2007

The turbulent world of mobile content was highlighted once again this week as one well-known firm filled its coffers and another continued to fight for its life.CellFish Media raked in …

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 …

Arlington County has selected EarthLink Inc. to build a Wi-Fi network throughout the Virginia county. EarthLink will own and operate the network, which will cover 26 square miles.The Internet service …

Rural Cellular Corp. has completed its purchase of several Minnesota markets from Alltel Corp., a divestiture that was required of the latter company as part of its 2006 purchase Western …

Flat-rate carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it expects to raise a bit more than $1 billion when it makes an initial public offering.According to filings with the Securities and Exchange …

Nokia Corp. is hoping to encourage development for its S60 platform with a new plug-in extension for Linux-targeted open source projects.The Finnish company announced the availability of an SDK designed …

Verizon Wireless rang up the most mobile data revenue in the fourth quarter of 2006, but Sprint Nextel Corp. regained its lead in data ARPU, according to new figures from …

The Federal Communications Commission officially grounded the idea of permitting cellphone calling on airplanes.FCC Chairman Kevin Martin signaled two weeks ago the agency likely would terminate a proceeding to re-examine …

Television networks relish the thought of re-engaging viewers who no longer get their TV fix at home. And as technology developers work to deliver on that potential in the mobile …

Mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. raised prices on its two handsets-the Drift and the Heat, both from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.-to $225 (from $175) and to $150 (from $100), …

Shares of InPhonic Inc. slid after the company said it will restate results for the second and third quarters of 2006 due to accounting errors.The company, in a filing with …

In the last days of March, which coincided with the end of the first quarter, both Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless lowered prices on two key smartphones in their respective …

The Government Accountability Office said the reliability of the nation’s emergency warning system is questionable, and that a federal advisory panel addressing the integration of wireless into the system, as …

Leap Wireless International Inc. has retooled its price plans and included unlimited messaging in all of its plans-bucking the current industry trend of charging more for text messages. Instead of …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is teaming with mobile marketing startup VoiceIndigo to bring podcasts to mobile phones.Samsung said it has begun to ship phones that feature an embedded VoiceIndigo application …

The Federal Communications Commission approved new rules requiring wireless and wireline carriers to take additional steps to prevent unauthorized disclosure of subscribers’ phone records, but a provision delaying notification of …

Citibank unveiled a downloadable application for customers looking to manage their accounts on the go.Citi Mobile allows users to view real-time account balances, track their purchases, pay bills, transfer funds …

Qualcomm Inc. filed suit yesterday against Nokia Corp. in Texas and Wisconsin over five alleged patent infringements involving GSM technology, with less than a week to go before the two …

AT&T Inc. is trying to negotiate an indirect investment in Telecom Italia S.p.A. by working out a one-third stake in a holding company that owns about 18 percent of the …

The new joint venture known as Nokia Siemens Networks officially began operations yesterday, April 1, but it didn’t want to fool anyone: growth in the networks sector will be “very …

EMI Group has become the first major music label to offer digital music tracks without anti-piracy software. EMI announced that it will offer its entire digital music catalog on Apple …

Canadian telecom company Rogers Communications Inc. introduced video calling via wireless handsets, claiming the title of “first and only wireless carrier in North America to offer video calling.” AT&T Inc.’s …

Syniverse Technologies signed an agreement to acquire the wireless clearing and financial settlement business of Billing Services Group for $290 million in cash.“The proposed acquisition of BSG’s wireless business will …

NBC Universal plans to start selling ads for its mobile video programming in May. That’s the latest piece of evidence that the once-scoffed-at business of TV on cellphones is gaining …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has named Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, in San Francisco, as its new advertising agency as the carrier looks to reinvigorate subscriber sales and its slumbering stock. “Goodby’s …