2007

AT&T Mobility is hawking its MobiTV, XM Radio Mobile and music portal services with the launch of LG Electronics Co.’s new trax handset, an HSDPA-enabled, clamshell-style handset. The handset will be available tomorrow at AT&T Mobility stores and online for …

The speech-to-text playground just got a little more crowded.TravellingWave, a Seattle-based startup, came out of stealth mode touting “breakthrough technology” that transcribes voice into text on mobile devices. The company said it raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A …

Qwest Communications International Inc. named Edward Mueller its new chief executive officer. Mueller is a veteran of the telecom industry and former CEO of Williams-Sonoma. Qwest’s current CEO Richard Notebaert, who oversaw the company’s path to its first year of …

The piling on began early last Friday as Verizon Wireless, then Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Mobility all announced they would carry Motorola Inc.’s Razr2 handset, with launches beginning at Sprint Nextel this month and continuing with Verizon Wireless and …

Verizon Wireless overhauled its mobile Web service, adding content and redesigning the site in an effort to make it more user-friendly.The carrier tweaked its wireless home page, installing drop-down bars for news headlines and shortcuts to content, and expanded its …

Alltel Corp. launched a new program designed to help business application developers bring their products to market faster. The company’s Business Solutions Partner program involves collaboration from Alltel’s business sales team on helping partners promote their products and sell data …

Qualcomm Inc. is keeping the reasons for the resignation of its general counsel, announced today, close to its vest. No reasons were given for General Counsel Lou Lupin’s resignation in the terse announcement. In a press release, the San Diego-based …

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 Current Analysis’ …

The following contracts were announced in July:

I-play will continue to move beyond mobile gaming this week with a series of more than 100 video shorts for poker players.The U.K.-based publisher plans to launch Win at Texas Hold ‘Em, a series of two- to three-minute clips from …

CLEARWIRE CORP. IS GEARING UP to put pen to paper on a deal that will bring Amp’d Mobile Inc’s. 50-plus member content team on board to lead a new content offering under the Clearwire brand.The move likely would give Clearwire …

Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. have had very divergent luck recently in trying to operate in the shadow of their two larger rivals, AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.Sprint Nextel, which in customer numbers is a strong No. 3 …

Editor’s Note: In this monthly feature, RCR Wireless News talks to retail managers across the country to get a first-hand view of what’s hot in wireless. Despite the travails of Amp’d Mobile Inc., not all news is dour in the …

On a motorcycle trip far, far awayActors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman recently drove the “Long Way Down” from Scotland to the southern tip of Africa on motorcycle with navigation help from the Nokia 6110 Navigator. The device was released …

High-tech giants seeking a new avenue for wireless Internet access suffered at least a temporary setback as a result of government tests that found prototype, Wi-Fi-like devices had trouble detecting TV signals and caused interference to broadcasters and wireless microphones. …

Motorola Inc. last week upped its bet on Linux, christening a new version of its Java/Linux platform and claiming that the open-source operating system will be used on as much as 60% of its phones “in the next few years.”The …

The Federal Communications Commission scored one for the little guys last week, essentially saying that nationwide operators have to strike roaming agreements with smaller carriers. The commission did not dictate prices for roaming service, but noted that reasonable deals must …

I know most of us have had almost enough of the 700 MHz auction, what with the lobbying and saber rattling of those interested in the spectrum and the ultimate rule making handed down by the FCC last month.But, beyond …

The nightmarish world of mobile digital rights management may have taken a small step toward sanity.Microsoft Corp. scored a big win last week, agreeing to license its PlayReady anti-software piracy to Nokia Corp. The world’s largest handset manufacturer plans to …

The inexorable pressure to launch a handset-as scheduled-for maximum impact-has created a growing market for mobile device management (MDM) products, including firmware over the air, or FOTA.As network operators increasingly rush to introduce new revenue-generating services and applications, market growth …

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube. Verizon Wireless, which recently announced plans to acquire Rural Cellular, said it had acquired the assets of Ramcell in Kentucky and Oregon. …

In a July earnings call, Qualcomm President Steve Altman cited a handful of cases initiated by Qualcomm against rival Nokia Corp. and said that the outcomes would guide the chip vendor’s negotiations in a cross-licensing deal with the handset vendor. …

It’s been all quiet on the Nokia Corp.- Qualcomm Inc. front for months-only the two parties really know whether minions in suits and toting bulging briefcases are actually meeting on a cross-licensing agreement and whether either’s lawyers ever actually shout …

It’s hard to find a mobile executive these days who doesn’t speak affectionately about mobile advertising and the new gateways it could open, but where the sweet spot lies-specifically what format or level of personalization would receive the greatest response …