The ripples are still making their way across the lake in the wake of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s surprise announcement that it will offer mobile broadcast TV through Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO USA Inc. network. The nation's largest wireless carrier somewhat stole the thunder from its...
Mino Wireless, a voice-over-IP mobile and wireless communications provider, announced that it has received $7 million in funding from the venture-capital firm Canaan Partners. Mino Wireless said its technology enables international calling from mobile phones via the device's existing Internet connection.Mino takes the budding...
Mobile-phone firms and the U.S. government are leading a $10 million global effort to leverage wireless technology to fight HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases in 10 African countries."The explosive spread of mobile-phone networks across the developing world has created a unique opportunity to significantly...
Yahoo Inc. announced that LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will be preloading the search giant's mobile applications on its mobile phones in more than 70 countries, beginning later this year. The applications that will be preloaded to most of LG's handset are set to include...
The latest cellphone accessoryA variety of online retailers are offering seat-belt covers that incorporate a pocket to hold mobile phones and headsets. Amazon.com offers the Vizion Seat Belt Cover With Cell Phone Holder for $5. The product also is touted to protect the neck...
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. unveiled a new high-end option for customers who want to do a lot of talking without a contract.For $100 per month, Virgin Mobile USA users will get 1,000 anytime minutes and unlimited night and weekend calling, with night off-peak calling...
Wireless UAs if the costs of tuition and books weren't enough, some students are finding wireless technology is causing their student fees to increase. Students at the University of Maryland may have to pay an additional $292 in room and board costs next year,...
Cellphone retailer Yakety Yak Wireless Inc. announced it named a new CEO. David Timlin, a longtime retail executive, will take the company reins from Yuvi Shmul, who will remain a member of the company's board of directors."I have been part of the wireless industry...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said the agency is considering treating wireless broadband Internet service as an "information service," a classification that would enable wireless Internet service providers to escape the "common carrier" rules that are imposed on mobile phone operators. The move...
The battle is joined.Cyren Call Communications Corp. and the nation's first responders found a big-time lawmaker to champion legislation that would redirect 30 megahertz of auction-bound spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a nationwide public-safety broadband network. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he...
Mobile payment company Obopay announced it bought BillMonk, a company that provides "social money" services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The companies said social money includes transactions that encompass shared consumer experiences, such as splitting a check at dinner, sharing travel expenses or...
Mobile content and community were the hot topics during the opening day of Demo, a semi-annual conference designed to highlight emerging technologies and new products.GoWare Inc., an Arizona-based developer, used Demo 07 to launch a service that allows users to create personalized mobile portals...
MyxerT announced the launch of its MyxerMagicT, a free Internet browser extension that lets users send any online image to their mobile phone directly from their desktop computer.The extension, which is available at www.myxermagic.com, eliminates the need for file downloads, format conversions or Bluetooth...
Two newly publicized health studies on cellphone and base-station radiation have produced mixed results, likely keeping alive the long-running scientific debate over whether handsets and cell-site transmissions can cause cancer and other illnesses. Japanese mobile-phone operators NTT DoCoMo Inc., KDDI Corp. and SoftBank Mobile...
Content providers and application developers often cite fragmentation as their most difficult and costly challenge. But like a handful of other startups, Mobile Complete sees the issue as an opportunity.The 3-year-old San Mateo, Calif.-based startup is gaining attention with a virtual handset testing service...
Is nothing sacred?
The British will answer their cellphone just about anywhere, according to a study conducted by Dial-a-Phone. While most respondents generally agreed that phones should be switched to silent at movies or the theater, nearly half of men admitted to talking on the...
THE MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRY and disability advocates are at a critical stage in negotiations over whether modifications should be made to a key benchmark in the Federal Communications Commission's hearing-aid-compatibility mandate, with the nation's largest carrier at risk of running afoul of next February's deadline...
Hollywood is no stranger to change. It continues to ride a wave of new mediums, distribution channels and formats. Major television studios and networks have learned to embrace new technologies while still capitalizing on a business plan that has made an empire out of...
PalmSource Inc. is getting another makeover. Access Co. Ltd., which owns the operating system vendor, is now in the beginning stages of renaming all products that originally had Palm-based names. When Access purchased PalmSource it made an agreement with Palm Inc. to sell PalmSource's...
Nokia Corp. is making lots of money churning out mobile phones, but the pattern of its success is shifting. Its position as the world's leading handset maker was easily confirmed as it claimed solid revenue, profits and handset shipments in the fourth quarter of...
Two newly publicized health studies on mobile phone and base station radiation have produced mixed results, likely keeping alive the long-running scientific debate over whether handsets and cell site transmissions can cause cancer and other illnesses. Japanese mobile-phone operators NTT DoCoMo Inc., KDDI Corp....
Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group are backing an effort to provide full-track mobile music downloads to Chinese subscribers.The companies announced a strategic investment in Access China Media Solutions, a joint venture between U.S.-based digital content delivery company Melodeo Inc. and Access...
Texas Instruments Inc. reported modest gains in the fourth quarter-revenue up 4 percent, profit up 2 percent over the year-ago quarter-but it will cut 500 jobs as it prepares to hunker down for a period of weak chip demand by the mobile phone industry....
WASHINGTON-A British mobile phone radiation expert and the country's health agency reportedly plan to study the long-term health effects of mobile phone use.Dr. Lawrie Challis, a physics professor and chairman of the independent Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research program, told The Times of London...
