Monthly Archives: May, 2007
Pantech turns to VoiceSignal for speech-rec
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Handset maker Pantech announced a three-year licensing agreement with VoiceSignal. Under the terms of the agreement, Pantech will get access to VoiceSignal's range of...
U.S. Cellular hires new advertising firm: Regional carrier to emphasize customer service
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Regional cellphone carrier U.S. Cellular, outspent by major national carriers and facing an onslaught of competition from wireless offerings from cable companies, has hired...
Qualcomm Ventures moves into Europe with $135 million fund
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Qualcomm Ventures will make $135 million available to innovative European companies working on W-CDMA advances.The San Diego-based chip vendor said its move into Europe...
Migo acquires MacroPort for managing mobile media
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Migo Software Inc. announced it would acquire MacroPort Inc. and the company's mobile content management software in an all-stock deal valued at $4.5 million.MacroPort...
Greystripe nabs $8.9M amid questions over ad-supported games
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Ad-supported game distributor Greystripe pocketed $8.9 million in a second round of funding led by The Walt Disney Co.'s venture capital arm.The San Francisco-based...
AT&T Mobility ends eastern Texas roaming agreement
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AT&T Mobility ended a roaming agreement with regional wireless operator Cellular One of East Texas that allowed the national carrier's customers to use 26...
GAMING EVOLVES: Casual gaming to become key pastime
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Casual gaming will become a first tier of entertainment thanks to innovative thinking by entrepreneurs and barriers lowered by technology, John Welch, president...
Amid $7B in network investments, Sprint Nextel claims ‘fewest dropped calls’
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Sprint Nextel Corp. reiterated its plans for network investment this year, with a focus on upgrading its CDMA network with EV-DO Revision A, deploying...
Guidelines galore: GSMA unveils its own mobile marketing initiative
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The GSM Association has joined the field of those looking to foster the growth of mobile advertising by developing guidelines for marketing campaigns.The group,...
Nortel unveils ‘Hyperconnectivity’ campaign
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Nortel Networks Ltd. introduced "Hyperconnectivity," a global ad campaign that the company hopes will redefine its role in an increasingly connected network environment.The campaign,...
U.S. cellphone market: Motorola on the rise, Nokia declines
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The handset market in the United States in the first quarter grew 12% over the year-ago quarter, with the sale of about 39 million...
On2 acquires Hantro for video on cellphones
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Video-compression technology vendor On2 Technologies Inc. announced it acquired Finland-based Hantro Products Oy, a firm that sells video software to cellphone makers. On2 will...
Harbinger plots to gain control of Openwave
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Harbinger Capital Partners is hoping to buy Openwave Systems Inc. at closeout prices.The investment firm is looking to buy more than 40 million Openwave...
Qwest adds EV-DO Rev. A service
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Qwest Communications International Inc. has started offering mobile broadband service using Sprint Nextel Corp.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network.The Qwest Wireless Mobile Broadband...
JumpTap expands at Virgin Mobile USA
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Mobile search startup JumpTap Inc. expanded its relationship with mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. with a local search application.The white-label offering,...
U.S. cellular market nearing 250M connection mark
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The U.S. cellular industry added 18 million connections during 2006, bringing the total number of U.S. wireless connections to 232 million, according to Wireless...
Acuity, Acxiom team for mobile marketing
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Acuity Mobile and Acxiom Corp. announced a mobile marketing partnership that marries Acxiom's consumer-based data and behavior analytics with Acuity's mobile advertising platform.The deal...
FCC revises 800 MHz rebanding standard
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The Federal Communications Commission revised the standard for relocation costs Sprint Nextel Corp. must pay to public-safety licensees, a move aimed at improving a...
Clearwire struts mobile WiMAX: Service levels ‘higher than 3G services’
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Clearwire Corp. announced it completed the first phase of a mobile WiMAX field trial in Hillsboro, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Individuals participating in...
It was only a matter of time: AT&T brand takes over Cingular retail locations
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AT&T Inc. made a major re-branding push by stripping a number of its company-owned stores of Cingular-related trappings overnight and replacing them with AT&T...
Verizon Wireless launches song ID service
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Verizon Wireless is hoping to spur its full-track mobile music sales with a new music-identification application.The carrier launched Vcast Song ID, allowing users to...
Clear Channel Radio to roll out text-based cellphone applications
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Clear Channel Communications Inc. launched a suite of text-based applications that allow radio listeners to make song requests and participate in contests with their...
Leap using TechnoCom for E911 testing
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Leap Wireless International Inc. is using TechnoCom Corp. for testing and optimizing E911 services for the carrier's Cricket offering, enabling the carrier to potentially...
Private equity to buy Alltel in $27.5B deal: TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners to purchase nation’s No. 5 carrier
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Alltel Corp. announced Sunday that it agreed to be acquired by two private-equity firms in a $27.5 billion transaction.The buyers are TPG Capital, the...
AT&T gets go-ahead for NASCAR rebranding
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A Georgia judge has given AT&T Inc. permission to add its brand on the carrier's No. 31 NASCAR racecar, which currently carries the "Cingular"...