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EarthLink expands muni Wi-Fi activities with Anaheim win

ATLANTA-EarthLink Inc. is storming ahead with its Wi-Fi broadband network rollouts, announcing a contract to blanket the 50-square-mile city of Anaheim, Calif., with the state's largest municipal Wi-Fi network. EarthLink said the network would provide inexpensive, high-speed Internet access to Anaheim's 345,000 residents and...

SK Earthlink MVNO to be dubbed Helio

LOS ANGELES-SK Earthlink Inc. followed through on previous claims that it was looking at a new name for its planned mobile virtual network operator service, unveiling the newly christened Helio Inc. brand that the company plans to use when it launches next spring. The...

Wi-Fi wackiness

 Wi-Fi frenzy has hit a number of U.S. cities. I hope they know what they're getting into. EarthLink Inc. has promised the city of Philadelphia it will roll out a low-cost Wi-Fi system to its underprivileged, while a Massachusetts airport is furious that Continental...

Muni Wi-Fi marches along

Municipal-Wi-Fi-mania has landed. By the end of the year, the world will have more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hot spots, according to Informa Telecoms & Media research. And the Asia-Pacific region is not in its usual predominant spot, as North America and Europe are getting...

WFI joins Google on San Fran bid, AnchorFree submits proposal

Wireless Facilities Inc. said it's joining forces with Google Inc. to bid on San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi project. WFI specializes in the design, deployment and management of wireless networks and said it's ready to provide Google with its services."As noted in the proposal, WFI...

Cingular shows interest in San Fran, EarthLink wins Philly contract

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, gave a "suggestion" to San Francisco that the city let Cingular's EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies submitted proposals to supply San Francisco's 750,000 or so residents with Wi-Fi Internet access....

Philadelphia pushes Wi-Fi announcement to next week

PHILADELPHIA-Hewlett Packard Co. and Earthlink Inc. will have to wait another few days for the City of Philadelphia's announcement of which company wins the city's Wi-Fi infrastructure contract.The announcement was scheduled to be made Monday, Sept. 26, but Dianah Neff, chief information officer in...

SK-Earthlink delays MVNO launch, sticks to aggressive growth projections

SK-Earthlink's plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator service have been pushed back until at least early next year, but despite the delay, the company is not scaling back its roadmap to sign up 3 million customers by 2009. "We are looking at...

SK-EarthLink forms executive team

LOS ANGELES-SK-EarthLink, which is a joint venture between Korean telecom provider SK Telecom and U.S.-based EarthLink Inc., announced its senior executive team and said it will be headquartered in Westwood, Calif. The recently announced venture currently offers a mix of wireless and wired data-based...

SK-EarthLink forms executive team

LOS ANGELES-SK-EarthLink, which is a joint venture between Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom and U.S.-based EarthLink Inc., announced its senior executive team and said it will be headquartered in Westwood, Calif. The recently announced venture currently offers a mix of wireless and wired data-based...

Business Briefs

Boston Communications Group Inc. said it will contest a class-action suit brought by some shareholders in the wake of last month's $128 million patent-infringement verdict. The new suit seeks unspecified damages against the wireless network access management and back-end services provider, claiming among other...

SK-EarthLink to sell Treo through OfficeMax

ATLANTA, Ga.-SK-EarthLink announced it will sell the Treo smart phone from PalmOne Inc. through retailer OfficeMax. The device will sell for $450, with calling plans starting at $40 per month and Internet access for $20 per month. "The EarthLink Wireless Treo 650 smart phone...

Wireless had years to deploy E911, VoIP to be given 120 days

WASHINGTON-While wireless carriers had years to deploy enhanced 911 services (and still missed the mark), Voice over Internet Protocol carriers are expected to have only until fall if rules proposed by new FCC Chairman Kevin Martin are adopted by the full commission Thursday. "If...

More devices announced for market

Nokia's N90, part of the company's new N-series of multimedia devices, includes a 2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and VHS-resolution video capture. It should be available during the second quarter.Nokia's W-CDMA N91 music phone features a 4-gigabyte hard disk, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It...

Sony Ericsson, Siemens sell BlackBerry-connected devices

WATERLOO, Ontario-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Siemens AG joined the growing list of handset manufacturers selling devices that can connect to Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail service.Sony Ericsson announced Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. in Singapore will sell its P910i smart phone with...

EarthLink, SK Telecom detail MVNO joint venture

Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. and Korean carrier SK Telecom have finished forming their new mobile virtual network operator.The joint venture, called SK-EarthLink, plans to offer wireless voice and data services to U.S. consumers later this year. The operator will be fueled by $440...

EarthLink, SK Telecom finalize MVNO joint venture

Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. and Korean carrier SK Telecom have finalized the formation of their new mobile virtual network operator, the companies announced late Thursday. The joint venture, called SK-EarthLink, will offer wireless voice and data services to U.S. consumers later this year....

EarthLink partners with SK Telecom on U.S. MVNO

Internet access service provider EarthLink Inc. announced a joint venture with South Korean wireless telecommunications provider SK Telecom to market wireless voice and data services in the United States using a mobile virtual network operator model. The venture, which will be dubbed SK-EarthLink, is...

T-Mobile USA offers first BlackBerry with phone form

Research In Motion and T-Mobile USA Inc. today launched the first BlackBerry device to feature a phone form factor, the BlackBerry 7100t."We think this is going to attract a whole new audience to BlackBerry," said Mark Guibert, vice president of corporate marketing at RIM.The...

Earthlink becomes wireless voice provider with BlackBerry device

Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with wireless voice and e-mail service. The device works as a phone, e-mail device and Internet access device. It will be...

Spamming wireless devices now illegal, but details on law undecided

WASHINGTON-Sending spam to wireless devices is illegal under rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last week."The FCC shields consumers' wireless devices from these unsolicited, costly and sometimes indecent messages," said FCC Chairman Michael Powell. "This order strikes an effective balance between protecting consumers...

Boingo expands EarthLink partnership

SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless and EarthLink Inc. announced an expanded platform services agreement that will result in a new integrated Wi-Fi feature in future versions for EarthLink's TotalAccess Internet software.Under the agreement, EarthLink has licensed Boingo's software development kit for Windows and Mac OS...

Digitalpath, EarthLink partner to bring broadband to California markets

Wireless broadband service provider Digitalpath Networks has partnered with national Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to target customers in the areas surrounding Chico, Sacramento and Redding, Calif.Digitalpath provides wireless Internet service through its own proprietary "relay system," rather than through a traditional wireless tower...

Earthlink to launch into wireless

ATLANTA-Earthlink has announced its intentions to sell its own branded converged wireless voice and data devices. The ISP said it will debut its first product this spring offering a complete bundle of applications on a handheld device including e-mail, voice calling, and Internet access...