With a fresh year just under way, many wireless carriers are re-evaluating their marketing strategies-in some cases putting their accounts up for review. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. last week began a nationwide re-branding campaign to wrap all of its customers under the blanket of...
Like a tag-team partner vaulting over the ropes to get at an opponent, Total Nonstop Action has joined the mobile battleground.The upstart wrestling franchise last week outlined a comprehensive wireless initiative, unveiling plans to launch TNA-branded ringtones, wallpapers, text alerts and wrestler-penned blogs. The...
An innovation volley between Alltel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. in recent months has been going something like this: Alltel introduces myCircle, a calling plan which allows users to pick 10 numbers regardless of network for unlimited calling.T-Mobile USA later unveils myFaves, which does...
Three of the national U.S. carriers are no longer differentiating on price points for service plans, instead relying on the details of the plans and add-on services to appeal to customers-along with handsets, of course.Sprint Nextel Corp., Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. now...
THE DEMOCRATIC TAKE-OVER of Congress and the early push for ethics reform on Capitol Hill is creating a new lobbying landscape for wireless, telecom and high-tech sectors, one with indirect policy implications for telecom reform. Lobbying is big business for the wireless, telecom and...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
While most mobile-game makers are targeting mass-market users with casual one-button offerings, boutique developer Your World Games Ltd. is hoping to find an audience with a line of sophisticated, location-aware games.The Orlando, Fla.-based startup is putting the finishing touches on its initial offering, a...
THE MOBILE HANDSET BUSINESS plays out in a dynamic and sometimes cruel landscape. Opportunities abound, yet conditions can be harsh. Giants may rule, or be humbled by ambition and prevailing winds. Nimble competitors with practical prowess can seize the day. A bewildering array of...
Texas Instruments said Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president and head of the firm's wireless terminals unit, will retire this year after 28 years with the company. Delfassy, 51, has led the wireless unit since its inception in 1995, guiding TI's efforts in wireless to...
Revenue assurance software vendor Subex Azure Ltd. announced it reached a deal to acquire Syndesis Ltd., a telecom operations support software company, in an all-cash deal valued at $164.5 million.The proposed deal is part of Subex Azure's goal to become a leading vendor of...
DENVER-The Helio store gleams from a distance in the early dark of a cold Denver evening, its floor-to-ceiling windows enclosing a modern, warehouse/boutique-chic space that is brand spankin' new and very, very shiny. You know that new-car smell? The Helio store has a new-store...
Steve Jobs isn't the only one vying for improvements to the audio-based voicemail systems we've all come to know so well. CallWave Inc. announced it developed a free, PC-based visual voicemail system.The program sounds strikingly similar to the application Jobs touted last week at...
The Fox network has opted for a new dance partner to handle its wildly successful "American Idol" text-message voting campaign, according to sources familiar with the deal.The News Corp. subsidiary will no longer use Mobliss Corp. but has tapped VeriSign Inc. for the popular...
WASHINGTON-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled a plan to create millions of cellphone-carrying citizen crime fighters.In his state of the city address, Bloomberg said he wants to empower more New Yorkers in combating crime."This year, we'll begin a revolutionary innovation in crime-fighting: Equipping...
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. Cellular India: Motorola Inc. said it signed an agreement...
Buffeted in its attempt to both lead in design and chase market share, Motorola Inc. announced it will cut five percent of its workforce to reduce overhead. But the company said it does not plan to change its basic strategy. Wall Street appeared to...
A new market research report by Insight Research concluded that wireless services accounted for more than one-third of all corporate telecommunication services last year. U.S. businesses spent more than $132 billion on telecommunications services last year and spending is forecast to grow to nearly...
In its first new converged offer since the merger of BellSouth Corp. and AT&T Inc., the new company is combining its wireless and wireline networks into an in-network calling community covering more than 100 million phone numbers.On Sunday, AT&T will introduce new wireless "AT&T...
Tessco Technologies Inc. announced increasing revenues and profits in its most recent quarter, news that helped push the company's stock up almost 5 percent to $22.46 per share."I am pleased to announce our 11th consecutive quarter of sequential commercial revenue growth," said company chief...
Fox News along with technology vendor Single Touch Interactive announced a new offering that will allow news junkies to access a live Fox News audio feed from their cellphones. The application will launch on Cingular for $3 per month."We're excited to offer Fox News...
Mobile content vendor Player X announced it scored $9.8 million in its second round of venture funding. New investors Nordic Venture Partners and Long Acre Partners participated in the round, as well as the company's initial investor Arts Alliance."This is great news for the...
Alltel Corp. is continuing its innovation game with the introduction of CellTop, a new user interface running initially on the carrier's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. SCH-U520 handset. Alltel said it plans to extend the UI to all of its new handsets by the end...
AT&T Inc. could have a tough time transferring the positive associations of the Cingular Wireless L.L.C. brand to the veteran AT&T brand, according to new research from the Keller Fay Group, which specializes in tracking and analyzing word-of-mouth marketing.According to Keller Fay's measurement program...
The heated battle between rivals Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. edged up a notch as Verizon Wireless cut its prices on several handsets recently introduced by Cingular.Just days after Cingular introduced the Palm Inc. Treo 750 for $400, Verizon Wireless lowered its prices...
