MILPITAS, Calif.-Chipmaker LSI Logic Corp. jumped into the wireless arena by scooping up Agere Systems Inc., a mobile phone chip producer. LSI develops chips for hard drives and DVD recorders, while Agere competes in the communications chip market against powerhouses such as Texas Instruments...
UPDATED December 7, 2006OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. introduced the latter's M1 handset, a high-end multimedia phone with lots of onboard memory and a two-megapixel camera, for $200 with a two-year contract. The phone may provide the gotta-have-it crowd with...
LOS ANGELES-Carriers worried about becoming a "dumb pipe" should jump headlong into the digital music waters, according to entertainment executive Kedar Massenburg.Network operators have "the opportunity to become the record companies of the future," the lawyer-turned-music-mogul urged during his keynote address at the Mobile...
Within the mobile industry, security vendors' warnings are gaining traction as headlines blare the latest loss of corporate or government data-a sure way to destroy an organization's credibility, not to mention the violation of federal mandates on data privacy and security. Getting drubbed in...
Consumers' tendency to carry duplicate devices-think camera phone and digital camera, or smart phone and PDA-may contain a seed of wireless' future. That may seem like a bit of a stretch on such a simple premise. Take the implications, however, and work backwards. Enjoy...
Mark it on your calendar: Nov. 27, 2006, the day a Colorado cellphone recycling outfit accomplished what high-powered lawyers could not and chiseled a chink in the armor of the mobile-phone industry's cherished business model. The Library of Congress' decision that unlocking mobile...
Comcast Corp. aims to find out if customers will buy wireless service from a cable company: the nation's largest cable provider is launching a trial of wireless service in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. in two markets: Boston and Portland, Ore.The launches are the...
A lot of ink is expended on the competitive machinations of the top five global handset vendors-for good reason. This year, together, they will account for perhaps 80 percent of the nearly 1 billion handset shipments around the world. Big research-and-development budgets that support...
LOS ANGELES-Fixed-line Internet companies and industry associations have long grappled with potential pitfalls and consumer-unfriendly tactics such as spam, click fraud and unwelcome pop-up ads from in-your-face marketers. In the world of wireless, though, carriers are hoping to boost mobile data services by keeping...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has positioned himself to be chairman of the House telecom and Internet subcommittee when the new, Democratic-led Congress convenes in January, according to spokesman Israel Klein. Markey, who chaired the telecom panel from 1987-1995 and is the senior-most member of...
WASHINGTON-The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the cell phone industry's request to the full court to rehear the repeal of a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting state regulation of line items on mobile phone bills, putting in play a possible Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission officially awarded more than half of the 1,087 advanced wireless services licenses won at the agency's auction that began in early August and ended Sept. 18. The FCC said the 550 AWS licenses it granted represent $12.2 billion of the...
WASHINGTON-TracFone Wireless Inc., the nation's largest pre-paid wireless company, said it is considering filing suit in federal court to repeal a new Library of Congress rule exempting mobile phone locking software from U.S. copyright law. The ruling essentially allows an individual to unlock his...
LOS ANGELES-Carriers worried about becoming a "dumb pipe" should jump headlong into the digital music waters, according to entertainment executive Kedar Massenburg.Network operators have "the opportunity to become the record companies of the future," the lawyer-turned-music-mogul urged during his keynote address at the Mobile...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. and Yahoo Inc. extended their partnership to include Yahoo services on three new Nokia handsets running on the handset vendor's Series 40 platform.The two companies have been working together since April 2005 to "establish an optimal Internet experience, including search,...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp. slightly lowered its financial expectations for the coming years, news that caused investors to pause, but the company also unveiled four new slim, mid- and low-tier devices Nokia hopes will boost its worldwide market share. "To enjoy the full benefits...
We recently reported on the effective use of T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick and Research In Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry devices by Gallaudet University deaf students in a successful protest that derailed Jane K. Fernandes from becoming the next president of the educational institution.Gallaudet students, among...
While most U.S. consumers still see a mobile phone as, well, a phone, young wireless users increasingly view it as a way to meet new friends, share pictures and maybe, to find love.The rise of community-based Internet sites and services has been as well-documented...
Here's everything you need to know about the popularity of WAP advertising: I Can't Believe It's Not Butter has a mobile Web site.Fans of Unilever's butter substitute can now download video content, view recipes and send friends ``Fabio-grams'' featuring the heartthrob-turned-pitchman. The offering, which...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Current Analysis' Peter...
LONDON-Wireless technology developer Mobestar Holdings plc will acquire Mobile Life Consulting Ltd. in an effort to expand its video dating services. The company said it will spend $664,000 to snap up Mobile Life, a fellow U.K.-based company that develops wireless applications. The firms have...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Orb Networks Inc. is hoping to cash in on the YouTube.com craze.The place-shifting technology provider expanded its service to allow users to stream Internet videos and manage their content libraries from a Web-enabled mobile phone with a media player. The offering uses Orb's...
DALLAS-The next paradigm shift in the mobile handset market is enabling mobile multimedia for the masses in emerging markets, a massive opportunity about to materialize, according to Remi El-Ouazzane, worldwide director for Texas Instruments Inc.'s 2.5G technologies. And a "collision" of developments in high-end...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Investors applauded Brightpoint Inc., sending the company’s stock up more than 15 percent, after the mobile phone distributor posted third-quarter profits and revenues that reached record levels. Brightpoint’s revenues were $633.7 million, an increase of 16 percent from revenues of $545 million during...
