TOKYO—Japanese wireless operator NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to dissolve a small subsidiary that focused on helping businesses use wireless phones more efficiently. Allucher Inc. had two employees and $384,000 in capital, and had been established in 2004 under an internal system to encourage entrepreneurship...
French rock star Johnny Hallyday’s latest single, "La Loi du Silence," is being made exclusively available on Orange mobile phones for one week, according to Orange. Hallyday has been called the French equivalent of Elvis Presley, though the French’s fascination with Jerry Lewis should...
WASHINGTON-A New York federal judge refused to certify a potentially disruptive class-action lawsuit against the four national mobile-phone carriers, possibly removing from the line of fire for now the latest antitrust challenge to the standard industry practice of packaging wireless service and handsets in...
It may seem like you've been hearing about the concept of a "wireless wallet" for decades, but in North America, at least, m-commerce is very much in its infancy. Mobile money seems to be getting legs in Japan, where credit-card companies have teamed with...
BenQ Corp. announced it will spend an additional $400 million on its handset business-BenQ Mobile, which ranks just below the world's top five handset vendors-while spinning off non-mobile businesses to strengthen the handset brand. The electronics firm has been making LCD monitors for Dell...
BUENA PARK, Calif.—Yamaha Corp. of America released an application designed to allow musicians to use their mobile phones to tune instruments. The offering, dubbed "The Musician’s Companion," features a pitch pipe, metronome and library of more than 1,000 guitar chord fingerings. The application is...
TAPEI, Taiwan—BenQ Corp. announced it will spend an additional $400 million on its handset business BenQ Mobile—which ranks just below the world’s top five handset vendors—while spinning off other non-mobile businesses to strengthen the handset brand. The electronics firm has been making LCD monitors...
TOKYO—KDDI Corp. said it will invest $1.73 billion over the next three years to upgrade its network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology. Japan’s second-largest carrier said the new network will boost network speeds roughly tenfold, allowing downloads up to 3.6 megabits per...
SAN FRANCISCO—Customers who use their mobile phone primarily for business calls rather than personal calls generate higher average monthly bills, according to a new study from market research firm Telephia. Business users logged average monthly phones bills of about $80, which is 23-percent higher...
The buzz surrounding mobile TV and full-track downloads grows increasingly deafening as the industry heads into next month's CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Los Angeles. But for now, at least, the most lucrative application in wireless may be in simple, community-based applications....
IRVINE, Calif.-Search company go2 plans to deliver sponsored listings from Yahoo Inc. through its mobile service. Go2 Directory Systems, which is offered on the decks of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless, will deliver relevant links from Yahoo advertisers in addition...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32-percent market share, or nearly one-third of those sales, double the market share of its nearest...
CHICAGO-Boeing Co. grounded its money-losing, in-flight communications offering known as Connexion, saying it plans to "facilitate an orderly phase out" of the service. "Over the last six years, we have invested substantial time, resources and technology in Connexion by Boeing," said Jim McNerney, chairman,...
Belgian car fanatics can now download a free ringtone that features the revving engine of a Porsche Cayman S. The ringtone is an interactive "mupy" promotion offered by communication agency DDB, urban furniture company JCDecaux and wireless marketing firm Alterwave. People passing within 10...
BOSTON-Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review of its practices regarding stock-option grants. The developer of prepaid telecommunications software launched the review in response to broadening federal...
Why is everybody in wireless chasing the youth demographic? To steal a line from bank robber Eddie Sutton, that's where the money is. Today's average 10-year-old will spend nearly $30,000 on wireless services over the course of his lifetime, according to new figures from...
TORONTO-Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset-the PN-3200 for young consumers-in Canada. The handset is available through Telus Mobility, Canada's second-largest CDMA operator, for $100 with a two-year contract. As an original design manufacturer,...
SAN FRANCISCO-European carrier Orange plc said it approved the Access Linux Platform to run on its network, potentially giving much-needed support to Japanese firm Access Co. Ltd., which has sought operator partners for its new mobile-phone operating system. The companies made their announcement in...
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-FaithMobile will team with Crisp Wireless to deliver faith-based content to wireless users beginning next month. A subsidiary of Good News Holdings, FaithMobile said it will offer a subscription-based service hawking ringtones, images and video clips from content providers including Promise Keepers,...
CHICAGO—Boeing Co. grounded its money-losing, in-flight communications offering known as Connexion, saying it plans to "facilitate an orderly phase out" of the service. "Over the last six years, we have invested substantial time, resources and technology in Connexion by Boeing," said Jim McNerney, chairman,...
SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.—FaithMobile will team with Crisp Wireless to deliver faith-based content to wireless users beginning next month. A subsidiary of Good News Holdings, FaithMobile said it will offer a subscription-based service hawking ringtones, images and video clips from content providers including Promise Keepers,...
TORONTO—Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset—the PN-3200 for young consumers—in Canada. The handset is available through Telus Mobility, Canada’s second-largest CDMA operator, for $100 with a two-year contract. As an original design manufacturer,...
IRVINE, Calif.—Search company go2 plans to deliver sponsored listings from Yahoo Inc. through its mobile service. Go2 Directory Systems, which is offered on the decks of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Wireless, will deliver relevant links from Yahoo advertisers in addition...
BOSTON—Shares of Boston Communications Group Inc. tumbled after the company said it will be unable to file its quarterly report pending an internal review of its practices regarding stock-option grants. The developer of prepaid telecommunications software launched the review in response to broadening federal...
