LAS VEGAS-Having set itself up as the text-message connection for American Idol, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is aiming to help other musical unknowns grab a bit of the limelight.Cingular is partnering with the popular social networking Web site MySpace.com and mobile content company InfoSpace Inc....
LAS VEGAS-Evangelize the opportunity in mobile marketing-why the dearth of advertisements on your handset as you checked the scores in the NCAA finals? But when you take the plunge, adhere to established codes of conduct. The brave new world is opt-in only.These were the...
The city of San Francisco selected EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc. to jointly build a Wi-Fi network for the city."We are thrilled that the San Francisco TechConnect Committee has selected the EarthLink proposal, and we look forward to taking the next step to negotiate...
LAS VEGAS-As Voice over Internet Protocol calling over Wi-Fi networks picks up speed, interoperability issues between voice and Wi-Fi platforms, networks and applications are emerging. But almost as quickly as technical worms surface, developers begin to work on solutions, ensuring that use of wireless...
LAS VEGAS-Sprint Nextel Corp. doesn't expect to add many new mobile virtual network operators to its network and plans to take time to digest the ones it already has and see how they do, company officials said at CTIA Wireless 2006.Len Lauer, Sprint Nextel's...
LAS VEGAS-No big-time mergers for L.M. Ericsson, said the company's chief executive, Carl-Henric Svanberg, during a press conference Thursday.As Svanberg laid out Ericsson's technology strategy, he explained that the current trend toward vendor consolidations puts pressure on the smaller firms and gives large players...
WASHINGTON-The American Bird Conservancy and the Forest Conservation Council urged a federal appeals court to order the Federal Communications Commission to take action to protect migratory birds from the ill-effects of tower siting."Three-and-a-half years is an unreasonable delay," Jennifer Chavez on behalf of the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision to back the wireless industry in health litigation against mobile-phone companies has become a flashpoint in six brain-cancer lawsuits awaiting a key ruling by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.The FCC in November sought court permission to...
WASHINGTON-The Senate is working to pass sweeping immigration reform legislation that would increased high-tech visa limits aggressively lobbied for by the powerful telecom and high-tech lobbies, but opposed by organized labor."For the United States to maintain its stature as the global leader in math,...
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee last week passed its version of telecom reform by a vote of 27-4, leaving out amendments on network neutrality, universal service and a study of federal spectrum usage.In a markup that lasted all day, members debated various provisions with network...
LAS VEGAS-PayPal Inc. officially went mobile, launching a service that allows users to make purchases and send or receive funds via wireless phones. Wireless subscribers can use the offering-which the company quietly began testing several weeks ago-to send money to other registered PayPal members...
The global war on terrorism and natural disasters here and abroad are forcing policymakers to rethink-and redesign-public warning systems that take advantage of wireless and other technologies used by billions of people around the world today. The undertaking involves a mix of technological, legal...
WASHINGTON-Technology may be the only way to solve the centuries-old battle between copyright owners and consumers who want authorization to make copies of protected works. "We don't have a political solution, but if we could come up with a technological solution maybe we could...
Mercora Inc. plans to bring more attention to the hot topic of placeshifting this week with the launch of a second version of its Radio 2.0. The offering, billed as "MySpace for music lovers," allows members to become digital DJs, creating their own Internet-based...
AOL will join the crowded mobile browser playing field this week, unveiling a service that automatically adapts Web pages for mobile-phone use. The Internet service provider introduced technology from InfoGin Ltd. that transcodes Web sites, optimizing content for the small screens of wireless handsets....
Handmark Inc. is hoping to raise its profile by giving away service. The Kansas City, Mo.-based company mobile media company this week will begin offering free content in an effort to raise consumer awareness of its Pocket Express offering. Users with smart phones from...
ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Groove Mobile announced it closed $8.5 million in new venture funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, while Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners and Star Ventures also participated. Groove has so far raised more than $20 million in funding. "Groove...
Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it deployed a multitechnology, multicarrier wireless coverage system for the Chicago Transit Authority. In cooperation with Aldrige Electric, Powerwave installed its fiber-based indoor distributed antenna system along 11.4 miles of subway tunnels. The system enhances the CTA's existing two-way radio...
As Alcatel Corp.'s board of directors met last Thursday to review its "merger of equals" with long-time rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc., analysts were pounding out reports and talking up a storm, delving into the merger's many angles. The Yankee Group said...
British wireless subscribers can send and receive text messages at bargain-basement rates thanks to an IP-based messaging service released last week. But-unlike Voice over IP-analysts say the new offering poses little threat to mobile operators in the United States. Hotxt, which describes its service...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-The Moto Q, Motorola Inc.'s flagship smart phone, will be available in April, missing by a hair the company's initial forecast for a first-quarter release. A Motorola spokesperson was not immediately available to comment on the timing of the Q's release.The device was...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In a move that could help it retain a core piece of business, Motorola Inc. is developing handsets for Sprint Nextel Corp. designed to work on both the carriers iDEN network that Motorola created for Nextel Communications Inc. in the 1990s as well...
All signs point to the Walt Disney Co. gearing up to jump into the wireless space soon. The company's mobile virtual network operator's Disney Mobile Web site has been stepping up efforts to lure would-be subscribers to the service, as well as offering hints...
Bango is powering three new mobile content portals for properties of publishing giant Hearst Publications. The U.K.-based provider of direct-to-consumer content launched mobile sites for Cosmopolitan, CosmoGirl and Seventeen, hawking ringtones, wallpapers and horoscopes for the publications. Users can access the catalogs by sending...
