Wireless Internet

Mobile media company Player X said it pocketed Spain’s Gaelco Moviles, a mobile games publisher, for an undisclosed amount of cash.The move marks the first acquisition for Player X, a …

The iPhone App Store stole headlines last week, but it’s the ever-growing cloud above that ultimately will be more important to developers of mobile consumer applications.Cloud computing – applications “in …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin signaled the agency is prepared to fix a roaming snag faced by wireless providers delayed in constructing networks because spectrum licenses won at major …

AT&T Mobility’s decision to take Synchronoss out of the Apple Inc. iPhone-activation loop contributed to last week’s debacle at Apple and AT&T Mobility stores, according to ThinkPanmure L.L.C.Apple last year …

It won’t be long until Congress breaks for its August recess (are they there now?), only to return for a short spell before taking off for the rest of this …

Shares of Openwave Systems Inc. rebounded after the company posted an improved quarterly loss on slightly decreased revenues.The Redwood City, Calif.-based developer said it lost $14.7 million in the quarter …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is coming under mounting pressure to back off a controversial plan to auction a national wireless Internet license that would require the winning bidder …

When it comes to investment money, perhaps no space in mobile is as hot as social networking. And it looks like the spigot isn’t going to shut off anytime soon. …

Faster networks, flat-rate data plans and improved marketing from carriers have combined to nearly double the number of mobile Internet users in the United States in less than two years …

The number of notebook computers equipped with HSPA/LTE mobile broadband connectivity in Europe will grow from 8.4 million last year to 49 million in 2013, a compound annual growth rate …

While wireless providers – large and small – differ on such hot-button issues as universal service support, exclusive handset arrangements and special access, the controversy over roaming has the potential …

T-Mobile USA Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to extend up to three months the public comment cycle for a controversial free wireless Internet plan, a request that would provide …

Two key House Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission not to attach conditions to advanced wireless services-3 spectrum and to forgo approval of final rules for that band until after …

Purple Labs has purchased Openwave Systems Inc.’s mobile-phone software business for $30 million in cash, the two companies said today. The sale, which includes browsing and messaging products and related …

PlayPhone Inc. is targeting Hispanic mobile users with a Spanish-language version of its online storefront.The San Jose, Calif.-based company said the site offers Latino-targeted content as well as wares from …

Wait. Scroll. Scroll. Tap-tap. Wait. Wait. For many years, that was the typical experience of someone surfing the Web using a mobile phone or PDA, at least in the U.S. …

“Is this interesting to Google?” That’s what Andy Rubin was asking Larry Page. It was a spring day in 2005, and the two were in a conference room just off …

If desperation is the mother of innovation, Yahoo may just be the future of mobile.A pioneer in the Internet’s youngest days, Yahoo may now be seriously wounded. Shares of the …

Despite the likelihood of Alltel Communications L.L.C. falling under the control of Verizon Wireless by year’s end, the nation’s 5th largest carrier has decided to make some quick changes to …

The Asia-Pacific region represents a significant opportunity for mobile WiMAX technology, according to a recent report from ABI Research.“Because mobile WiMAX is aimed at untapped markets, almost all vendors including …

Delta Air Lines is the latest air carrier to get on board with mobile, allowing travelers at New York’s LaGuardia to use their phones as a boarding pass.Domestic flyers departing …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of …

Cox Newspapers has tapped Quattro Wireless to power 19 new wireless Web sites.The subsidiary of Atlanta’s Cox Enterprises Inc. launched mobile destinations for newspapers such as the Austin (Texas) Statesman, …

Music lovers, listen up. Buying a portable music player is so, well, 2003. If you carry a cellphone, and chances are you do, then it’s likely all you need to …

Meraki, a municipal Wi-Fi provider has announced it will