2008

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and AT&T Mobility today launched the former’s W760a 3G handset at $130 with a two-year contract and a mail-in rebate. The device features integration between the music-centric phone and the carrier’s stable of music services, including …

Californian telecom provider SureWest Communications is slowly but surely moving further away from the wireless business. Today, the firm announced it sold 50 of its wireless communications towers to Global Tower Partners.Though the purchase is still pending, SureWest expects the …

A Redmond, Wash.-based newcomer, MobUI said it raised an unspecified amount in a round of funding led by GlobalNET Mobile Solutions, a Latin American wireless services provider. The startup – which was founded by former Action Engine employees – used …

The Federal Communications Commission tentatively concluded that nationwide broadband operations in the advanced wireless services-3 band will not interfere with T-Mobile USA Inc. and others in the advanced wireless services-1 band, possibly signaling the agency is close to issuing final …

Financial analysts typically gauge companies on their future prospects, not past performance. That is acutely so for the current moment in history, a couple weeks into the critical fourth quarter. The collapse of the financial sector, tightened credit markets and …

PUBLIC-INTEREST GROUPS ACCUSED WIRELESS CARRIERS of conjuring up misleading excuses to avoid federal regulation of short-code text messaging, pointing to content restrictions in industry documents that they say underscore the need for anti-discriminatory safeguards.“Wireless carriers admit that they engage in …

Social networking is exploding in mobile, according to figures released by ABI Research. And Frank Meehan thinks he knows how to capitalize.ABI polled 500 users of online social networks and found that 46% of respondents had used such services from …

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Wow. T-Mobile said that it had tripled its initial supply of Android phones, but it hadn’t provided an actual number. Now we know: 1.5 million people have pre-ordered the G1, set to go on sale Oct. 22.

Sybase iAnywhere is offering to support mobile business customers left in the lurch by Nokia’s decision to focus on consumers.

Search engine executives hint at the next evolution of the business.

Global IP Solutions released a video engine it said can deliver high-quality peer-to-peer videoconferencing on smartphones.

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly 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. Happy belated birthday to you, GSM. Last month, GSM technology …

Dropped-call suit should be dismissed since unhappy users didn’t seek refund, lawyers say. Apple Inc.

The off-deck content world reacted with shock to Verizon Wireless’ plan to impose a drastic new fee for vendor-generated text messages. However, it’s unclear whether the carrier will actually follow through with the charge.“It came completely out of left field,” …

Verizon Wireless offered to divest another 15 markets as part its $28.1 billion play for Alltel Communications L.L.C., but the proposed transaction is becoming trickier by the day because of fluid economic, regulatory and political factors.In a filing with the …

Canada’s two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei will build the HSPA …

Numerex Corp., which specializes in machine-to-machine technology, said it has acquired Ublip Inc., a privately held M2M software and services company, for a combination of cash and stock.Numerex paid out about 400,000 shares of restricted Class A common stock and …

Motorola Inc. shares continued dropping Thursday, hitting their lowest level since 1992 amid concerns that cellphone demand will be hurt by spreading weakness in the economy. Motorola’s stock closed at $4.56 Thursday, down 66 cents or nearly 13%. Adjusting for …

Much has been written and speculated about what telecom-tech policy might look like under an Obama or a McCain administration. But more likely it will be the volatile economy in the near term that dictates terms for wireless companies and …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.—BlackArrow: Cisco Systems, Comcast Interactive Capital, Intel Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners invested …

CHICAGO — A World War II-era air traffic network that often forces planes to take longer, zigzagging routes is costing U.S. airlines billions of dollars in wasted fuel while an upgrade to a satellite-based system has languished in the planning …