January 2007

Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton are scheduled to appear for an hour-long joint keynote session at 9:30 a.m. March 29 during the CTIA Wireless 2007 trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.The former …

Mobliss Inc. made its exit from mobile messaging official, selling off its assets in the space to digital company New Motion Inc. for an undisclosed sum.Mobliss, a subsidiary of Japan’s Index Holdings, gained substantial traction in the early days of …

Entertainment media giant IMG jumped onto the wireless video field with the acquisition Nunet AG, a Cologne, Germany-based mobile media company.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Nunet powers 200 streaming wireless TV channels for more than 20 mobile network operators …

Leap Wireless International Inc. plans to offer a new mobile music service through its Cricket brand, thanks to a new partnership with mobile music provider Musiwave. Paris-based Musiwave, a subsidiary of Openwave Systems Inc., powers full-track download services, streaming music …

Third Screen Media will partner with market research firm Telephia to help wireless advertisers target their marketing messages.The mobile marketing company said it will integrate Telephia’s mobile Internet research into its Web-based ad management and delivery platform. The companies hope …

Nokia Corp., the world’s leading handset maker but a laggard in the U.S. market, has begun a search for a new global advertising agency. Nokia’s current agencies were invited to the pitch, with a decision expected by mid-2007. “Nokia aims …

Verizon Wireless announced it captured 2.3 million net new customers in the fourth quarter, numbers that show it continues to dominate other national carriers with its retail performance.Cingular Wireless L.L.C. brought in more net customers, with 2.4 million customer additions …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics’ …

The latest player in the wireless advertising arena hopes to provide a one-stop shop for companies looking to deploy marketing campaigns across mobile platforms. And it’s set to lock horns with a rare veteran in the space.Millennial Media debuted this …

Content providers and application developers often cite fragmentation as their most difficult and costly challenge. But like a handful of other startups, Mobile Complete sees the issue as an opportunity.The 3-year-old San Mateo, Calif.-based startup is gaining attention with a …

As tier-one carriers vie to lure users with eye-catching video clips of hit TV shows and music stars, Patrick Kearney is hoping to draw mobile viewers with monkeys reading the news. Monkey News Network, as it’s branded, is one of …

Yahoo Inc. is hoping a new online advertising system and an increased presence in wireless can help it close the widening gap between it and rival Google Inc.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company beat analysts’ quarterly expectations for the first time in …

AT&T INC. HAS A HISTORY as a highly respected brand. Cingular Wireless L.L.C., its name and image conjured out of thin air just a few years ago, is a young and thriving brand that AT&T has begun to dismantle. So …

Hollywood is no stranger to change. It continues to ride a wave of new mediums, distribution channels and formats. Major television studios and networks have learned to embrace new technologies while still capitalizing on a business plan that has made …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s last quarter before being absorbed by parent company AT&T Inc. resulted in a company-record 2.4 million net customer additions, up from 1.8 million net adds a year ago and beating analysts’ expectations. “Our last quarter as a …

It’s only been a few months since the close of the Federal Communications Commission’s advanced wireless services auction, and carriers aren’t expected to begin using the spectrum they purchased until late this year or 2008. But the wheels are already …

While nothing new for the inside-the-Beltway crowd, it may be noteworthy to the great consuming masses just how incestuously intertwined telecom policy-making and lobbying have become in the nation’s capital. The little agency that could-the Federal Communications Comm-ission-ranks only behind …

The late chess grandmaster Edward Schuyler Jackson used to regale anyone who would listen with stories, stories with a point. One featured a Wall Street tycoon berating a young business school graduate trying to make an impression. Impatient with the …

Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major portion of which is being sought by public-safety advocates.“The American public wants Congress to work in …

As Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin pushes for a wireless alternative to the telephone-cable TV broadband duopoly, and the Bush administration predicts it will make good on its vow to make universal, affordable high-speed Internet access available this year, …

Mobile virtual network operators have definite target demographics that they’re trying to lure away from mainstream wireless operators with a unique approach to service and handsets. A recent study by Yankee Group and Compete Inc. shows, however, that some of …

Wireless operators increasingly are cutting ringtone aggregators out of the loop, opting instead to make deals directly with recording labels. But as EMI Entertainment World Inc.’s lawsuit against InfoSpace Inc. shows, the ringtone business may not be as simple as …

Rarely does a handset launch embody the challenges and strategies of a carrier and its vendor partner as clearly as the recent offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. and Motorola Inc. of PowerSource handsets.Sprint Nextel has acknowledged that the loss of …

Nokia Corp.’s earnings report last week may well have drawn sighs of relief from many in the industry. The Finnish handset vendor established that winning strategies are possible even as the handset industry is driven by emerging markets, where average …