WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court-which earlier sided with the Federal Communications Commission that VoIP and broadband Internet services must comply with the digital wiretap act-may be questioning itself. The court has asked the FCC to explain why the court should not reconsider its June decision...
In a quarter where the carrier transitioned from one-year to two-year service contracts, T-Mobile USA Inc.'s net customer additions were down sharply and its churn was up. Service revenues increased 18 percent year-over-year, but the carrier's net income plunged nearly 40 percent. T-Mobile USA's...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and Melodeo Inc. announced they are working together to offer podcasts to Alltel subscribers. The Axcess Mobilcast service is expected to allow Alltel subscribers to search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their wireless phones for $4 a month....
DALLAS-The U.S. mobile video market can't support all the multimedia networks scheduled to come online in the next 18 months, according to a new report from Parks Associates. The prospects appear bright for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s planned WiMAX network and Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFlo, according...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. said it has signed a three-year master services agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc., which calls for its Brightpoint Services L.L.C. business unit to provide all of the carrier's handset logistics in the United States. Brightpoint said it will offer T-Mobile USA's...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. saw its second-quarter profit fall due to stock-option charges. Net income for the quarter was $127,000, down significantly from net income of $408,000 during the same period last year. Excluding the stock-options charges, net income would have...
SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. became the latest carrier to step onto the full-track download playground, teaming with digital music provider Napster L.L.C. to offer a relatively vast library of 2 million tunes. SunCom subscribers can download songs to both a PC and a mobile...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-XM Satellite Radio Corp. notched its first deal with a U.S. carrier, teaming with Alltel Corp. to offer 20 channels of commercial-free music. The service, available for $8 a month, offers several music genres including pop, alternative, country, hip-hop and Latin. Users...
WASHINGTON-South Dakota citizens in November will be able to vote to repeal a 4-percent gross-receipts tax on wireless service after the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled the initiative could be placed on the ballot. The decision is a victory for Verizon Wireless, which appealed...
SEOUL-Mobile entertainment company WiderThan Co. Ltd. reported increased income and revenue for the second quarter. Net income clocked in at $4.6 million, more than double the net income of $1.6 million reported during the same period last year. The company logged revenues of $33.1...
WASHINGTON-Low-income consumers will be harmed by the government's plan to refund the 3-percent federal excise tax on long-distance communications because the rules require them to file income-tax returns, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court. "After years of `nickel and diming' everyone...
Research In Motion Ltd. will likely continue to dominate the high-end mobile e-mail market, according to Strategy Analytics. But the growing number of open-standard service providers will drive the market in the long term, the market research firm predicted. The BlackBerry maker's market share...
LONDON-Shares of content aggregator MonsterMob Group plc received a much-needed boost after the company acknowledged it may be a target for acquisition. MonsterMob, which operates ringtone storefronts in the United States, Europe and Asia, said it had "received an indicative approach that may or...
Andrew Corp.'s merger-and-acquisition adventures skidded to a full stop last week as the company pumped its brakes on potential deals with both ADC Telecommunications Inc. and CommScope Inc.-preferring instead to go it alone. Andrew announced in May a merger with ADC, but on Aug....
U.S. Cellular Corp. released limited operating results for the second quarter, reporting a churn rate that ticked upward and net overall customer activations that were about half of what the carrier achieved during the same period last year-however, the company expects to boost its...
The beauty of unlicensed mobile access, or UMA, it seems, is in the eyes of the beholder. The question of the technology's appeal to network operators who might deploy it depends on the particular operator's business plans and whether adopting UMA would help those...
Nokia Corp. is buying its way onto the mobile music playground, agreeing to acquire distributor Loudeye Corp. for $60 million. But the key to success in mobile music still lies in the devices. The world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones said last week it...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials endorsed a proposal submitted earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications Corp. that would set aside 30 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band for a next-generation public-safety network that industry would build and share with...
HAMPSHIRE, U.K.-The mobile music market may be on the cusp of shifting away from ringtones to over-the-air full-track music services, according to research from Juniper Research. The shift is being driven by new technologies like third-generation networks and music-centered handsets, and increasing competition, said...
The videogame industry's annual extravaganza of booth babes, deafening sound effects and eye-popping displays is lowering its profile. And mobile game makers aren't complaining. The Electronic Entertainment Expo, which has exploded into a 60,000-person tech-fest, is going to be dramatically scaled back next year....
BOSTON-MobileLime, which focuses on using mobile phones for marketing and loyalty programs, said it is working with a dozen Subway sandwich shop franchises in Buffalo, N.Y., to offer alerts and coupons t to mobile-phone users. The program is part of MobileLime's Mobile Alerts Club,...
If the growth in handset sales in mature markets such as the United States slowed somewhat at mid-year, as some market and financial analysts have suggested, one explanation may be the dearth of new product launches. That has opened a window of opportunity for...
MILAN, Italy-Content aggregator Buongiorno USA Inc. is looking to expand its presence in North America with plans to spend as much as $27 million to acquire application developer Rocket Mobile. The subsidiary of Buongiorno SpA Group agreed to a $17 million buyout of the...
Canadian telecommunications company Telus has announced a partnership with mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. in which Telus subscribers will have access to Amp'd services and content and Telus will manage most of the business operations.Meanwhile, Telus Ventures, Telus' venture investment division, announced...
