AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Location-based services have struggled to find their feet in Europe. Mobile data has taken a long time to deliver on the technology, applications and price points to meet customer expectations. The reality is that mobile data has a long way to go....
Moviso scored an exclusive, one-year licensing agreement in the United States to offer wireless content based on the highly touted summer movie "The Hulk." The company launched a Web site to sell the content in conjunction with the release of the movie, offering ring...
RESTON, Va.-Verizon Wireless will begin using real-time charging and convergent mediation provider Openet Telecom's FusionWorks Mediation solution to support real-time content billing and flexible reporting of Internet Protocol-based services for the carrier's Express Network data service.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Teleca has licensed its Obigo mobile suite, a software package that includes technologies for mobile browsing, messaging and content management, to Chinese consumer electronics supplier Legend.Legend, which began producing and marketing mobile phones a year ago under the brand name Lenovo, will initially...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday reauthorized the Federal Trade Commission but did not deal with the controversial digital rights management issue. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) offered but then withdrew an amendment that would have overturned a recent court ruling requiring Verizon Communications Inc....
SEATTLE-WaterCove Networks has joined Qpass Inc.'s Prosperity Alliance, allowing the companies to work together to offer mobile data solutions."Our expertise in business system integration and value-added service delivery naturally complements WaterCove's real-time metering and granular transport visibility," said Tom Trinneer, vice president of products...
SAN FRANCISCO-It's a numbers game.Three million developers. Three million downloads of the J2ME software development kit last year. Five hundred fifty million desktops running Java. Fifty-three wireless carriers deploying Java services to 100 million subscribers. One hundred million Java-enabled handsets in the world. Three...
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers last week called for making firm the mandate that TV broadcasters give back spectrum in the 700 MHz band by the end of 2006.Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) told the House telecommunications subcommittee that while it may be hard for...
LOS ANGELES-Xingtone launched a new downloadable application that allows consumers to subscribe to a service that uploads their favorite MP3s, images and game files to their mobile phones. Xingtone's business plan is carrier independent, meaning subscribers can receive unlimited amounts of content for one...
SAN DIEGO-Text messaging is growing on a worldwide basis, according to recent polls conducted by SMS.ac Inc., which provides a wireless community (www.sms.ac) that allows for interaction among network operators, technology standards, the Internet, businesses, consumers, and application and content developers. Results of the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text...
Without going too far out on a limb, it seems a safe bet to claim the wireless industry has gone crazy for most anything associated with the term Wi-Fi. From wireless operators clamoring to install access points into just about any location where people...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications Inc. will turn over the names, addresses and phone numbers of four subscribers to its DSL service who are accused of illegally downloading music via the Internet.The Recording Industry Association of America, which claims the subscribers were stealing from its members, and...
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. will slash prices for its third-generation services beginning Monday. The two new service packages offer up to a 50-percent savings compared with similar plans on the market.With VideoTalk 500, users get 500 voice minutes for $41.50 per month. For...
BOSTON-Two mobile marketing companies announced deals today, news that shows the continuing growth and potential of the wireless advertising industry.First, marketing company M-Qube announced the next phase of its deal with radio company Clear Channel Communications, which involves a campaign with Boston radio station...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced two new deals to further the development of applications and content for mobile phones.First, the company introduced its new i.JV30 Java virtual machine for its Innovative Convergence mobile-phone reference design. The virtual machine will be available for manufacturers that license...
WASHINGTON-Northrop Grumman Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission are at loggerheads over the global defense giant's push for a public-safety spectrum carve-out that could undermine agency efforts to free up valuable broadcast frequencies for new technologies and that complicates an auction report due to...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Heather Wilson (R-N.M.), a long-time champion in the fight against the unsolicited commercial e-mail that increasingly devours Internet capacity and threatens wireless data in its infancy, this week is expected to introduce anti-spam legislation that competes with a similar bill backed by chairmen...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Rapidly growing Wi-Fi hot spots will likely prove profitable only in some venues, according to a new report from Forward Concepts that assesses the profit potential of various hot spot venues."In most cases where repurposed technology has succeeded in a big way, such...
SINGAPORE-MobileOne said it will launch a video streaming service Monday for its users with Nokia 3650 phones, making it the first operator in Singapore and one of the first in the world to offer the service. The launch follows M1's video download service launch...
Consolidation on the wireless content front continued its unrelenting pace, with gaming company Iomo purchasing rival Covert Operations Ltd. for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock."The mobile entertainment industry is growing at a tremendous rate, and a lot of consolidation has occurred over...
WASHINGTON-An industry group advising the Federal Communications Commission on emergency public warnings today urged use of new technologies to deliver critical homeland security information to U.S. citizens, a policy stance backed by FCC Chairman Michael Powell. "Increasingly, I see media companies that are...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Rapidly growing Wi-Fi hot spots will likely prove profitable only in some venues, according to a new report from Forward Concepts that assesses the profit potential of various hot spot venues."In most cases where repurposed technology has succeeded in a big way, such...
