LOS ANGELES-CBS is finally wading into wireless, inking a deal to bring TV shows to Verizon Wireless L.L.C. subscribers. Verizon's Vcast users can access clips from the station's hit "CSI" shows as well as "The Amazing Race," "The King of Queens," "Survivor" and "The...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. mobile phone industry, having watched a slew of headset and brain cancer suits returned to state courts the past year and a half, is scrambling to keep three other health suits with the Maryland federal judge who sided with wireless companies in...
WASHINGTON-A group opposed to assessing universal-service contributions based on telephone numbers said it had sent nearly 600,000 e-mails and letters to the Federal Communications Commission before this Friday's expected vote.The Keep USF Fair Coalition says that changing from the current system, which assesses contributions...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Operating system company SavaJe Technologies raised $40 million in equity financing, which the company said it plans to use to enhance its sales and marketing efforts.Investcorp's Technology Ventures Fund II led the round, while existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, Ridgewood Capital, RRE Ventures...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has conducted a live trial of interactive mobile TV services with the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.Ericsson explained that the trial demonstrated how consumers could use their phone to vote, chat and communicate with a TV presenter while watching a show-all...
NEW YORK-Investment banking firm CIBC World Markets raised its 2006 handset sales forecast to almost 1 billion phones, supporting claims that the worldwide mobile phone market continues to exceed expectations.CIBC raised its 2006 sales expectations from 892 million handsets to 920 million. It also...
While America's cell-phone bandit may be the best known mobile-phone subscriber in the world, and consumers in Japan and Korea may have a corner on the coolest wireless apps on the planet, word on the street is Czechs-from teens to thirtysomethings-are the most crazed...
While Bluetooth's emergence into the marketplace was probably over-hyped a couple of years ago, the short-range wireless connectivity technology is coming of age quickly. Last week, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group excitedly released the latest Bluetooth numbers from IMS Research, which found that, globally...
TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering improved video performance that is up to four times better than the company's previously produced processor, the OMAP2420. The company said the OMAP2430 isn't in...
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. launched a suite of services allowing users to shop, search the Web and access local listings from their wireless handsets. The Internet giant unveiled a mobile Web site that delivers content and search results for browser-enabled mobile phones. Users can...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. introduced one of its first W-CDMA gadget built specifically for the Americas-the sliding-style 6282, which is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of next year. Although Nokia did not say which carriers will sell the device, Cingular Wireless L.L.C....
TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering third-generation video performance that is up to four times better than the company's previously produced processor, the OMAP2420. The company said the OMAP2430 isn't in...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications today said Italy's leading UMTS mobile operator, 3 Italy, has launched its ring-back service built on NMS' MyCaller and deployed as part of L.M. Ericsson's personalized greeting service. NMS' MyCaller ring-back service allows any of 3 Italy's 4.1 million subscribers to...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile said it is offering a photo-sharing service known as Boost Snaps for a monthly fee of $3 plus printing charges. "What good is taking pictures on a mobile phone if there are only limited ways to share them? With Boost Snaps,...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget. Wherify's John Cunningham said...
In these early days of wireless entertainment, it appears content providers have effectively deployed a variety of Digital Rights Management solutions to protect their wares. But many believe all those "solutions" are actually a problem.Behind-the-scenes haggling over royalties continue between MPEG LA, which holds...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. launched its fourth-generation single chip assisted global positioning system solution for mobile phones, which the company says enables users to connect to a satellite from their mobile phones to get directions and maps to the nearest ATM or store, find friends...
Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tightened their ties with a new deal that calls for Samsung to build Qualcomm's chips for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The agreement further solidifies the partnership between one of the world's largest mobile-phone makers and one of...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Swiss carrier Swisscom announced it will sell IXI Mobile Inc.'s Ogo messaging device. The carrier plans to sell the GPRS gadget-which features a QWERTY keyboard and no voice functions-for around $37 with a two-year service agreement. The deal is notable for IXI,...
WASHINGTON-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. hopes to capitalize on the holiday shopping season with a new Internet storefront. The Korean electronics manufacturer launched www.lgusa.com, which offers LG's entire line of mobile phones with services from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp.,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tightened their ties with a new deal that calls for Samsung to build Qualcomm's chips for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The agreement further solidifies the partnership between one of the world's largest mobile-phone makers and one...
WASHINGTON-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. hopes to capitalize on the holiday shopping season with a new Internet storefront.The Korean handset manufacturer launched www.lgusa.com, which offers LG's entire line of mobile phones with services from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp., Metro...
BOSTON, Mass.-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. came out the winner in a recent customer satisfaction study covering mobile-phone owners in the United States and Western Europe.According to numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics, LG phone owners reported the highest satisfaction ratings in 17...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will send its Treo 650 users a text message alerting them of a new software download for their device. The software update, version 1.17, includes improvements for the gadget's memory handling, voice quality, Bluetooth performance, power settings and other...
