Yearly Archives: 2007

Online gaming giants set sights on mobile space : Oberon, PopCap hope to capitalize on casual gaming success

A couple of online casual gaming heavyweights lumbered into the mobile sphere. Oberon Media bought a big chunk of the wireless gaming playground last...

Getting the ‘big picture’ : Content driving larger, better handset displays

Even a casual observer of the wireless industry can't fail to notice that newer handsets are sporting larger, clearer, more colorful screens. Simply...

Executive Interview: John Smelzer

Stalwarts in media are increasingly bullish on driving their audience's eyes and ears to just about every channel imaginable. But just as these powerhouses...

Federal health lawsuits remanded back to states

WASHINGTON-A federal judicial panel conditionally remanded a brain-cancer lawsuit and class-action headset lawsuit against mobile-phone companies to courts in Florida and Pennsylvania respectively. U.S....

Panel outlines technologies for spectrum-sharing test bed

The Bush administration, seeking to make more efficient use of the nation's dwindling supply of airwaves, took another step toward creating a test bed...

Nightmare on Madison Avenue : As wireless Web use surges, advertising fears mount

The Internet is rapidly evolving from a desktop experience into a multi-platform phenomenon available on the go and around the world. Carriers, publishers and...

Edwards backs Frontline, tech’s 700 MHz plans

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the Federal Communications Commission to fashion 700 MHz rules to further the reach of the Internet using an...

Alltel, MetroPCS hint at 700 MHz plans

Alltel Corp. made clear its interest in the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction in government filings, and requested that the Federal Communications Commission avoid...

Wireless banking

Remember James D. Dondero, the Highland Capital Management L.P. honcho who made Motient Corp. want to forget 2006 and all the fun that comes...

Under pressure

As the 700 MHz auction nears, the intensity over auction rules is heating up. And indeed, the legacy of this Federal Communications Commission could...

Airadigm launches cell broadcast service : Service is first of its kind in the country

Airadigm Communications' Einstein Wireless, a GSM cellphone carrier in Wisconsin, said it fired up the nation's first cellular broadcast emergency alert system covering the...

Sprint Nextel snares piece of government contract

Sprint Nextel Corp last week snagged one of the prized contracts in a multibillion-dollar program to modernize the federal government's telecommunications system. In late...

Regs from Katrina aftermath fall short, Dems at FCC charge

The Federal Communications Commission ordered wireless and wireline operators to have backup power sources for telecom facilities and to submit reports on the reliability...

Consumers hanging onto handsets longer

Longer contracts are pushing American consumers to keep their handsets longer, according to a new study by J.D. Power and AssociatesThe average length of...

Hedgehogging

Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Verizon Wireless has teamed up to deliver...

Leap to sell $285M in notes to support expansion

Leap Wireless International Inc. said that it intends to sell $285 million in senior notes in a private placement to institutional buyers. The flat-rate...

Regs from Katrina aftermath fall short, Dems at FCC charge

The Federal Communications Commission ordered wireless and wireline operators to have backup power sources for telecom facilities and to submit reports on the reliability...

AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless keep the hits rolling

In the sudden rush of handset announcements-isn't June the traditional window for launching handsets?-AT&T Mobility plans tol bring on two new models from Samsung...

Premium SMS downloads top $215M in Q1

U.S. mobile users rang up $215 million in off-deck premium SMS downloads in the first quarter, according to new figures from Telephia.The San Francisco-based...

Motorola, Nokia eyeing each other’s turf

The top two handset vendors made small ripples this week in near-perfect juxtaposition. They both want something the other has-and gettin' some is going...

Nokia Siemens taps new CFO

Nokia Siemens Networks is getting some fresh blood to fill its CFO position. Eric Simonsen, an American with varied experience in senior management positions...

VZW targets wireless spammers

Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit against Nevada-based I-VEST Global Corp. and various anonymous organizations alleging each has sent unsolicited wireless spam to its customers.The...

Airadigm launches commercial cell broadcast service in Wisconsin

Airadigm Communications' Einstein Wireless, a GSM cellphone carrier in Wisconsin, said it fired up the nation's first cellular broadcast emergency alert system covering the...

Edwards backs Frontline, tech industry’s 700 MHz plans

Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards urged the Federal Communications Commission to fashion 700 MHz rules to further the reach of the Internet using an...

Prince, Verizon Wireless match-up

Verizon Wireless, meet Prince, the prolific artist who aggressively protects his fusion of just about every musical genre imaginable. The man whose bitter battle...
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