Clearwire Corp. announced agreements with satellite television providers DirecTV Group Inc. and EchoStar Communications Corp. that expand Clearwire's distribution channels, and also could open...
Frontline Wireless is hoping to add some more lobbying muscle with the addition of former Federal Communications Commission chief Mark Fowler. The Greensboro, N.C.-based...
Sony Ericsson has tapped Gracenote to power a sideloading-enabled mobile music platform.The new platform includes features such as search and discovery, song identification and...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Like a train caught in a labyrinth of tracks, each with unknown destinations, the entertainment industry is hurtling across the DRM space...
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) said the Federal Communications Commission should write 700 MHz rules that foster innovative wireless broadband services and improved first-responder communications.Kerry,...
Vodafone U.K. has tapped Novarra to transcode Internet content for mobile phones.Novarra will provide a hosted service that automatically transforms Web content to fit...
Mobile multimedia technology company Aylus Networks Inc. said it snared $15 million in a second round of fundraising from existing investors Matrix Partners and...
Alcatel-Lucent unveiled a content platform designed to allow operators to customize the mobile shopping experience for their users.The Paris-based corporation said its 5965 Mobile...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier --Standard & Poor's Ratings...
Peter Adderton, founder and CEO of mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc., has left the company he founded and subsequently guided into bankruptcy.An...
When customers call, marketers aren't doing a very good job addressing their concerns. That's the conclusion of a new call-center-satisfaction study, which found one-fifth...
After a temporary break from acquiring affiliates, Sprint Nextel Corp. is going forward with the purchase of a small Minnesota affiliate for $312.5 million,...
Broadcom Corp. plans to acquire GPS know-how, products and software by purchasing Global Locate Inc., a privately held firm that currently supplies GPS solutions...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could overtake Motorola Inc. in market share for the second quarter, according to projections from analyst Ittai Kidron at CIBC....
German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG has no intention of selling its U.S. wireless operations T-Mobile USA Inc., according to Rene Obermann, CEO of...
MetroPCS Communications Inc. extended its contract with TeleCommunications Systems Inc. for the company to provide hosted E911 services to the flat-rate carrier. The contract...
Faith West is targeting mobile game publishers with new technology designed to improve gaming audio.The U.S.-based division of Japan's Faith Inc. unveiled mXMFTool, an...
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group once again made an ally out of a competing technology, agreeing to take the Wibree Forum under its umbrella.Wibree...