In determining its path to a profitable future, Intel Corp. faces what other companies have faced before: the fundamental question of focus. Should Intel focus on core competencies, even if that's in cooling markets, or should it endure a slide in earnings and stock...
LONDON-Infonetics Research found that the global market for radio access network (RAN) gear dropped 22 percent to $7.4 billion in the first quarter due to huge declines in CDMA EV-DO and GSM/GPRS/EDGE equipment revenue. However, the report indicates that sales of W-CDMA/UMTS RAN equipment...
In a move that smacks of the Research In Motion Ltd./NTP Inc. tussle, a holding company that owns wireless spectrum has sued Alltel Corp. and Verizon Wireless over alleged patent infringements involving the transmission of television to a wireless phone. A wholly owned subsidiary...
Embarq Corp. is setting off into the wide world of telecom, and expecting its ability to offer wireless service to help the company stay afloat. The local landline company, freshly spun off from Sprint Nextel Corp., officially began offering its products to business and...
ATLANTA-Nokia Corp. announced it will acquire LCC International Inc.'s U.S.-based network deployment operations. The deal is expected to close in 45 days and impacts 80 LCCI employees, some of whom may become Nokia employees. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, according...
NORWOOD, Mass.-Analog Devices Inc. plans to purchase privately held, South Korean-based Integrant Technologies Inc. for $127 million. The move should bolster ADI's portfolio with Integrant's low-power radio-frequency chips for mobile television, according to the two companies. The acquisition is expected to increase ADI's revenue...
WASHINGTON-Passage of a Senate bill to integrate wireless communications and other advanced technologies into the Cold War-era emergency alert system is hung up over a partisan dispute whether a new National Alert Office would reside in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or in...
MBlox is rumored to be looking to expand both its global footprint and its business plan with a $175 million acquisition of content provider LaNetro Zed. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based mobile data and billing services provider declined to discuss the buyout, but industry sources say...
CHICAGO-CBS Radio is partnering with Vibes Media to reach listeners on their wireless handsets in 18 U.S. markets. The broadcaster said 25 of its radio stations will use Vibes' iRadio service, which allows users to participate in promotions, polls and send song requests via...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-The merger of Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel has received regulatory approval from federal antitrust authorities, according to a filing by Lucent with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the filing, the companies expect the merger to be completed within...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they would make the BlackBerry 7130c device and service offering available at prices aimed at consumers-prices that exactly match the new price point established by Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless for the Motorola Q smart...
CHICAGO-L.M. Ericsson launched a new end-to-end Internet Protocol TV offering, saying the solution is the first step in the company's long-term plans for TV services. During a press conference at the Globalcomm trade show, the company laid out its IPTV vision, explaining that it...
Nortel Networks Ltd. put the brakes on its joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop high-speed broadband access gear. The Canadian vendor quietly filed a 10-Q statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the break-up. The joint venture was announced in...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it successfully demonstrated fully mobile Voice over Internet Protocol calls over its EV-DO Revision A technology. The announcement is notable as Sprint Nextel Corp. has announced plans to launch EV-DO Rev. A technology by next year. Industry watchers have previously...
If the world would only stand still for a moment, Nokia Corp.'s new chief executive officer, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, would still have his work cut out for him. He'd have to ensure that his company delivered the more than 1 million mobile phones each and...
WASHINGTON-The telephone companies accused of allowing the National Security Agency access to customer calling patterns will not have to testify on the matter. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he decided not to issue subpoenas to the carriers after...
CHICAGO-Agere Systems launched a suite of chips and software called TrueONE during the Globalcomm trade show last week, saying the new solutions are designed to deliver voice, data, and both Internet Protocol TV and high-definition TV services to homes, businesses and mobile users over...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. kicked off a service launch in three Texas cities. Leap is launching service in Houston, while Leap and Alaska Native Broadband 1 License L.L.C. will begin offering Leap's Cricket service in the Texas cities of Bryan and College Station....
NEW YORK-Advertisers will have to devote a line item in their budget toward mobile marketing by 2007, an expense that could reach into the millions of dollars for some companies. How the mobile advertising market will develop is anyone's guess, but it will happen;...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Details on the Sidekick III emerged out of the Federal Communications Commission, in effect giving Palo Alto-based Danger Inc., a small handset software vendor, continued traction in the United States. The device likely will be sold by T-Mobile USA Inc., which previously...
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers last week stepped up their campaign to have the Federal Communications Commission make early-termination fees off limits to states, a huge issue that has taken on greater significance in light of industry's failure to secure expanded federal pre-emption in telecom reform legislation...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety answering points serving more than 75 percent of the population are able to receive location information from mobile-phone callers, according to statistics from the National Emergency Number Association. "The PSAP statistics translate to 88 percent receiving Phase I calls and 76 percent covered...
CHICAGO-Patrick Esser, president of Cox Communications Inc., reminded Globalcomm attendees during a keynote speech of his cable/telephone company's plans to unveil wireless service later this year in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. But Esser didn't stop there-he also threw out a challenge to state...
CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. kicked off the Globalcomm trade show with an early morning press conference to introduce its new next-generation network architecture called "Acuity." Speaking to a group of analysts and media, Lucent Chief Marketing Officer John Giere explained that Acuity delivers high-bandwidth Internet...
