2007

Openwave Systems Inc. is up for sale.The Redwood City, Calif.-based developer announced the resignation of CEO David Peterschmidt and said it retained Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor to explore …

CTIA announced that Research In Motion Ltd.’s Mike Lazaridis will replace Motorola’s Ed Zander as one of the kickoff keynoters at the association’s trade show next week. Lazaridis, RIM’s president …

Glu Mobile Inc. raised $84 million with an initial public offering priced near the top of its range.The San Mateo, Calif.-based wireless game maker offered 7.3 million common shares at …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. and regional wireless operator Cellular South are set to test near field communications technology in May with consumers in Memphis and Jackson, Miss., to see if consumers …

Verizon Wireless is making new moves toward customer friendliness with an expanded “test drive” period of 30 days, during which customers can opt to leave the carrier and essentially have …

The wireless industry cheered the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to classify wireless broadband as an information service, while Commissioner Michael Copps said the agency needs to delve further into the …

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Motorola Inc. said its ailing mobile-phone business is faring worse than the company had expected, and as a result the world’s No. 2 handset vendor will post a loss for …

Mobile virtual network operator Amp’d Mobile Inc. announced it will begin selling Motorola Inc.’s Q smartphone starting next month. And the device has the Amp’d approach to wireless entertainment written …

Wireless network-management company InnerWireless Inc. announced it will merge with PanGo Networks Inc., which offers various location-services technologies. The companies explained that the move will create the industry’s “only fully …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is hoping to push its new location-based offerings by adding them to some of its high-end data plans.The carrier added a host of GPS-enabled navigation services to …

Carriers are falling flat in their efforts to become a kind of wireless iTunes, according to new figures from M:Metrics.Less than 1 percent of all U.S. mobile users downloaded songs …

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced it will begin offering its myFaves service to its Sidekick 3 users through an over-the-air software update. Once loaded, the update will allow Sidekick 3 customers …

The procession of handset announcements coinciding with next week’s CTIA Wireless 2007 conference is underway, and Motorola Inc. just threw a new phone at T-Mobile USA Inc.The handset is known …

Motorola Inc. announced it will use technology from Red Bend Software in its phones in order to remotely update the software in the devices. Red Bend’s software will be available …

Genband Inc. announced it has entered a definitive agreement to purchase Tekelec Inc.’s Switching Solutions Group division in a transaction that is expected to close in April.“The combination of the …

Tween-focused mobile virtual network operator kajeet Inc. has officially announced its retail launch, with its service and handsets to be available in Best Buy and Limited Too stores.Kajeet already had …

It appears T-Mobile USA Inc. has held out long enough. The No. 4 carrier has fallen in line with its three larger rivals and announced that it too will increase …

Nokia Corp. sold more than half the 71 million smartphones purchased last year and Motorola Inc. followed, with less than 9 percent of the market, according to a new study …

Verizon Wireless and Cingular continued their retail battle this week with dueling promotional efforts centered on popular handsets. AT&T Inc.’s Cingular division is offering LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s CU400, a …

AT&T Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc. are embroiled in a legal tussle with several small local exchange carriers and Web companies over call termination fees, and so far have …

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. announced it will use chips from Beceem Communications for its planned dual-mode CDMA/WiMAX mobile phones. The agreement is notable as Sanyo is a major handset supplier …

EarthLink Inc. announced the start of its Wi-Fi phone initiative, a move that puts the Internet service provider directly up against wireless and wireline carriers as well as Voice over …

VeriSign Inc. announced it will handle regional wireless carrier Dobson Communication Corp.’s voice and data settlement operations, starting in April. In a separate but related announcement, Rural Cellular Corp. said …

Yahoo Inc. announced it developed a WAP version of its new oneSearch service. The search service, which originally launched as the Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0 Java application earlier this …