Monthly Archives: July, 2006
Upoc lines up community service for Virgin Mobile
Upoc Networks announced it is providing mobile chat and community functions to Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. customers.The service allows customers to access thousands of...
Intrigue continues to follow Xero: MVNO forges ahead with launch plans amid SEC probe
Mobile virtual network operator Xero Mobile has yet to launch, but the company already is facing an investigation of its business by the Securities...
Politicians turn to text messaging to drum up votes
WASHINGTON—Two high-profile politicians are looking to the third screen to reach potential voters. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., recently teamed with pundit Mary Matalin to...
How Sun profits from Java
Sun licenses the testing of Java applications to various companies, and it licenses the Java brand to companies whose products are Java-compatible, according to...
Strigl (again) breaks from industry, plays consumer card
WASHINGTON—There he goes again. Verizon Wireless President Denny Strigl once again is breaking with the pack, this time with a strategic decision to become...
Big Ed
You think Ed Whitacre, head honcho of AT&T Inc., was worried powerful members of the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee didn't like the idea of...
The direct approach: Content companies sidestep carriers to sell to consumers
You can call it off-deck, off-portal or off-network, but the stampede of companies looking to sell content directly to consumers is unquestionably on. Off-deck...
Good adds Lotus Domino support
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Good Technology Inc. unveiled the IBM Lotus Domino version of its e-mail service, making good on a year-old vow to support the...
Intel new mobile WiMAX chip unveiled at WCA with little fanfare
There was no parade. Not even a press release to accompany Intel Corp.'s unveiling of its new Rosedale 2 WiMAX chip for both fixed...
THE NUMBERS GUYS: NeuStar connects phone numbers, networks
Each of about 2 billion phone calls made each day in the United States—wireline, wireless, voice over Internet protocol, regardless of carrier—touch a company...
Smart-phone OS market set for change as entrants contest Symbian
As smart-phone sales go, so go the fortunes of the operating systems that make the hybrid phone/computing devices run for prosumers and enterprise customers....
Earthlink unwires Anaheim
Finally, EarthLink Inc. did it. Last Thursday, the company launched its first municipal Wi-Fi network in Anaheim, Calif., offering the city's 328,000 residents, as...
Wireless scores pre-emption, tax moratorium points: Promise of Senate floor fight clouds whether reform measure will pass
WASHINGTON—The Senate Commerce Committee passed its sweeping telecommunications-reform bill, including in it two critical bits for the wireless industry: wireless pre-emption with a small...
Dobson closes on new Texas spectrum
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. wrapped up its $25 million purchase of wireless assets and spectrum in Texas, which will expand the rural carrier's footprint...
CEO: Nortel doesn’t need tie-up to thrive
As the wireless industry hangs on the edge of its seat waiting for Nortel Networks Ltd. to announce plans to acquire or be acquired,...
Nokia clinging to U.S. CDMA position with ODMs
The dissolution of the Nokia Corp./Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. CDMA joint venture may leave a void in the United States for CDMA handsets, estimated...
Talking loud and saying nothing
Whether you are aware of it or not (and for most people I am guessing not) July has been deemed wireless etiquette month by...
Cingular launches 3G in New York City
NEW YORK—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has begun offering service on its high-speed UMTS/HSDPA wireless network in the greater New York City area. According to coverage...
MobiTV clicks with Windows Mobile
MobiTV Inc. said it extended its wireless video service to devices running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system.The service, which is available through...