Monthly Archives: April, 2007

Alltel intros ‘Day Pass’ for wireless Web surfers

Alltel Corp. announced it will offer a new "Day Pass" service for wireless Web browsing. For $1.50, Alltel customers will be able to buy...

SinglePoint to lean on MIG for interactive TV

Mobile messaging company SinglePoint is teaming with Mobile Interactive Group to expand its interactive television campaigns in the United States.The Seattle-area company said it...

Whitacre to retire from AT&T

Ed Whitacre announced that he will retire as CEO and chairman of the board at AT&T Inc. effective June 3. The 65-year-old is the...

Dobson treasurer Sewell dies

Dobson Communications Corp. announced that its treasurer Richard Sewell died the evening of April 26. CFO Bruce Knooihuizen will manage Dobson's treasury activities on...

Nokia tinkers with global advertising plans

Nokia Corp., the world's leading handset maker, is taking a new direction on its estimated $300 million-plus review of its advertising account.Nokia is dividing...

V-Enable gets new chief

Mobile search provider V-Enable Inc. announced it has appointed Emerick Woods to serve as CEO of the company. Woods most recently served as president...

Qualcomm inks another royalty-bearing OFDM deal

Qualcomm Inc. said it signed a deal to license its OFDM/OFDMA technology to Hamburg, Germany-based 4G Systems to produce modem cards and routers for...

Icahn gains ground in fight with Moto

Carl Icahn is gaining support from Motorola Inc. shareholders, increasing the likelihood the activist investor will land a seat on the company's board next...

VZW stretches legs in Q1, scores 1.7M net additions

Verizon Wireless again staked its claim as the industry's fastest growing wireless carrier posting 1.7 million net customer additions during the first quarter. Larger...

Analyst Angle: Internet now key part of marketing

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...

April infrastructure awards

The following infrastructure contracts were announced in April.

House lawmakers send pre-texting material to AG

Key House lawmakers sent Attorney General Alberto Gonzales materials collected in a congressional probe of unauthorized access to wireless and other telecom subscribers' phone...

Illinois House passes handset lemon law

The Illinois House passed a cellphone lemon law, a measure that would allow consumers with defective handsets to break wireless service contracts without penalty....

Alltel reports record growth boosted by prepaid

As it continues to be the target of rumors of an acquisition by one of its larger competitors, Alltel Corp. enthusiastically reported double-digit revenue...

Report: Gen-X rule mobile gaming space, but Gen-Y gaining

Teens and young adults may dominate the console gaming space, but U.S. consumers between 25 and 34 years old represent the largest group of...

Helio continues to drag on Earthlink’s earnings

Internet service provider Earthlink Inc. announced a net loss of $30 million for the first quarter of 2007, including a $29.3 million loss on...

Limbo 41414 nets $8M in funding

Mobile marketing startup Limbo 41414 pocketed $8 million in a financing round led by Azure Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and New Enterprise Associates.The...

InfoSpace posts Q1 loss, shares slump

Shares of InfoSpace Inc. sank after the company reported a first-quarter loss of $500,000, marking a notable downturn from a net income of $3...

iPCS declares $11 per share dividend

Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. reported that its board of directors has declared an $11 per share cash dividend payable to all holders...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel Networks and more

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country...

Financial ratings wrap-up: AT&T, United States Cellular Corp., Texas Instruments and more

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Prudential Equity Group raised...

Sony Ericsson exec’s mantra: disciplined growth

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has come of age in the past year and finds itself in an enviable, if somewhat dicey, position. No resting...

MobiTV shifting focus to Americas

MobiTV Inc. is stepping up its efforts in North and South America, but is not pulling up stakes in Europe.The Emeryville, Calif.-based mobile video...

Worst of the Week: Maybe D.B. Cooper was on to something?

Hello!And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this...

NII Holdings reports strong growth

NII Holdings Inc. has announced it added 289,000 wireless subscribers, generated $714 million in revenues and $84 million in income during the first quarter...
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