July 2006

Marking its first commitment to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technology, Verizon Wireless, joined by a handful of network infrastructure heavy-hitters, unveiled Advances to IMS, or A-IMS, a concept document along …

Call it the WAP gap. Major media companies and mega-brands around the world are trying to lure customers by promoting short codes as a kind of red carpet to their …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said a North American slowdown in wireless equipment sales caused its year-over-year revenue to sink 12 percent and income to plummet 79 percent. The company reported third-quarter …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.), co-chairman of the Congressional Wireless Caucus, led a group of lawmakers last week in writing a letter urging the Federal Communications Commission to declare that states …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG reported third-quarter net profits of $1.01 billion, more than double the $$495.5 million it posted for the same period last year. Revenues for the quarter rose to …

MILTON KEYNES, U.K.- Mobile TV provider ROK Entertainment scored a major win last week, outperforming two carrier-affiliated services in a study from Strategy Analytics. The market research firm said Vodafone …

Nortel Networks Ltd. is making organizational changes in its GSM and UMTS access businesses, which could lead to a selling of the company’s UMTS access business, according to UBS Investment …

16The spate of recent headlines can only feed the well-founded paranoia of corporate IT managers struggling to serve their colleagues’ quest for mobility. The enterprise’s demand for data on-the-go naturally …

MUNICH-Siemens AG said it struck a turnkey deal with Hutchison 3G Austria GmbH worth “an amount in the multi-digit millions” to plan, set up and supply the carrier’s W-CDMA network …

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-Not only has Motorola Inc.’s Q device set a new low point for smart-phone pricing at around $200, it also has achieved a low production cost as well, …

WESTCHESTER, Ill.-Andrew Corp. reported declining fiscal third-quarter net profits as the company covers restructuring costs in preparation for its proposed merger with ADC Telecommunications. Profits for the quarter fell from …

The mobile virtual network operator bandwagon, cruising along smoothly a few months ago, appears to be suffering from a case of backlash. Recent MVNO news and rumors haven’t been particularly …

PARIS-Alcatel SA reported second-quarter net profits of $228.7 million, an 8-percent decline from last year’s $249.4 million. The profits came from sales of $4.3 billion, a 7.6-percent increase from last …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is set to scoop up graphics card specialist ATI Technologies Inc. for around $5.4 billion, putting ATI’s long-standing relationship with Intel Corp. and graphics-developer …

WASHINGTON-Both houses of Congress are working on legislation to address emergency communications, but funding for any interoperability measures remains an obstacle. The House last week passed a bill creating an …

Proving to be more than a grand illusion, Junxion Inc.’s wireless Ethernet and Wi-Fi LAN router was on the center stage of Styx’s blog as the band told its fans …

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc.’s second quarter net profits rose 30 percent year over year, from $41 million to $54 million. Revenues jumped 19 percent year over year, from $463 million to …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. came out as the only major wireless carriers largely in favor of the so-called Missoula Plan, which calls for reforming the way and amounts telecommunications carriers pay …

Not all subscribers are equal. While big-spending, low-churning direct subscriber adds are often best, there are only so many of them to go around. As such, the value of indirect …

The Federal Communications Commission said 168 bidders have qualified to participate in the advanced wireless services auction, and that it would not use blind-bidding procedures during the auction. Click here …

It’s a WiMAX world, and we only live in it. Or so it would seem with the plethora of press announcements, standards proposals and virgin sacrifices made at the altar …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Mobile game publisher Digital Chocolate Inc. welcomed six new investors as it scooped up $22.5 million in Series C funding. New investor Bridgescale Partners led the round; other …

Device-based security, which despite competing notions of stored data vs. data-in-motion, has its role. In that case, according to the Tower Group’s Bob Egan, keep in mind that the drivers-both …

Regional carriers SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. and Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. continued to stabilize their operations during the second quarter, while NII Holdings Inc. showed positive growth and recently spun-off Embarq …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless is using the launch of the new Chocolate phone to tout upgrades to its Vcast Music service. The highly anticipated handset from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. …