cingular Wireless L.L.C. are dangling discounts, converged bills and the potential of cross-platform services as they try to convince customers to bundle Cingular wireless services along with high-speed Internet, video and wireline phone services. As the AT&T brand re-emerges...
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Theatre Owners is considering asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow theaters to install equipment that would jam mobile-phone signals, but the trade group has yet to take such action. Jamming equipment is banned today. "The petition is still under...
Online sales are skyrocketing-and wireless carriers are keeping pace as consumers increasingly look to the Web as a venue to shop and buy. Online sales (excluding travel) raked in $30.1 billion during the holiday shopping season, and sales of consumer electronics such as cellular...
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Theatre Owners is considering asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow theaters to install equipment that would jam mobile-phone signals, but the trade group has yet to take such action. Jamming equipment is banned today. "The petition is still under...
Wireless carriers struck out once again in Consumer Reports' annual survey of cellular phones and service. Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. came in for particularly harsh criticism, since many former AWS customers reported low satisfaction after the merger. Overall, customer...
SEATTLE, Wash.-In a move that proves cellular phone service is truly going to the dogs, Cimbix Corp. said it has completed a licensing agreement that allows it to proceed with worldwide distribution plans for cellular phones for pets. Cimbix said it plans to offer...
WASHINGTON-Colorado authorities last week were expected to limit charges to a misdemeanor against a teenage driver who investigators said was text messaging on his cell phone when he crossed over into a bicycle lane, where his car struck a cyclist who later died. In...
WASHINGTON-The long-running legal battle between former Illinois wireless dealer Kempner Mobile Electronics Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has taken a new turn as a federal appeals court reversed a lower court ruling, essentially finding that the nation's top mobile-phone operator did not interfere with...
WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives passed legislation making it illegal for teens under 18 years old to talk on cell phones while driving. The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Rep. David Law, imposes a $50 fine on violators. The measure now goes to the...
WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives today passed legislation making it illegal for teens under 18 years old to talk on cell phones while driving. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. David Law (R), imposes $50 fines on violators. The measure now goes to the...
WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill banning teens under the age of 18 from talking on cell phones while driving."When I was working in the Oakland County prosecutors' office, I saw several cases where accidents and even deaths...
CALGARY, Alberta-CSI Wireless Inc. saw its stock take a 20-percent plunge on the Toronto Stock Exchange Thursday after the designer and manufacturer of wireless global positioning systems products announced that third-quarter results will include a loss of more than $4.7 million.In 2004, CSI's third-quarter...
MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-Calypso Wireless Inc. retained David Davila to serve as president and chief executive officer, in a move the company said is intended to bolster its ability to deliver its product to market and enforce its patent rights.Davila, who is returning to the...
LOS ANGELES-The market for mobile resource management systems could reach more than 5.8 million units by 2009, with annual hardware and service revenues exceeding $2 billion, according to a new report from C.J. Driscoll & Associates.Today, nearly 1.9 million global positioning system-based wireless devices...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-were using cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...
