Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. said its chief operating officer, Alan G. Morse, has left the company by "mutual agreement."Tim Yager, the carrier's CEO, will assume Morse's duties until a new COO is named.The carrier separately released its customer figures for the...
The promise of an open-source platform for mobile phones-and, undoubtedly, competitive pressures-has led a group of competitors and allies to formally found the LiMo Foundation to spur adoption of Linux.Motorola Inc., NEC, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Vodafone...
The Senate Commerce Committee has decided President Bush's top telecom policy adviser could use some help with his agency's $1 billion public-safety communications interoperability grant program, the second time this week the National Telecommunications and Information Administration has been subjected to congressional oversight.Senate Commerce...
Qualcomm Inc.'s shares jumped briefly after the company reported increases in both its net income and revenues during its first fiscal quarter of 2007, but its stock price quickly dropped down to a steady $38.46 per share after the news.Analysts largely hailed the company's...
InfoSpace Inc. continued to consolidate its businesses with the announcement that it will sell off its U.S. gaming studio to Twistbox Entertainment for an undisclosed sum. Formerly known as Atlas Mobile Inc., the studio was the driving force behind InfoSpace's Play for Prizes business,...
T-Mobile USA Inc. continued its run as the carrier with the best customer-service ratings by consumers, edging out other operators for the fifth year in a row in J.D. Power and Associates' semi-annual survey. Verizon Wireless scored second place with a ranking of 101...
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 us at RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
Nokia Corp. is making lots of money churning out mobile phones, but the pattern of its success is shifting. Its position as the world's leading handset maker was easily confirmed as it claimed solid revenue, profits and handset shipments in the fourth quarter of...
Handset vendor Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will team with chipset maker Runcom Technologies to pursue the high-speed, inexpensive network promise of WiMAX. Kyocera said it will use Runcom's WiMAX chips in its planned devices.The companies' agreement cites the promise of the proverbial "quadruple...
Moderati is expanding beyond ringtones with a series of offerings designed to ward off pesky suitors or impress potential dates.The content provider launched Mobile Faker, which is available to Sprint Nextel Corp. Vision subscribers. Offerings include fake incoming calls that prompt a user to...
Two newly publicized health studies on mobile phone and base station radiation have produced mixed results, likely keeping alive the long-running scientific debate over whether handsets and cell site transmissions can cause cancer and other illnesses. Japanese mobile-phone operators NTT DoCoMo Inc., KDDI Corp....
BenQ Corp.'s mobile communications business, apparently now limited to its home turf in Taiwan and other Asian markets, has selected Kineto Wireless Inc.'s UMA technology for a pair of upcoming dual-mode handsets. The Taiwanese handset maker intends to launch an open OS smartphone and...
Yahoo Inc. is hoping a new online advertising system and an increased presence in wireless can help it close the widening gap between it and rival Google Inc.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company beat analysts' quarterly expectations for the first time in more than a year,...
Disney Mobile has chopped the price of two handsets for a limited time, and is promoting a limited-edition "Steamboat Willie" phone aimed squarely at Disneyophiles. The "Steamboat Willie" phone comes complete with collector packaging and a collector pin.The mobile virtual network operator is offering...
Web search company Lycos Inc. launched a mobile content Web site powered by PlayPhone Inc. The LYCOSmobile site offers downloadable games, wallpapers and ringtones. Customers will be able to purchase 10 credits for $10 a month and buy content for one credit per item....
MTV announced a new program-one that will incorporate a variety of wireless technologies-that will run across its standard broadcast networks as well as Internet and mobile TV channels. Verizon Wireless will serve as MTV's wireless carrier partner for the offering.MTV's new program, "MTV Live,"...
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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s last quarter before being absorbed by parent company AT&T Inc. resulted in a company record 2.4 million net customer additions, up from 1.8 million net adds a year ago and beating analysts' expectations. "Our last quarter as a joint venture under...
Infrastructure company Tellabs reported that its revenues were down for the fourth quarter but up overall for the full-year 2006. The company's troubled fourth quarter saw falling revenues in its broadband and transport categories in particular."While our fourth-quarter results reflected temporary uncertainty around carrier...
Movero Technology Inc. said it is partnering with Palm Inc. to couple its device management software with Treo smartphones.The startup is hoping to gain traction with software that allows IT departments to perform basic change-of-service and device management transactions across all major U.S. operators....
A panel of federal judges is set to hear arguments Thursday in Miami on whether to consolidate more than a dozen lawsuits against Motorola Inc. and other Bluetooth technology vendors. The suits allege wireless headsets can cause hearing loss and blame companies for failing...
Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major portion of which is being sought by public safety advocates."The American public wants Congress to work in a bi-partisan manner...
The Weather Channel Mobile continued to expand its offerings, adding traffic information and hourly forecasts to its wireless services.The Weather.com mobile Web site now features traffic data for 24 metro areas including speed overview maps, incident level reports, accident mapping and construction information. The...
Bar-code scanning company Nextcode Corp. announced a deal with Philippine wireless provider Smart Communications Inc. The deal is Nextcode's first with a carrier. The company's ConnexTo carrier platform provides software that allows camera phones to read bar codes, and gives carriers the ability to...
