LAS VEGAS—Verizon Wireless is still mulling over which spectrum auction to participate in, company officials said at CTIA on Wednesday, and has not yet made a final decision over whether to go after Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the auction this summer or bide...
LAS VEGAS—Listen to Van Toffler for a few minutes and you’ll begin to wonder if the M in MTV stands for mobile. "We’re really moving into the wireless space, and our audience is clearly our master," said MTV Networks’ president, who is set to...
LAS VEGAS—Action Engine Corp. reported a pair of high-profile multimedia partnerships. The first deal is with MSNBC.com and calls for the launch of a beta mobile new service featuring an advertising business model that allows the service to be provided free to users. The...
LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and others showed off a variety of new handsets at the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show. Vendors continued to fight over super-slim devices and high-end technologies with their new products. Click here to...
LAS VEGAS—Cingular Wireless said it has added Media Net data options to its GoPhone prepaid wireless offering. As the wireless market in the United States is reaching saturation, wireless carriers are beginning to embrace the prepaid segment as a way to grow their subscriber...
LAS VEGAS—Crown Castle International Corp.’s mobile TV subsidiary, Modeo L.L.C., announced it contracted with High Tech Computer Corp. to build a DVB-H-capable phone, which Modeo will sell in the second half of this year. The phone will be able to play TV broadcasted over...
LAS VEGAS—Recently launched sports-oriented mobile virtual network operator Mobile ESPN L.L.C. reported a deal with network partner Sprint Nextel Corp. to expand the distribution of Mobile ESPN phones and services to at least 500 Sprint Nextel retail locations in the United States and Puerto...
LAS VEGAS—Verizon Wireless celebrated its sixth anniversary this week with a blizzard of announcements, from devices and alliances to location-based services. First up, Verizon Wireless announced an alliance with Adobe Systems Inc. to initiate a mobile ecosystem built around Flash technology, allowing applications developers...
LAS VEGAS—Mforma Group Inc. is the latest mobile-game publisher to get a makeover, dropping its name in an effort to become more consumer-friendly. The San Francisco-based developer is rebranding as Hands-On Mobile and expanding its portfolio to offer a variety of lifestyle applications in...
By Lorene YueLAS VEGAS—Motorola Inc. is expanding its retail base by partnering with a top seller of mobile phones.The Schaumburg-based mobile phone manufacturer has partnered with InPhonic of Washington, D.C., which sells wireless services and products through thousands of Web sites including its own...
LAS VEGAS—When it comes to mobile, at least, Chuck D believes the hype. The driving force behind the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy is going wireless as a mobile music aggregator, launching a distribution company to hawk ringtones, voice tones and other clips from...
LAS VEGAS—Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn’t expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network, and plans to take time to digest the ones it already has and see how they do, company officials said during a roundtable Monday afternoon. Len Lauer,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. said it will expand its partnership with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. by offering its Yahoo Go for Mobile products and services to BlackBerry users. "Our Yahoo users want to access our services from all of their connected devices. Together...
LAS VEGAS—Wireless vendors are prepping products and services to take advantage of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the 1700 MHz/2100 MHz and 700 MHz bands scheduled to begin in two months. Click here to see all of RCR...
LAS VEGAS—Global Wireless Entertainment Inc. said it acquired SkinIt Inc., which provides on-demand and custom physical personalization of mobile devices. GWE, which manages celebrities and brands in the mobile media environment, said SkinIt has merged with its Cellfan.com business. Together the businesses will provide...
LAS VEGAS—Qualcomm Inc. said it would blanket Las Vegas with its MediaFlo mobile TV technology in conjunction with the CTIA Wireless 2006 trade show, which starts tomorrow. Qualcomm said the citywide demonstration network will use two transmitters and will allow CTIA attendees to view...
LAS VEGAS—Motorola Inc. made a range of announcements ahead of the CTIA Wireless 2006 show, unveiling a new version of its super-slim Razr phone as well as a variety of other products and services. Motorola said its new Razr V3m is built for CDMA...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. announced new services in Las Vegas that allow customers to use their mobile phone to buy tickets, register at hotels and receive mobile coupons. The company introduced a new service that allows wireless customers to purchase tickets for the Las...
Sprint Nextel Corp. may have gotten a jump-at least in the rhetorical game of crafting perceptions-over its arch-rival and fellow CDMA carrier Verizon Wireless with its announced plans to implement CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A and its intent to be first to market with...
It has been about two-and-a-half years since Steve Largent took over the reins at CTIA, the cellular trade group hosting this week's big bash in Las Vegas. Just how is it that Largent won the well-endowed right to be kingpin lobbyist for this wildly...
Tecore Wireless Systems, which has developed technology to provide voice, data and multimedia services from a common platform, introduced a service for mobile virtual network operators. The T-MVNO product provides mobile subscriber management and application services, uses an IP backbone and, according to Tecore,...
RFSRadio Frequency Systems said it plans to demonstrate a fast bit-rate remote radio head unit that permits fiber connectivity direct to the towertop at CTIA Wireless 2006. The RHH system permits base transmitter station to antenna separation distances of up to 10 miles, which...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Even as Sprint Nextel Corp. continues to build out its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network, the carrier has announced a plan to make its network even faster using EV-DO Revision A. According to Sprint Nextel, the company will concurrently put in Rev. A...
WASHINGTON-Cellular companies and disability advocates appear to have reached a compromise over proposed changes to a revised standard for mobile-phone hearing-aid compatibility, resolving a dispute that escalated in recent weeks and threatened the prospect of carriers and manufacturers meeting the next Federal Communications Commission...
