"Communications has broken out of its preordained, unleashing applications that can integrate communications across the enterprise," says a new IDC white paper on Voice over Internet Protocol.That one sentence pretty much explains the state of the telecom industry today: Communications are fluid. TV shows...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc.'s next music-centric phone will support its new iRadio service but not Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes software, the company announced. The handset manufacturer said its upcoming music subscription service will launch nationwide later this year on the Rokr E2, with other handsets...
Wireless distributor and fulfillment services provider Brightpoint Inc. is going directly to consumers with branded retail stores. The company said it plans to sell mobile phones and services from Sprint Nextel Corp., Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. and Vonage Holdings Inc. through outlets under the...
XM Satellite Radio quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20 through distributors...
WASHINGTON-XM Satellite Radio last week quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20...
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...
Sprint Nextel Corp. became the first U.S. operator to offer full-track music downloads, launching a dual-delivery service last week using phones from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo Electric Co. The carrier introduced a mobile music store that allows users to purchase and download...
Sprint Nextel Corp. this week plans to announce its fourth music service, a wireless version of RealNetworks Inc.'s Rhapsody Radio. The offering includes five channels of streaming audio including alternative, pop, urban and country music, as well as podcasts from a California National Public...
Sprint Nextel Corp. added a third music service to its offerings, launching 20 channels of streaming audio from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. The No. 2 pay-radio service is powering Sirius Music, which includes 19 channels of pop, rock, hip-hop, country, jazz and electronica. The...
XM Satellite Radio will spend nearly $200 million on wireless spectrum licenses in 15 of the top 20 U.S. markets, the company announced last week. The nation's No. 1 satellite radio service agreed to acquire WCS Wireless L.L.C., which controls 10 megahertz of spectrum...
XM Satellite Radio will spend nearly $200 million on wireless spectrum licenses in 15 of the top 20 U.S. markets, the company announced after Wednesday's closing bell. The nation's No. 1 satellite radio service agreed to acquire WCS Wireless L.L.C., which controls 10 megahertz...
NEW YORK-Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. will power a streaming audio service for Sprint PCS subscribers, the companies said. The country's No. 2 pay-radio service said it has agreed to make some of its music channels available for the service, which may launch later this...
Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. will power a streaming audio service for Sprint PCS subscribers, the companies said Tuesday. The country's No. 2 pay-radio service said it has agreed to make some of its music channels available for the service, which may launch later this...
It occurs to me that technological advances must be understood and appreciated not only for their self-contained breakthroughs, but also for how they impact-indeed, transform-other more established technologies.Sometimes transformation comes fast; sometimes there's a delayed response. Put another way, the overused term "convergence" grossly...
Music companies are rushing to bring streaming music services to U.S. wireless users, but while the technology exists to provide radio-like offerings to wireless users, the viability of a radio-like business model in wireless is far from clear. Clear Channel Communications Inc., the top...
WASHINGTON-Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. is protesting an Application for Review filed by rival Inmarsat Ventures Ltd., claiming Inmarsat's arguments are nothing new and meant to slow MSV's entry into the mobile satellite service market. "The Federal Communications Commission has recognized the opportunity ATC provides...
NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe, the sixth-largest handset maker, this month will introduce its new Trium series of mobile phones, incorporating into two models with voice-activated dialing software developed by Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART).The agreement calls for integration of smARTspeak and smARTspeak CS speech...
NEW YORK—Sirius Satellite Radio said David Margolese has stepped down as chief executive officer of the company and his duties will be assumed on an interim basis by John J. Scelfo, senior vice president and chief financial officer, and Patrick Donnelly, senior vice president...
NEW YORK-Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe, the sixth largest handset maker, this month will introduce its new Trium series of mobile phones, incorporating into two models the voice-activated dialing software of Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc., Atlanta.The agreement calls for integration of smARTspeak and smARTspeak CS...
Handsets/ devicesMitsubishiMitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up to 86 kilobits-per-second data speeds. It has several features for business users. The phone allows users...
BSWDBellSouth Wireless Data L.P. has named cellular industry veteran Donald Kovalevich as its new president and chief executive officer. Former BSWD President and CEO William Lenahan left the company in May to take a position at another telecom firm. Since then, J.D. Gardner has...
