Hewlett-Packard Co. announced it will purchase Bitfone Corp. in a move the company said is part of its plan to grow its mobile enterprise business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.Bitfone develops mobile device management software, technology that allows carriers, handset vendors...
Following the launch of the service on Amp'd Mobile Inc., mobile payment company Obopay announced it scored a second deal that will see MVNO Helio offering Obopay to its subscribers."We are delighted to be a part of such an exciting, cutting-edge mobile service provider...
Infrastructure giant Ericsson announced it will acquire technology vendor Redback Networks Inc. for $1.9 billion. Ericsson's stock remained relatively unchanged after the news at about $40.71 per share.Redback was founded 1996 in San Jose, Calif. The company, which makes a business in multi-service edge...
Wireless publisher Glu Mobile Inc. hopes to raise as much as $92 million with a long-awaited initial public offering, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The firm looks to become the second pure-play mobile game maker to go public, following...
Palm Inc.'s stock remained relatively unchanged after the Treo maker reported revenues of $392.9 million in its second quarter, results due in large part to the company's sale of 617,000 Treo smart phones during the period."We are pleased to report strong Treo sell-through this...
Visto Corp. claimed victory against rival mobile e-mail service provider Seven Networks Inc. after a U.S. District Court doubled the damages from an earlier ruling.The Redwood City, Calif.-based developer said it was awarded $7.7 million by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
It may not be live from New York, but thanks to a new partnership among Cingular Wireless, NBC Universal and Broadway Video Entertainment, subscribers to the nation's No. 1 carrier now have exclusive access to more than 100 video clips from current and classic...
NEW YORK-Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl will take over a newly created position as president and COO of the wireless operator's parent company, Verizon Communications Inc. Verizon Wireless' COO Lowell McAdams will step up to the plate as Verizon Wireless' new CEO....
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-PixSense is jumping on the user-generated mobile content bandwagon after snaring $5.4 million in Series A funding.ATA Ventures and Innovacom led the financing round.PixSense's downloadable application allows users to manage photos, videos, audio content and text from a mobile phone. The company...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell officially disqualified himself from consideration of the stalled $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp., blasting the agency's top lawyer's legal argument supporting his participation and denying Chairman Kevin Martin the tie-breaking Republican vote to possibly...
Christmas came a little early for Nortel Networks Ltd. in the form of a $2 billion contract from Verizon Wireless for CDMA equipment and related services as the carrier beefs up its network capacity and footprint in the face of increasing data and video...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Clearwire Corp. is again looking at an initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The wireless broadband company had filed paperwork for a $400 million IPO with the SEC in May, shortly before Clearwire received a combined...
One well-worn mantra has it that long-awaited growth in data-driven revenue depends on smart phone uptake, a notion that keeps this market segment under the microscope. Thus, when NPD Group detected more than 4-percent growth in smart-phone sales in the United States between January...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Digital Chocolate Inc. is partnering with EMI Music Canada to include pop music into customized versions of its mobile games.The companies' first offering, Club k-os, is a takeoff on Digital Chocolate's Nightclub Empire game. The title will include the hip-hop artist's likeness...
A slow start for Motorola Inc.'s new product line and generally weak demand in the North American handset market this holiday season may impact Motorola's fourth-quarter results, according to Cowen analyst Matthew Hoffman. The financial analyst said channel checks show that Motorola's market in...
OK, so online shoppers safely ensconced in their comfy chairs at home don't actually drop to the ground so much as they maybe nod off after another frenzied session of online purchasing. But wireless carriers continued to tinker with handset prices as the typically...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. has agreed to purchase the U.S. and Latin American operations of fellow logistics and distribution company CellStar Corp. "We believe that the proposed transaction will expand our geographic reach, broaden our product offering, and improve our overall efficiency in order to...
NEW YORK-Viacom's MTV Networks division said it is expanding its mobile entertainment efforts with the launch of MTVN Mobile Media.MTVN Mobile Media will manage mobile partnerships and content distribution for the company and help develop mobile content and applications including personalization, entertainment, information and...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Although the future for WiMAX is bright in China, it faces several challenges, according to a new report from research firm In-Stat.Barriers in to adoption of WiMAX in China include immature 802.16e products, competition from third-generation wireless and uncertain spectrum allocation, said In-Stat."WiMAX...
LG Electronics Inc.-the South Korean home appliance giant and parent of LG Telecom-has replaced its top corporate officer and the head of its telecom unit in an effort to reignite its fortunes in mobile handsets and flat-panel displays, according to media reports.A former corporate...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court rejected a request by Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. to stay its reversal of a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting state regulation of line-items on mobile phone bills. The move denies industry's attempt to keep the 11th Circuit's...
News junkies can now use their cell phones to access the latest video reports from Reuters following the company's launch of a free, ad-supported video service. The service is available at mobile.reuters.com and works on smart phones from Nokia Corp., Palm Inc., Research In...
Regional carrier SunCom Wireless has renewed its billing operations contract with Convergys Corp. for an additional five years. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Berwyn, Pa.-based SunCom has more than 1 million customers and has been a client of Convergys' since 1997.
Verizon Wireless has introduced its first EV-DO Revision A device, a PC card that will be in stores by mid-January. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 is already available online and through Verizon Wireless' business sales channels. The card costs $100 after a $50 rebate,...
