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 the...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new phone aimed at children. The carrier picked up Firefly Mobile Inc.'s Firefly phone, which Firefly has been selling through retail outlets and its Web site. Cingular said it will sell the phone for $50 with...
SAN FRANCISCO-Citing increased summer travel, performance measurement firm Telephia reported that wireless customers paid 15 percent more in roaming charges in the third quarter compared with the first three months of this year. Telephia noted in its Customer Value Metric report that wireless customers...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill's sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically crafted to include wireless. Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released the draft of their Universal Service Reform...
WASHINGTON-Mobile-phone carriers and others are urging the government to launch a rulemaking to decide what to do with discarded mobile satellite services frequencies rather than unilaterally giving more radio channels to the two remaining non-operational 2 GHz MSS operators. The 2 GHz MSS controversy...
PORT WASHINGTON, New York-Big-box retailers deliver a better shopping experience for mobile phone users than wireless operators do through their own branded outlets, according to a study from The NPD Group.The survey of 2,100 consumers found that while 68 percent of all mobile phone...
NEW YORK-Entertainment company ShortTV announced a new Web site that will allow mobile phone users to send video greetings to each other. "These short greeting videos are specially written and produced for cell phone users. We expect them to generate considerable interest. They bring...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry would take a hit if a universal-service reform bill becomes law, although the bill's sponsor said the broadband standard was specifically crafted to include wireless. Reps. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released the draft of their Universal Service Reform...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will sell a new phone aimed at children. The carrier picked up Firefly Mobile Inc.'s Firefly phone, which Firefly has been selling through retail outlets and its Web site. Cingular said it will sell the phone for $50 with...
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, which...
SAN FRANCISCO-Citing increased summer travel, performance measurement firm Telephia reported that wireless customers paid 15 percent more in roaming charges in the third quarter compared with the first three months of this year. Telephia noted in its Customer Value Metric report that wireless customers...
TOKYO-Access Co. Ltd. said it completed its acquisition of PalmSource Inc., which provides the Palm OS operating system for mobile devices.PalmSource now is a wholly owned subsidiary of Access. Each outstanding share of PalmSource common stock has been converted into the right to receive...
SAN DIEGO-Handset vendor LG Electronics Co. Ltd. opened a new 38,209-square foot headquarters in San Deigo that will serve as the hub for its North American operations. The company said the building will house its research and development, sales and marketing and engineering activities....
NEW YORK-Dwango Wireless suffered its third straight multimillion-dollar quarterly deficit, reporting a net third-quarter loss of $5 million. The mobile entertainment publisher said it generated $968,000 in revenue during the period, up 9 percent over second-quarter figures. Dwango's net third-quarter loss of $5 million,...
SwedenNordic carrier TeliaSonera said it will test its fixed and mobile telephony initiatives using L.M. Ericsson's Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Sweden. The carrier is conducting similar tests in Denmark with Motorola Inc. TeliaSonera said the aim of the tests is to gradually introduce...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. this week plans to launch a mobile radio service with more than three dozen channels of commercial-free streaming music.MobiTV Inc. is powering the service, dubbed MobiRadio. The service is available only on the Nokia 6620 but soon will be supported by...
When it comes to using their phones to vote, U.S. wireless subscribers are generally limited to American Idol contestants like Ruben Studdard or Clay Aiken. But that may be changing. SMS has become a vital campaign tool for grass-roots organizations, political parties and candidates...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG reported its fourth-quarter results, posting a net profit of $90.6 million, which was an 88 percent decline compared with the year-ago result of $767.3 million.Profits dwindled in the company's Communications division, which brought in only $62.2 million in revenues during the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Nordic carrier TeliaSonera said it will test its fixed and mobile telephony initiatives using L.M. Ericsson's Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Sweden. The carrier is conducting similar tests in Denmark with Motorola Inc.TeliaSonera said the aim of the tests is to gradually introduce...
SEOUL-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it will sell a mobile phone running SavaJe Technologies' Java-based operating system. The move is notable since SavaJe counts Vodafone Group plc, T-Mobile International and Orange S.A. as financial backers.SavaJe launched several years ago with a Java-based operating system...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made a strategic investment in Tekion Inc.Tekion develops micro fuel cells for mobile products. The company's Formira Power Pack is designed to fit inside mobile products and, according to the company, allow consumers to stay connected...
CHICAGO-More than half of the world's mobile phone users with multimedia handsets use their phones to access the Internet or check e-mail at least once a month, according to a report from Mobinet. The survey, initiated by consulting firm A.T. Kearney and Cambridge University's...
While most will busy themselves with decorations and gifts this holiday season, U.S. carriers and handset makers likely will be caught up in fierce battles over pricing, services and-ultimately-customers. As Halloween makes room for Thanksgiving, wireless executives need to gird themselves for perhaps the...
Reston, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures continues to push its terrestrial-satellite wireless offering, announcing a Capitol Hill demonstration of its technology as well as plans to focus on patent licensing and enforcement efforts. "MSV's vision is to launch the most advanced system ever that will serve...
