LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week's United States Telecom Association's first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas, though a handful of executives touched on expanding wireless services during keynote addresses. Despite lacking the name cache of more...
Last week's TelecomNext event in Las Vegas was painful at times.Not because the event was poorly run or because of the beating I took at the tables. No, the painful part was watching wireline executives use a bevy of acronyms and catch phrases in...
Motricity Corp. is building on its relationship with Alltel Corp., inking a deal to deliver content and wireless Internet service to the operator's subscribers regardless of device. The agreement, which will be announced this week, expands on Motricity's pact to supply wireless Web service...
Sling Media Inc. launched a software package allowing wireless subscribers to view TV broadcasts on Windows Mobile devices. The developer announced a beta version of the much-awaited offering, which sends video from a cable box through an Ethernet cable to a handset running Windows...
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it is teaming with the Associated Press to allow reporters to file 60-second video clips from the 215 cities and 466 airports where the carrier offers high-speed wireless access. The service uses SNAPfeed, a "store and forward" video application...
WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. unveiled a business unit targeting small business users. The company launched Wirefly.biz, an Internet storefront hawking products and rate plans designed for home office workers and small businesses. The site carries offerings from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sprint Nextel Corp.,...
Regional telecommunications operator Ntelos Holdings Corp. reported strong growth in the fourth quarter and full-year 2005, generating wireless operating revenues of $73 million during the final three months of 2005 and $280 million for the year. Ntelos Inc., the company's prior incarnation, was a...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Verizon Wireless selected Xign Corp., a purveyor of on-demand, order-to-pay software, to streamline its order delivery, invoice processing and payment management. By moving to electronic billing and payment of vendor accounts, Verizon Wireless plans to save money through efficiencies and by garnering discounts...
BRISTOL, Conn.-ESPN announced an international push for its ESPN-branded mobile content. The company said the new initiatives target wireless customers in Canada, Europe and Latin America and covers a variety of content including sports news and information, video, ringtones, wallpaper, wireless Internet sites and...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the four first-tier wireless operators that control enough spectrum for a nationwide footprint. They are ranked by their number of subscribers at the end of 2005. Subscriber additions and financial results are from company records and are...
PARIS-Mobile GPS navigation solutions company Webraska said its revenues doubled during its 2005 fiscal year, driven by sales of the company's SmartZone Geospatial Platform and its Navigation Platform. The company said it expects to report revenues for the year, which ends this month, of...
NEW YORK-Frazzled, on-the-go parents can now entertain their kids with Thomas & Friends stories on their Sprint Nextel Corp. mobile phones. Vocel and Random House Children's Books teamed up to bring the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine to mobile phones. Thomas & Friends,...
ANDOVER, Mass.—Mobile music company Groove Mobile announced it closed $8.5 million in new venture funding. Egan-Managed Capital led the round, while Charles River Ventures, Kodiak Venture Partners and Star Ventures also participated. Groove has so far raised more than $20 million in funding. "Groove...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—T-Mobile USA Inc. has upped the ante in a pricing duel with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. by adding a $40 service plan with 1,500 minutes. The Get More 1500 plan was available during the holiday season and has been resurrected in response to Cingular’s...
WAYNESBORO, Va.—Regional telecommunications operator Ntelos Holdings Corp. reported strong growth in the fourth quarter and full-year 2005, generating wireless operating revenues of $73 million during the final three months of 2005 and $280 million for the year. Ntelos Inc., the company’s prior incarnation, was...
PARIS—Mobile GPS navigation solutions company Webraska said its revenues doubled during its 2005 fiscal year, driven by sales of the company’s SmartZone Geospatial Platform and its Navigation Platform. The company said it expects to report revenues for the year, which ends this month, of...
SEOUL, South Korea—LG Electronics Co. Ltd. said it plans to bring its Chocolate phone to the United States sometime this year. The company said the move is part of its plans to more quickly bring its advanced Korean handsets to U.S. shoppers. LG has...
LAS VEGAS—Sprint Nextel Corp.’s local phone service spin-off, Embarq, plans to launch a mobile virtual network operator later this year, according to Embarq’s chief executive officer-to-be, Dan Hesse. Hesse told attendees during a keynote address at the TelecomNext conference of Embarq’s MVNO intentions, which...
PLEASANTON, Calif.—Verizon Wireless selected Xign Corp., a purveyor of on-demand, order-to-pay software, to streamline its order delivery, invoice processing and payment management. By moving to electronic billing and payment of vendor accounts, Verizon plans to save money through efficiencies and by garnering discounts for...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission picked up support from the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission to employ blind bidding at June's advanced wireless services auction. But outside of government the proposal has set off a storm of controversy that has wireless carriers largely opposed...
Verizon Wireless ranked at the top of a dozen North American mobile operators in a survey that examined value metrics such as subscriber growth, average revenue per user, churn and subscriber acquisition costs. Meanwhile, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. accounted for more than a third of...
What does $67 billion buy these days? Convergence nirvana, for one thing. If AT&T Inc.'s offer for BellSouth Corp. gets approved, as it's expected, big-time convergence could finally start happening in real-world terms. Bundled communications services from a range of wired and wireless network...
It was a week of mixed results for regional carriers, as numbers trickled in from a handful of operators-some of which had delayed their reporting or had to restate prior earnings. Leap Wireless International Inc. had a slightly weaker-than-expected fourth quarter, but the company...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. rolled out a new pricing plan-without its signature Rollover feature-in a move to counter a similar plan offered by T-Mobile USA Inc. Cingular's Nation 1000 plan for $40 per month includes nationwide long distance and roaming, but does not offer unlimited...
