ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it had begun real-world testing of Unlicensed Mobile Access software on its 6136 device in the Finnish city of Oulu, prior to moving the technology to mainstream markets. The Nokia 6136 integrates UMA technology to allow seamless handoffs of voice...
Many are asking what Nokia Corp.'s and Motorola Inc.'s ascendancy is doing to all the other handset vendors-the two together hold 56 percent of the world's handset business-and one answer surfaced last week: venturing jointly. NEC Corp., NEC Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of O2 Group plc, has partnered with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. on a UMTS and HSDPA field trial using 900 MHz spectrum on the Isle of Man. The trial, which began last week, leverages the lower...
BOULDER, Colo.-Equipment manufacturer Carrier Access Corp. reported second-quarter net losses of $903,000 from revenues of $24.9 million, vastly improving on the company's year-ago net loss of $1.44 million based on revenues of $18.9 million.Roger Koenig, president and chief executive officer of Carrier Access, pointed...
LOS ANGELES-Toyota Motors North America plans to expand its mobile marketing efforts with a new wireless TV series from Fun Little Movies. The automaker is sponsoring "The Pool," a made-for-mobile comedy series that is being promoted with broadcast television commercials on major networks including...
WASHINGTON-EF Johnson Inc. protested Motorola Inc.'s proposal to allow 800 MHz licensees to replace their radios before they complete rebanding negotiations with Sprint Nextel Corp. and the 800 MHz Transition Administrator. The Motorola Plan is "an ill-conceived and anti-competitive maneuver," said Robert Donohoo, EF...
ROSEMONT, Ill.-Though much pent-up interest was focused on Motorola's handset announcements, company execs talk about operations, supply chain, finances, product roadmap and whether Motorola could sustain its recent robust performance-in sum, both the "vision thing" and the nitty-gritty. CEO Ed Zander strode the stage,...
From carriers to content providers to messaging companies, everybody in wireless wants to drive data revenues. And a couple of companies are focusing on users' fingers. Digit Wireless Inc. hopes to boost text-messaging activity and minimize cumbersome user interface issues with its Fastap keypad,...
Inspired by the U.K.'s renowned V Festival, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Who will headline a U.S. concert for Virgin Mobile USA. VirginFest, an all-day music festival, is set for Sept. 23 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. At left is Michael...
A growing number of colleges and universities around the country are grappling with how to communicate with and provide services for students who are part of a mobile generation, often have their own cellular phones and likely aren't going to sign up for landline...
The story "Mobile emergency alert plans advance" in the July 17 issue should have referred to the Appleton, Wis., mobile-phone carrier as Airadigm Communications Inc.
Nortel Networks Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to provide unified communications with the intent of transforming business communications systems. The companies said they agreed on a four-year deal to share technology and marketing to accelerate the availability of unified communications, breaking down...
The harrowing image of destruction following the July 7, 2005, terrorist attack in London captured with a camera-phone garnered the third-place prize in the 2006 Nokia Citizen Journalism Awards. The image was taken by Alexander Chadwick just after the Picadilly line explosion and was...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. kicked off the industry's second-quarter reporting with an unexpectedly high 1.5 million net customer additions, as well as the company's highest-ever net income of $540 million. The nation's largest carrier also continued to reduce its churn rate, pushing it down to...
Competition can bury you or spur you to greatness. In Motorola Inc.'s case, given its stellar performance in the second quarter, greatness is the result. And that has given the mobile handset vendor the proverbial Big Mo—as in momentum—which Motorola calculates will be further...
TOKYO—Japanese super-carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. has reportedly halted the sale of two international roaming handsets that suffered malfunctions when users returned to Japan after having made calls overseas. The handsets, NEC's Simpureand LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s Simpure L, were both released earlier this year...
Helio L.L.C. has 90,000 MySpace friends and counting—and how many wireless companies can say that? Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s "Cingular Sounds" MySpace page only has about 35,000 friends, while the "Sprint Guy" character formerly featured in Sprint Nextel Corp. ads has a scant 203 friends....
MINNEAPOLIS—T-Mobile USA Inc. moved ahead of Verizon Wireless in customer satisfaction, according to a survey by Vocal Laboratories Inc. The survey draws on the experiences of individuals who provide Vocal Labs with feedback on their customer-service experiences. This was the company's 11th quarterly SectorPulse...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Shares of VeriSign Inc. lost ground despite a rebound in the company's mobile content business during the second quarter. The network infrastructure and wireless content company said its Jamster and Jamba businesses generated a combined $74 million during the recent quarter, with...
NEW YORK—UrbanWorld Wireless added several high-profile performers to its stable of content with a new distribution agreement with entertainment management company Czar Entertainment. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The mobile content provider said it plans to offer personalized ringtones, wallpapers and video content...
Camella Price, a mother of two girls, is one of eight parents of New York City school children who consider wireless phones a lifeline to their youngsters—and they're suing Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the chancellor of the city schools and the city department of education...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. completed the spinoff and merger of its wireline business, and now is officially a pure wireless player in the telecom industry. Alltel announced in December that it would spin off its landline business and merge it with Texas-based Valor Corp....
STANFORD, Calif.—Number portability has translated into lower wireless costs for consumers due to increased competition, according to research done at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Since the Federal Communications Commission mandated wireless local number portability in late 2004, average prices for wireless plans...
WASHINGTON—An influential House Democrat said policy-makers should consider requiring wireless carriers and other communications service providers to participate in any overhaul of a Cold War-era emergency alert system. At a hearing last Thursday, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking member of the House telecom and...
