EMI Group has become the first major music label to offer digital music tracks without anti-piracy software. The move has some claiming digital rights management (DRM) software is slipping precariously close to its demise, while others are holding out to see what kind of...
The Department of Justice's internal watchdog revealed the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, overseer of a Bush administration plan to foster improved spectrum use by federal agencies, state governments and private-sector firms, granted more than 23,000 waivers over two years to allow law enforcement...
Sling Media Inc. expanded the availability of its SlingPlayer Mobile product to the Palm operating system, which is available on a handful of devices, including Palm Inc.'s Treo 700p smartphone.Sling Media said the place-shifting software was available as a public beta for customers in...
If the cellular phone continues to mimic the Internet, then social networking will be the next big application on wireless phones. In fact, a number of new media research firms predict that social media is likely to be the tipping point for mobile video...
ORLANDO, Fla.-TV network executives charged with delivering their programming to the mobile environment are happy to see their shows living on multiple platforms, but there's little room for celebration as they each anxiously await opportunities in advertising on the new medium."Actually, I wish this...
As more consumer and business customers turn to the Internet for purchases as well as research, companies such as Synchronoss Technologies Inc. are providing telecom companies with a way to both automate customer orders and provide insight into a broad overview of e-commerce operations....
There's a social networking site and community for every group imaginable these days. But there's a shortage of altruistic measures in this race to embrace a digital community; media companies have taken notice. There's big money and opportunity in connecting people with their favorite...
Of all the industries that the soon-to-be-merged Nokia Siemens Networks will play in, the most important are radio access; services core and applications, which includes IMS; and transport and broadband access. Just which is of primary importance depends on which of the company's customers...
Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) plans to offer a bill mandating a federal standard for interoperable public-safety communications if one cannot be achieved voluntarily. But emerging technological solutions appear to be altering the broader debate over first-responder spectrum and interoperability and disrupting the competitive landscape...
FlipswapFlipswap, an outsourced cell phone trade-in solution for retailers, said it has signed integration partnerships with retail management system providers iQmetrix, Work Wireless, TeleTracker and CellSell.Flipswap's Web-based software allows retailers to formulate a guaranteed trade-in quote for old phones. The value can then be...
Nokia Corp. sold more than half the 71 million smartphones purchased last year and Motorola Inc. followed, with less than 9 percent of the market, according to a new study by ABI Research. Nokia racked up sales of 40 million smartphones out of the...
EarthLink Inc. announced the start of its Wi-Fi phone initiative, a move that puts the Internet service provider directly up against wireless and wireline carriers as well as Voice over IP vendors."What separates our Wi-Fi phone from others is its ability to work over...
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it has settled its legal battle with Sprint Nextel Corp. The affiliate said it reached new agreements with the national carrier that include the transfer of former Nextel operations to Shentel, within its territory.Shentel said that the new agreement provides:--...
As an American who grew up in Italy, Sebastian Harrison always had two phones: one for use in Italy, and one for the United States. As an adult, he decided to tackle the international traveler's dilemma of having to carry or buy a new...
Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. announced it has settled its legal battle with Sprint Nextel Corp. The affiliate said it reached new agreements with the national carrier that include the transfer of former Nextel operations to Shentel, within its territory.Shentel said that the new agreement provides:--A...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC World Markets further lowered its estimates on Motorola Inc. on stronger-than-expected weakness throughout its handset operation. Its 2007 estimates drop...
Viacom is suing YouTube and Google for "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacom's entertainment properties. The suit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and seeks more than $1 billion in damages. The suit opens by...
Amobee Media Systems is the latest startup on the ad-supported mobile game space, teaming with Exit Games to deliver marketing messages in titles running on Java and BREW handsets.Exit is a German-based firm that provides technology for connected play to customers including Cingular Wireless,...
Broadcast mobile TV provider Modeo L.L.C. received a waiver from the Federal Communications Commission late last month that allows Modeo to increase the transmission power of its 1670-1675 MHz spectrum, which the company purchased in 2003. The spectrum, which is clear and unencumbered nationwide,...
Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, more than double the loss of $21.8 million...
Motorola Inc.'s performance last year cost CEO Edward Zander his bonus, but it didn't tarnish his golden parachute. Zander's exit pay, explicitly disclosed for the first time in a company filing March 2, could range as high as $56.8 million, depending on the circumstances...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors RBC Capital Markets lowered its 2007 estimates on Motorola Inc. to $1.18 from $1.20 and lowered its price target on the...
CyberNet Communications Inc. said it deployed WiMAX-based wireless Internet access in parts of Los Angeles, Vernon and the city of Commerce, Calif. The company said that some customers have already been using the service for several months, and that speeds of up to...
Rural Cellular Corp. posted mixed results as its losses widened, but it made major improvements in churn and customer gains.The Minnesota-based regional carrier reported a net loss of $53.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, more than double the loss of $21.8 million...
