David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the company's revenues from $0 five years ago to between $315 million and $325 million...
NEW ORLEANS-Customer relationship management provider eAgency Systems is targeting small and mid-sized offices this week with the launch of Nice Office. The new offering from the Newport Beach, Calif.-based company is supported by RIM's BlackBerry, and features over-the-air wireless synchronization of sales and customer...
Wireless carriers' spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes have been driven mostly by the country's larger operators, which-in addition to supporting an increasing number of wireless subscribers-are being...
Infused with new leadership, Leap Wireless International Inc. announced plans to expand its offerings with the launch of its Jump by Cricket prepaid service, providing a true pay-as-you-go plan for customers. The new offering, which Leap hinted to late last year when it signed...
Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to 137 million. The move is not totally unexpected-Motient has been bleeding customers and revenues for years, and has lately been...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it has implemented Convergys Corp.'s Infinys rating and billing software within its systems architecture to support its growing wireless data offerings. Convergys added that the Infinys solution would allow Verizon Wireless to customize its software to meet specific billing and...
Kodiak Network's rapidly expanding Real-Time Exchange System and accompanying Advanced Voice Services applications received another set of updates, which the company said further advances the platform beyond a push-to-talk offering. The new updates include a BREW client designed to enable faster deployment on CDMA...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-were using cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...
Continued growth in the wireless industry is likely to come from untapped market segments that may not prove as financially rewarding as the saturated early-adopter segments, according to a new report from Compete Inc. and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. The report, "Characteristics of...
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will file its unaudited financial statements for the third quarter of 2004 and the unaudited financial statements for 2004 by the end of April. The company also indicated it had about $3.7 billion in cash at the end of...
Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. jumped headfirst into the mobile gaming waters Friday, acquiring New Jersey-based technology company Stadeon Inc. and launching a studio to develop games for wireless phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The portal said it will use the Stadeon acquisition...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday approved the sale of NextWave Telecom Inc.'s remaining PCS licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion.NextWave now expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection next month, said Michael Wack, NextWave senior vice president and deputy general counsel."Verizon Wireless' acquisition of...
WASHINGTON-A key House lawmaker today said the proposed $36 billion merger between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. would bring added competition to a broadband market currently dominated by Bell telephone companies and cable TV giants. "The combination of Sprint and Nextel will create...
Regional wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. has reportedly agreed to sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the San Francisco Basic Trading Area to Verizon Wireless for $230 million. The carriers also signed a nationwide roaming agreement that will allow MetroPCS to expand its regional offering,...
WASHINGTON-CTIA has joined with several trade associations and telecommunications companies in opposing the entertainment industry's effort to create what it calls "a secondary copyright liability.""The judicial expansion of secondary copyright liability advocated by petitioners is precisely the wrong approach. It is simply impossible for...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today said cell-phone use by drivers is on the rise. In 2004, according to a new NHTSA survey, approximately 8 percent of all motorists in the United States-or about 1.2 million drivers-used cellular phones (both handheld and hands-free)...
ST. CLOUD, Minn.-Verizon Wireless said it has completed the purchase of Cellular 2000 of St. Cloud from St. Cloud Wireless Holdings L.L.C. and that it has begun offering Verizon Wireless branded services to Cellular 2000's approximately 42,000 subscribers.The transaction, which was announced earlier this...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecommunications Inc. Tuesday emerged from bankruptcy following approval of its plan by Bankruptcy Judge Adlai Hardin Jr. NextWave filed for bankruptcy June 8, 1998."It has been a long and challenging road to get to this moment, which makes it all the more special....
PARIS-SmartVideo subscribers can stay stylish and ogle supermodels with a new 24-hour-a-day channel from the mobile-video provider. SmartVideo Technologies Inc. said it has agreed to carry Fashion TV, streaming fashion, style and beauty programming to subscribers with smart phones and personal digital assistants. The...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry has signaled it will aggressively litigate taxes deemed illegal, suing the City of Baltimore over a wireless fee and persuading an Illinois court to order hundreds of towns to return to wireless subscribers $1.3 million in charges ruled unconstitutional by the...
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be on the cutting edge, the NBA also recognizes it needs a wireless presence. "It's important ... that the NBA be...
Two key lawmakers recently introduced legislation that would authorize the Justice Department to use wiretaps to investigate and prosecute criminal antitrust conspiracies. Somehow I cannot not see Big Brother listening in on a day in the life of Ivan Seidenberg, whose Verizon Communication's Inc....
Qwest Communications International Inc. submitted a revised proposal to acquire MCI Inc. that included a collar on its stock price and accelerating the timing of cash payments. The collar fixes the equity portion of the deal at $15.50 per share, while maintaining the original...
DENVER-Verizon Wireless continues to gradually roll out its ring-back tone offering, announcing that the service is now available in Colorado, Idaho, Utah and southern Wyoming.Ring backs are snippets of music that a caller hears instead of a traditional ring, and many believe the application...
