WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week said China agreed to further open its massive telecom market and to refrain from favoring its homegrown third-generation wireless standard over other technologies, progress U.S. trade officials highlighted even as they pressured other trading partners to lower excessive mobile...
Content providers and big-name brands soon will be able to target consumers with a new Internet domain exclusively for wireless use. For some industry insiders, though, the question is, why?Mobile Top Level Domain Ltd. (mTLD) said it will launch the .mobi domain next month,...
WASHINGTON-The Utility Reform Network and the Division of Ratepayer Advocates of the California Public Utilities Commission asked the agency to reconsider its recent decision overhauling the telecom consumer bill of rights and replacing it with a campaign emphasizing enforcement and education. "With this application...
LANCASTER, U.K.-Monstermob Group plc continued its spending spree in China, agreeing to shell out $81.5 million to acquire content provider W-Infinity. W-Infinity, which is based in Beijing, netted $12.4 million last year selling off-deck content to wireless users in 27 of the country's 31...
Regional operator Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. is considering the sale of its wireless operations, the company said on Friday-one day before the forbearance agreement the company had signed with Sprint Nextel Corp. was to expire.Shentel, a Sprint Nextel CDMA affiliate, had been in discussions with...
The signature letters in LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s name, back at the dawn of time when the company formed in 1958, stood for Lucky Goldstar. Whatever connotations that name might have once had undoubtedly would be lost on mobile-phone consumers in the United States...
Mobile-phone behemoth Nokia Corp., with the credibility that comes from commanding one-third of the global market share and the kick provided by its recent, optimistic projections for handset shipments in 2006, appears well-positioned to take a leadership shift in stride as Jorma Olilla, departing...
Sprint Nextel Corp. retooled its mainstay price plans, the Fair and Flexible option and Free Incoming plans, and moved its off-peak calling time up to 7 p.m. The carrier's changes put its plans generally in line with the offerings of rivals such as Verizon...
WASHINGTON-A Florida company that makes and sells radio-frequency jammers for the federal government and overseas markets has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission claiming it is being harmed by its inability to sell the devices to state and local governments. "The plaintiff...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. announced it has hired Jerry Elliott as its new president and chief executive officer, succeeding Wesley Edens, who will serve as chairman of the company's board. Elliot recently served as president of Citizens Communications Co., a New York Stock Exchange-listed...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International appointed George S. Rice Jr. its new executive director. Rice joins APCO International from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where he currently serves as assistant executive director. APCO noted that Rice has more than...
LAS VEGAS-In this town, people refer to a large, varied repast-such as that offered in CTIA Wireless 2006's opening-day keynote session-as a buffet. As with any ambitious spread, the keynote repast included a few tasty treats, something for everyone and a few items to...
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 addition...
LAS VEGAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. added to its broad portfolio of devices for both consumer and enterprise markets with the introduction of a bevy of handsets that will bring its handset offerings to nearly three dozen.The South Korean handset maker recently has produced so...
LAS VEGAS-The wireless industry has seen some major changes in the past few months, from Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s launch of the world's first HSDPA high-speed mobile data network to Sprint Nextel Corp.'s announcement to form a joint venture with several cable companies to the...
LAS VEGAS-Wireless operators will need to establish new business models to address the growing market of off-deck content. And they'll likely have to take a smaller piece of the pie.Poorly managed relationships with content providers, a lack of quality customer care and complicated refund...
LAS VEGAS-SMS.ac Inc. is joining the stampede toward user-generated mobile content.The San Diego-based messaging company unveiled its Content Monitor software offering designed to allow users to publish and monetize their own content. Members can create blogs, video clips or music and set a price...
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 urban...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has been forced into a two-front legal war to defend the widespread practice of tying handset sales to the purchase of wireless service from cellular carriers.Two federal antitrust suits, one initially decided in industry's favor, are playing out in two New...
WASHINGTON-Three of the main champions to use air-to-ground spectrum in the 800 MHz band for in-flight broadband communications filed incomplete applications for the scheduled May 10 auction and must refile within the next week if they want to participate, according to the Federal Communications...
The "merger of equals" between Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. is officially moving forward with Lucent's chief executive, Pat Russo, set to lead the yet-to-be-named Paris-based telecom giant, the companies said.Alcatel's Mike Quigley, corporate operations officer, will be part of a multicultural management...
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers served more than 10 million more customers in the first half of 2005 than wireline carriers, according to the semi-annual local competition report released by the Federal Communications Commission April 3.Wireline carriers served 178.2 million lines, while 191.3 million people used mobile...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless is still mulling over which spectrum auction to participate in, company officials said at CTIA, and has not yet made a final decision over whether to go after Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the auction this summer or bide its time...
LAS VEGAS-When Jorma Olilla, chairman and chief executive officer of Nokia Corp., bid farewell to the industry at CTIA Wireless 2006's opening day keynote session on Wednesday, he asked the audience's indulgence to reminisce about wireless' coming of age during his 13-year tenure. Olilla...
