2007

Wireless users may be warming to the idea of mobile advertising, according to new figures from Harris Interactive.The market research group found that 35 percent of adult mobile users in …

Game-maker Electronic Arts Inc. announced it will offer a new sports service, and that the offering will be first available through AT&T Inc.’s Cingular Wireless. The company’s new EA Sports …

Wireless communications company CalAmp Corp. announced it will purchase the GPS-based vehicle-tracking service of AirIQ Inc. for $19 million in cash.“The acquisition of AirIQ’s Vehicle Finance division significantly expands CalAmp’s …

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to rule next week that wireless broadband is an information service, a move that would put wireless Internet access in the same deregulated category …

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 and vendor. The value of the …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC World Markets further lowered its …

The infrastructure market will see another combined entity step onto the playing field April 1, the date Nokia Siemens Networks announced it will formally begin operations. Nokia Siemens Networks gets …

A year after the companies first announced their plans for the offering, Verizon Wireless and TiVo said the TiVo Mobile application for BREW-capable cellphones is now available to Verizon Wireless …

L.M. Ericsson, the world’s largest equipment manufacturer, announced it will acquire Mobeon AB, which produces an IP-based voicemail system called Messaging over IP (MoIP). Ericsson plans to accelerate the development …

Mobile media company Mobifusion Inc. said it picked up $3.1 million in its first round of venture funding.Mobifusion targets carriers and publishers with a content-delivery platform designed to increase customer …

Chinese mobile content behemoth Tom Online blamed policy changes by China Mobile as it posted a fourth-quarter loss of a half million dollars.The Nasdaq-listed firm reported a net loss of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. PCS affiliate iPCS Inc. reported increased revenues and net customer additions for the fourth quarter of 2006, but still recorded an overall loss for the quarter of …

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 column is a chance for …

Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced it acquired voice-services company Tellme Networks Inc., which offers a variety of speech-recognition services for cellphones and other platforms. Microsoft said it will integrate the …

HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Digital rights management is an inevitable byproduct of the capabilies consumers now have to store and stream large amounts of information, but for it to function properly it must …

Location-based developer uLocate Communications Inc. is hoping to help even the smallest publishers get attention with a new application from Sprint Nextel Corp.The Framingham, Mass.-based company this week unveiled WHERE, …

SkyPilot Networks, which provides broadband wireless mesh network equipment, launched its SkyAccess DualBand product, a dual-radio product the company said complements its existing citywide Wi-Fi products.The product incorporates a dedicated …

L.M. Ericsson announced it will support the recently approved EDGE Evolution network standard, which the company said can support data speeds of up to 1 megabit per second.“EDGE Evolution builds …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and Nokia Corp. are partnering to launch the carrier’s mobile WiMAX network in four Texas markets to provide customers with wireless broadband access. Nokia said it will …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will hold a “National Texting Championship” competition in order to promote its enV and V cellphones, which are selling through Verizon Wireless. The phones …

Viacom is suing YouTube and Google for “massive intentional copyright infringement” of Viacom’s entertainment properties. The suit was filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of …

Sprint Nextel Corp. will bulk up its music and video offerings for its Vision and Power Vision data subscribers beginning next month.The carrier, in a billing insert to its customers, …

NBC Universal said it will expand its partnership with MobiTV to offer on-demand hit television shows such as “The Office” and “Heroes” over U.S. mobile phone networks.The broadcast company said …

Regional, flat-rate carrier Revol has started testing an advertising-supported wireless service that allows users to get a discount on their monthly bills if they agree to receive content, advertising and …

A group of high-tech and electronic companies is set to deliver to the Federal Communications Commission a Wi-Fi device it says can operate in vacant broadcast frequencies without disrupting high-definition …