The battle is joined.Cyren Call Communications Corp. and the nation's first responders found a big-time lawmaker to champion legislation that would redirect 30 megahertz of auction-bound spectrum in the 700 MHz band for a nationwide public-safety broadband network. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he...
Mitec Telecom, a Canadian firm that designs and sells radio-frequency products for the telecom industry, is closing its U.S. operations in an attempt to return to profitability. The company also announced a strategic alliance with Reno, Nev.-based Broadband Wireless L.L.C. to create new coverage...
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., the world's fastest-growing mobile handset maker, announced it will work with Flextronics International Ltd. and Foxconn to make 10 million handsets in India within two years.The news of Sony Ericsson's ardent pursuit of market share-in contrast to its focus...
Comverse Technology Inc. and its spinoff Verint said they will be delisted from the Nasdaq exchange after failing to meet financial reporting requirements.Comverse, which develops voicemail software and other communications technology, has become delinquent in its filings as it investigates past stock-option grants. The...
W-CDMA technology will enjoy "exceptional" growth over the next several years, according to research firm Dell'Oro Group, expansion that will come at the expense of CDMA technology."While growth in W-CDMA remains tepid in the short term, we remain confident in its longer-term growth and...
Direct-to-consumer content provider Thumbplay Inc. expanded its music portfolio through a new pact with EMI Music.Thumbplay sells ringtones, games and text-based services from its online storefront through both a la carte and subscription models. The company said the deal includes content from EMI acts...
Sprint Nextel Corp. announced it will use technology from mFormation Technologies Inc. to remotely provision, configure, diagnose and manage its cellphones. The deal is notable for mFormation, one of a number of companies competing in the market for firmware over the air (FOTA) technology.Interestingly,...
Headset maker Jabra will move its offices from Lombard, Ill., to Nashua, N.H., as part of a consolidation of the company's operations with those of its parent company GN Netcom.The company could cut up to 20 jobs as part of the move, according to...
Mobile payment company Obopay announced it bought BillMonk, a company that provides "social money" services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The companies said social money includes transactions that encompass shared consumer experiences, such as splitting a check at dinner, sharing travel expenses or...
The telematics sector could be on the brink of worldwide growth thanks to better wireless networks, devices and operating systems, according to new research from Visant Strategies.The study predicts the use of telematics services and applications will increase sharply into the next decade as...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. customers who have push-to-talk phones now have the ability to use the service on an a la carte basis for 15 cents per minute. The carrier said nine of its PTT handsets can immediately begin accessing the new service, which includes...
Mobile content and community were the hot topics during the opening day of Demo, a semi-annual conference designed to highlight emerging technologies and new products.GoWare Inc., an Arizona-based developer, used Demo 07 to launch a service that allows users to create personalized mobile portals...
Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. named Scott Richardson its new chief strategy officer.Richardson joins Clearwire from Intel Corp. where he was vice president of the company's Mobility Group and general manager of its Service Provider Business Group. In those roles, Richardson led Intel's...
MyxerT announced the launch of its MyxerMagicT, a free Internet browser extension that lets users send any online image to their mobile phone directly from their desktop computer.The extension, which is available at www.myxermagic.com, eliminates the need for file downloads, format conversions or Bluetooth...
Mobile content behemoth Buongiorno Vitaminic is expanding its video offerings with the $1.3 million acquisition of Inventa, a London-based mobile video production agency.Buongiorno, which operates a host of direct-to-consumer storefronts around the world under the Blinko brand, hopes to target U.K. users with original...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is one of three companies that has settled disputes surrounding online advertising practices in the state of New York. The wireless carrier agreed to pay $35,000 under terms of the settlement, according to media reports.New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said...
Regional telecommunications provider Ntelos Holdings Corp. said it added 9,773 wireless customers in the fourth quarter of 2006, an increase of 18 percent from the same period in 2005 and up 35 percent sequentially.The company, which provides wireless, wireline telephone and data services, said...
Sprint Nextel Corp. increased its estimates for the speed of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A network, and expanded coverage in several markets including Miami, Fla.; Portland, Ore.; and Puerto Rico.The carrier said that it has been monitoring the network and optimizing its performance,...
On the heels of a phone launch it declared a "linchpin" in its efforts to maintain high-value iDEN subscribers while migrating them to its CDMA network, Sprint Nextel Corp. cut the online price of one of its CDMA/iDEN dual-mode phones from $40 to free....
Carl Icahn wants a seat on the board of directors at Motorola Inc., the company acknowledged in a statement.Icahn and business interests he controls own more than 33 million shares of Motorola stock, about 1.4 percent of the company's outstanding shares, according to media...
A U.S. District Court jury on Friday found that Broadcom Corp. did not infringe on two Qualcomm Inc. patents for digital video compression used in high-definition set-top cable and satellite television boxes, as the latter had claimed. The jury also cited Qualcomm, in an...
Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. is sweetening the deal for its young consumers who are looking to trade their spare time for airtime by adding several new names to its list of mobile advertisers looking to be Sugar Mamas.Virgin Mobile USA's Sugar Mama mobile advertising...
The art of the "announcement" appears to couple specific news with vague hints at future products. Announcements can reassure investors and analysts and seek to intimidate competitors while keeping one's own product plans under wraps.Thus Motorola Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. said they would...
The Hyperfactory is expanding its mobile advertising offerings with an ad-buying network designed to generate marketing messages across wireless applications.The New Zealand-based outfit hopes to offer a one-stop shop for companies looking to tout their brands on the wireless Web, as well as in...
