SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it launched its Cricket-branded service in Portland, Ore., via its Cricket LCW joint venture. Cricket LCW is a collaboration between Leap and WLPCS Management …
SAN FRANCISCO-Former YouTube head of sales Tony Nethercutt has joined one of the hottest start-ups in the mobile-marketing space, AdMob.Before joining AdMob as vice president of advertising sales, Nethercutt headed …
RESTON, Va.-Sprint Nextel’s former operations chief, Len Lauer, who was fired from the company earlier this year following Sprint Nextel’s disastrous second-quarter financial performance, has landed at Sprint Nextel’s technology …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-With the launch of 10 CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A markets today, Sprint Nextel Corp. has more than met its goal of covering 40 million people with the …
LOS ANGELES-Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the Korean handset vendor’s American subsidiary over the use of the name “BlackJack” for the latter’s new smart …
T-Mobile USA Inc. grabbed attention among tier one U.S. carriers for the most price drops in early December, with four Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handsets discounted-and one jumping in price.The …
PHOENIX-Worldscout Corp. announced it purchased location-services company Alltigo Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Worldscout said the deal will bolster its efforts in location tracking.Alltigo’s Personal Location Tracking Device combines GPS …
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. is quietly sweetening service deals for a limited time during the holiday season by offering the public the same deals on service that it gives …
DALLAS-A slowdown in wireless chip sales forced Texas Instruments Inc. to trim its fourth-quarter revenue outlook from between $3.46 billion and $3.75 billion to between $3.35 billion and $3.5 billion …
SCHAUMBERG, Ill.-Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. is protesting new rates that the larger carrier is charging for back-office services, and has filed a claim that Sprint Nextel is …
LOS ANGELES-Napster’s mobile offering will make its European debut later this month.The digital music service said O2 Ireland will offer Napster’s catalog of 3 million full-length songs, artist images and …
FORT MYERS, Fla.-Shares of NeoMedia Technologies Inc. continued to slide after the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer Charles Jensen stepped down.Jensen, 63, joined NeoMedia as CFO at the company’s …
WASHINGTON-The United States International Trade Commission has ruled that Qualcomm Inc. has infringed on one of three patents held by rival Broadcom Corp., upholding the initial determination of an administrative …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Shares of @Road Inc. jumped after Trimble Navigation Ltd. said it will acquire its fellow California-based mobile resource management developer for nearly $500 million.Trimble, which targets businesses and government …
ASHBURN, Va.-WiMAX provider DigitalBridge Communications Corp. announced new financing, news that coincided with the company’s acquisition of two regional providers of wireless cable and Internet services. The company said it …
SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia is teaming with place-shifting software developer Roundbox Inc. to deploy on-device measurement technology for wireless video and other mobile broadcast applications.The companies said they are building an interface …
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Steep prices are keeping U.S. mobile consumers from buying wireless entertainment offerings, according to a study from IDC.The market research group found that 47 percent of the coveted 18- …
WASHINGTON-Congress before adjourning for the year passed legislation criminalizing the use of fraudulent means-such as impersonating wireless and wireline telecom subscribers-to obtain their phone records, a practice made infamous in …
BURBANK, Calif.-The Walt Disney Co. appears ready and willing to work with Apple Computer Inc. across a number of media devices, if a recently filed patent is any indication.In a …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. is joining the white-hot location-based services (LBS) bandwagon with a new assisted-GPS offering.The chipmaker is targeting carriers with its new BREW Locate Signature Solution, a location-aware platform …
YAKUM, Israel-Silicon developer Metalink Ltd. unveiled its updated draft-compliant 802.11n dual-band chipset for wireless home entertainment networks.The company said its WLANPlus chip features Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technology and operates in both …
Editor’s Note: Welcome 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 …
Mobile marketers are looking to avoid the “pay-per-click” problems that continue to plague online advertising. And many of them are hoping simple phone calls provide the solution.Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. …
