The Federal Communications Commission is set to launch a fast-track rulemaking on Frontline Wireless L.L.C.'s public-safety broadband plan and other issues not resolved in next week's scheduled decision on commercial 700 MHz rules.An apparent casualty of the latest developments is the 700 MHz broadband...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it shipped nearly 35 million handsets in the first quarter, posting telecom division profits-largely derived from handset sales-of $646 million. Both numbers were up nearly 30 percent over the year-ago quarter. Handset-related revenue, however, at $4.6 billion, was down...
House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) said he plans to get a pretexting privacy bill to the House floor in the next two months.Congress last year criminalized pretexing, but did not pass a related bill co-sponsored by Dingell and then-committee chairman Joe Barton...
The Federal Communications Commission took mixed action on various waiver requests of regional and small mobile phone carriers for relief from hearing-aid compatibility rules. Agency guidelines required non-nationwide cellular carriers to offer at least two HAC-enabled wireless handset models for each wireless network technology,...
Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. both insisted this week that they continue to talk, seeking only fair and reasonable terms in an agreement critical to both parties' financial future, after their 2001 cross-licensing agreement expired at midnight on April 9. Meanwhile, however, both parties...
ROK Entertainment Group Ltd. said it has raised $7 million from unnamed European investment firms to prepare for an initial public offering.The U.K.-based developer of mobile entertainment services and technology said it will use the cash to expand its offerings and plans to deploy...
SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said it expects to report increased service revenue driven by higher average revenue per user and roaming revenues, despite a slight decrease in net customer additions for the first quarter.The company said service revenues during the quarter were about $186.4...
Investors reacted positively to news that Rural Cellular Corp. expects to report increases in service and roaming revenues during the first quarter.The company expects to report service revenue of about $98 million, up slightly from revenues of $96 million last year. Roaming revenue increased...
Mobile search company AskMeNow said it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Expert Systems S.p.A. Expert Systems, based in Modena, Italy, provides search, classification and extraction of unstructured information based natural language processing. AskMeNow and Expert Systems previously worked together under an...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Prudential Equity Group initiated coverage on Leap Wireless with an overweight rating and a $90 price target. The firm said it sees Leap as...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularChina: Alcatel-Lucent and Datang Mobile won contracts with China...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a new addition to its lineup of Sidekick phones, the Sidekick iD, which is a slimmed-down version of the innovative device that will sell for $100 with a contract."The T-Mobile Sidekick has always been about freedom of expression and communicating...
LAS VEGAS-When businesses invest in social and environmental responsibility, they reap benefits, according to Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc.-and the crowd at the Rural Cellular Association's annual convention here reaped sweets in the form of chocolate-covered Cherry Garcia bars,...
The much-hyped iPhone is apparently more important to Apple Inc. than the company's desktop operating system, such that Apple announced it will delay the release of its Leopard OS from June to October because of the extra work required to hit the iPhone's release...
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Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it acquired SavaJe Technologies, which sold a Java-based operating system for cellphones. Sun provided no information on the deal, including the purchase price, and instead said that "additional information regarding the acquisition of these assets will be unveiled at the...
Wherify Wireless Inc. said it sold about $4.6 million of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in an effort to create some financial breathing room.The developer of location-based products and services said it will use the net cash proceeds of about $4 million for general...
A conglomeration of major players in the wireless industry is putting their collective weight behind a mobile TV profile that supports fast implementation and ensures interoperability in Europe. The new profile simplifies the Open Mobile Alliance Mobile Broadcast Services Enabler Suite (OMA-BCAST) to achieve...
CBS Corp. will team with the nation's three largest wireless network operators on an aggressive effort to offer free, ad-supported content across computers, mobile phones and other devices.The network said it will provide content from a rotating list of shows including "Survivor," "CBS Evening...
A tier-one North American carrier saved $18 million in three markets using transport network optimization services from Tellabs, the company announced.While the wireless carrier would not allow Tellabs to use its name for competitive reasons, the carrier did allow Tellabs to publish some metrics...
Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. inched upward following a Wall Street Journal report that shareholder Ralph Whitworth is pushing for major changes at the carrier.Whitworth has quietly accumulated about half a billion shares in the wireless industry's No. 3 operator, or nearly 1 percent...
Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it hired XRoads Solutions Group to help it restructure and improve its financial position.Metro One said its goals are to obtain additional funding, find additional revenue opportunities and increase operational cash flow while reducing costs....
Telecom operators in North America spent $68.6 billion on their networks last year, an increase of 8 percent from 2005, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.The firm predicts carrier spending will increase 12 percent to $76.7 billion by 2010.Infonetics said carrier spending...
Verizon Wireless has discontinued sales of its kid-focused Migo phone, by LG Electronics Co. Ltd., while Cingular has dropped its youth-targeted Firefly device at its retail stores, as the nation's top two carriers apparently continue to figure out the potentially lucrative market for children's...
