At crime scenes in Boston, youth who gathered in the aftermath to watch the police at work were often texting and making calls, communicating about the events that had just transpired - and which they may have seen.Like many police departments around the country,...
Alltel's 'Best Holiday'Alltel is running a series of animated holiday television advertisements that feature Chad, the Alltel Wireless salesman, as he squares off against the four "Sales Guys" who are trying to ruin Christmas for good boys and girls. In one spot, the Sales...
VeriSign Inc. outlined plans to streamline its operations and sell or close as many as 12 divisions including some-or perhaps all-of its mobile operations.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it will divest "a number of businesses in the company's portfolio, such as communications, billing...
As capital flows into the wireless space, the companies who are lucky enough to reap the benefits span a wide range of wireless ventures, from infrastructure to content. Among recent deals are those of Conterra Ultra Broadband Inc., which provides wireless connectivity for K-12...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it does not expect the FCC's upcoming wireless spectrum auction to affect the ratings of U.S. wireless carriers...
Lucy Hood has stepped down as CEO of Jamba and president of Fox Mobile Entertainment after 10 years with News Corp."It's been extremely exciting and rewarding for me to help build News Corporation's mobile business over the past few years," Hood said, "but I'm...
Mobile banking service provider Clairmail Inc. is partnering with digital infrastructure provider VeriSign Inc. to offer financial institutions multiple options for mobile banking as a managed service.The two companies made the announcement today, but said they have been working together for months and have...
One way to get a sense of how much priority Hollywood networks are placing on mobile is to look at the executives on board and how many people are working on their respective teams.The big four networks-ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox-each takes a different...
Qwest Communications International Inc. named Edward Mueller its new chief executive officer. Mueller is a veteran of the telecom industry and former CEO of Williams-Sonoma. Qwest's current CEO Richard Notebaert, who oversaw the company's path to its first year of operational profitability in 2006,...
Shares of VeriSign Inc. dipped after the company posted a decline in second-quarter revenues and issued weak guidance for the coming quarter.The Mountain View, Calif.-based digital infrastructure company reported a net loss of $4.71 million on total revenue of $368 million, down from a...
VeriSign Inc.'s CFO, Dana Evan, has resigned, another apparent casualty of the company's internal examination of its stock-option practices.Evan will be succeeded by Bert Clement, the company's controller. Stratton Sclavos, former CEO, resigned in June. Sclavos' departure came with a company statement that its...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.--First Albany Capital raised its price target on WPCS International Inc. to $16 from $14.50 after the company announced better-than-expected guidance for the fiscal 2008...
For a few seasons, it looked like TV producers had tapped into the mobile mint of premium text messaging as they encouraged viewers to win money by voting for their least favorite Donald Trump wannabe or enter other contests via cellphone. But those kinds...
Don't tell the French what to doFrench government officials continue to use their BlackBerrys despite warnings from French security officials that communications on the devices may be intercepted by U.S. intelligence agencies. An official with the prime minister's office told the French Le Monde...
The U.S. telecom industry appears to largely be treading water when it comes to fixed-mobile convergence-with much talk about the subject and a few tentative sallies in that direction, but not an inordinate amount of action so far. However, many operators are in the...
Clear Channel Radio selected VeriSign Inc. to launch a suite of mobile radio services for the broadcast giant. Clear Channel in May announced a mobile effort that the company said would expand to around 100 of its U.S. stations by the end of 2008.Clear...
Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company's internal investigation into stock-options grants is nearing its end. The Mountain View, Calif., company declined to offer reasons for the departure of Sclavos, who joined VeriSign 12 years ago. But the firm said...
Longtime VeriSign Inc. chief Stratton Sclavos stepped down as the company's internal investigation into stock-options grants comes to an end.The Mountain View, Calif., company declined to offer reasons for the departure of Sclavos, who joined VeriSign 12 years ago. But the firm said the...
As mobile banking and payments come further into focus, one of the potential areas for carriers to explore involves international remittances, or cross-border person-to-person transactions. Today, that market is dominated by players like Western Union, which claims more than 170,000 agent locations worldwide where...
ORLANDO, Fla.-The Mobile Marketing Association announced an effort to boost the mobile urban content market-and to help entrepreneurs looking to provide the stuff.The MMA unveiled a special-interest group charged with "creating networking, education and policy opportunities" among content owners, carriers and technology developers. The...
VeriSign Inc. announced it will handle regional wireless carrier Dobson Communication Corp.'s voice and data settlement operations, starting in April. In a separate but related announcement, Rural Cellular Corp. said it renewed its settlement deal with Syniverse. Syniverse said it will stand as RCC's...
Motricity Inc. once again added to its bank account, pocketing $50 million in equity funding from controversial investor Carl Icahn. Whether the cash will be enough to see the company through the troubled wireless entertainment waters is uncertain, as the mobile content space increasingly...
UrbanWorld Wireless announced a high-profile advisory board in an effort to move beyond mobile content into the broader world of digital media.The company has tapped a couple of familiar names: Jon Bukosky, managing partner at BFD/ventures and the former head of content at m-Qube,...
Mobliss Inc. made its exit from mobile messaging official, selling off its assets in the space to digital company New Motion Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Mobliss, a subsidiary of Japan's Index Holdings, gained substantial traction in the early days of text messaging in the...
