Monthly Archives: December, 2006
AT&T offers further concessions in BellSouth deal
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AT&T Inc. offered to surrender some of its 2.5 GHz spectrum as part of a last-ditch attempt to secure approval of its $85...
InterDigital bolsters stock buyback plans
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InterDigital Communications Corp. increased its share repurchase program from $200 million to $350 million.The wireless technology provider said its board voted for the move...
Report: Private-equity firms eyeing Alltel
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Alltel Corp., the nation's fifth-largest wireless carrier, is being floated as a potential target for a leveraged buyout by private-equity firms, according to unnamed...
Mdog.com enters mobile blogging space
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Mdog.com is the latest player in the mobile blogging arena with a portal for mobile phones.The offering allows users of Web-enabled phones to post...
Verizon Wireless rings in new year
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Verizon Wireless is pushing their mobile music offerings by allowing users to download a free ringtone on New Year's Eve.Subscribers can text the word...
CloseCall America to add satellite video service
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Wireless service provider MobilePro Corp. said a subsidiary will offer satellite video from DirecTV Group Inc. CloseCall America will initially carry DirecTV services...
Yellowpages.com launches PC to mobile feature
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Tired of paying fees for 411 calls, trying to get a taxi on the line at 2 a.m.? Fret not, mobile phone users. Yellowpages.com...
Stocking stuffers: Leap executives receive stock options
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Leap Wireless International Inc. granted stock options to several of its executives, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The company granted...
Nortel receives final approval for payment in shareholder lawsuits
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A $2.25 billion global settlement reached between Nortel Networks Ltd. and its shareholders was given final approval in federal court this week. The parties...
LaNetro Zed backs out of MonsterMob deal
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Spanish mobile content giant LaNetro Zed scratched its plans to make a bid for buffeted ringtone provider MonsterMob Group plc.LaNetro said late last week...
Nortel adds Accela application to muni Wi-Fi platform
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Government enterprise software firm Accela Inc. reported a partnership with Nortel Networks Ltd. to deliver municipal wireless network products and services.Calif.-based Accela said its...
Motorola’s Netopia acquisition gains antitrust approval
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Motorola Inc.'s plan to drop $200 million on broadband home equipment provider Netopia Inc. has been cleared by United States antitrust authorities. Based in...
Samsung announces thinner memory chip
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Thinner, more power, less drain on a handset-no, it's not a supermodel whose New Year' resolution is giving up mobile communications. It's a new...
Redback approves Ericsson’s acquisition
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Redback Networks Inc.'s board gave L.M. Ericsson a green light to move forward with plans to buy the smaller equipment maker for about $2.1...
Fiddling with prices as the clock runs out
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Perhaps Santa Claus understands the Byzantine machinations of handset pricing at the major carriers, but with his work done for the year, Santa's contract...
Verizon Wireless to offer mobile ads
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Verizon Wireless will soon begin to allow advertising to accompany content from its official content partners, a company spokesperson said today. Verizon Wireless will...
Top 20 stories from RCRNews.com in 2006
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Editor's Note: Following are the most-read stories from RCRNews.com this year. They have been edited to fit in paper format.1. Vodafone records $41B loss,...
Alvarion adds Wi-Fi to WiMAX product line
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WiMAX set-top box maker Alvarion Ltd. added Wi-Fi functionality to its BreezeMAX product line to support carrier interest in offering bandwidth-intensive mobile applications through...
RIM posts strong Q3, updates restatement plans
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Research In Motion Ltd. said that new product launches helped fill its sails as the company reported robust revenue and earnings in its fiscal...
Hedgehogging
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As 2006 draws to a close and we take stock of all the changes that have happened in the wireless industry, we can't help...
Online retailers dangle handset bait, deliver high-ARPU subscribers
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Wirefly, the online retailer, is offering mobile handsets at prices that defy gravity.Tis the season, apparently, for free or low-cost offers on the market's...
Northern Exposure: Number portability to hit Canada in March
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Canadian consumers soon will have the flexibility granted to American wireless customers late in 2003: the ability to take a phone number with them...
FCC floats public-safety proposal
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed to create a nationwide broadband wireless network at 700 MHz for first responders, but the public-safety community said the...
Of Swiss cheese and pot shots
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So it was that FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell last Monday delivered his lyrical oratory about why he would continue to forbear from deliberations of...