January 2007

Mitec Telecom, a Canadian firm that designs and sells radio-frequency products for the telecom industry, is closing its U.S. operations in an attempt to return to profitability. The company also …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., the world’s fastest-growing mobile handset maker, announced it will work with Flextronics International Ltd. and Foxconn to make 10 million handsets in India within two …

Comverse Technology Inc. and its spinoff Verint said they will be delisted from the Nasdaq exchange after failing to meet financial reporting requirements.Comverse, which develops voicemail software and other communications …

W-CDMA technology will enjoy “exceptional” growth over the next several years, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group, expansion that will come at the expense of CDMA technology.“While growth in W-CDMA …

Direct-to-consumer content provider Thumbplay Inc. expanded its music portfolio through a new pact with EMI Music.Thumbplay sells ringtones, games and text-based services from its online storefront through both a la …

Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will use technology from mFormation Technologies Inc. to remotely provision, configure, diagnose and manage its cellphones. The deal is notable for mFormation, one of a …

Headset maker Jabra will move its offices from Lombard, Ill., to Nashua, N.H., as part of a consolidation of the company’s operations with those of its parent company GN Netcom.The …

Mobile payment company Obopay announced it bought BillMonk, a company that provides “social money” services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The companies said social money includes transactions that encompass …

The telematics sector could be on the brink of worldwide growth thanks to better wireless networks, devices and operating systems, according to new research from Visant Strategies.The study predicts the …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. customers who have push-to-talk phones now have the ability to use the service on an a la carte basis for 15 cents per minute. The carrier said …

Mobile content and community were the hot topics during the opening day of Demo, a semi-annual conference designed to highlight emerging technologies and new products.GoWare Inc., an Arizona-based developer, used …

Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. named Scott Richardson its new chief strategy officer.Richardson joins Clearwire from Intel Corp. where he was vice president of the company’s Mobility Group and …

MyxerT announced the launch of its MyxerMagicT, a free Internet browser extension that lets users send any online image to their mobile phone directly from their desktop computer.The extension, which …

Mobile content behemoth Buongiorno Vitaminic is expanding its video offerings with the $1.3 million acquisition of Inventa, a London-based mobile video production agency.Buongiorno, which operates a host of direct-to-consumer storefronts …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one of three companies that has settled disputes surrounding online advertising practices in the state of New York. The wireless carrier agreed to pay $35,000 under …

Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. said it added 9,773 wireless customers in the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 18 percent from the same period in 2005 and …

Sprint Nextel Corp. increased its estimates for the speed of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network, and expanded coverage in several markets including Miami, Fla.; Portland, Ore.; and Puerto …

On the heels of a phone launch it declared a “linchpin” in its efforts to maintain high-value iDEN subscribers while migrating them to its CDMA network, Sprint Nextel Corp. cut …

Carl Icahn wants a seat on the board of directors at Motorola Inc., the company acknowledged in a statement.Icahn and business interests he controls own more than 33 million shares …

A U.S. District Court jury on Friday found that Broadcom Corp. did not infringe on two Qualcomm Inc. patents for digital video compression used in high-definition set-top cable and satellite …

Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is sweetening the deal for its young consumers who are looking to trade their spare time for airtime by adding several new names to its list …

The art of the “announcement” appears to couple specific news with vague hints at future products. Announcements can reassure investors and analysts and seek to intimidate competitors while keeping one’s …

The Hyperfactory is expanding its mobile advertising offerings with an ad-buying network designed to generate marketing messages across wireless applications.The New Zealand-based outfit hopes to offer a one-stop shop for …

T-Mobile USA Inc. didn’t do as well during 2006’s fourth quarter as it did in 2005, seeing a substantial drop in the number of net new customers that it brought …

Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced they are moving forward on their network equipment joint venture after an investigation into financial irregularities at Siemens’ telecom unit delayed the closing of …