KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Wireless technology developer InterDigital Communications Corp. announced that it expects to post between $62 and $63 million in fourth-quarter revenue, much lower than Wall Street's forecast of more than $100 million in sales. The company blamed its lackluster earnings mostly on...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp.'s chief financial officer will become the CFO of the carrier's parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc. Kenneth Meyers will replace TDS' current CFO, Sandra Helton, who is resigning effective Dec. 31. Meyers will continue to serve as a director of...
MONTREAL-Oz Communications Inc. is hoping to cash in on the online social networking craze with an offering that allows users to wirelessly access sites such as MySpace, Facebook and YouTube.The Canadian developer of mobile messaging software said its new offering is designed to mirror...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Leap Wireless International Inc. has tapped Ireland-based mobile software developer Valista Ltd. to power its off-deck wireless content business.Leap, which sells services under the Cricket brand, said it will use Valista's payment service to provide transaction management and reduce revenue leakage for...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. has added two low-priced family plans to its offerings, including one that offers the cheapest price yet for the carrier's new myFaves calling option. The carrier's new myFaves family plan includes 1,000 anytime minutes and unlimited calls to five myFaves...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Yahoo Inc. is searching for an executive to head its "audience group"-including its mobile efforts-following a dramatic restructuring announced late yesterday.The Internet giant said it will reorganize into three operating units: the audience group, which will focus on increasing user numbers and bolstering...
Hello!You may have noticed some changes today to the RCRNews.com Website. We have upgraded the site to serve you better.Specifically, we've introduced more news categories to help you find what you're looking for more easily. Look to your left and you'll be able to...
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group has added a new acronym to the already-crowded wireless lexicon. The CDG has christened the technology formerly known as CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO Revision C with a much more memorable brand name: Ultra Mobile Broadband, or UMB.The new standard...
LOS ANGELES-An original animated cartoon featured on Amp'd Mobile will reportedly be picked up and distributed by Comedy Central. "Lil Bush: Resident of the United States" features kid-versions of President George W. Bush and his leading political cronies, and skewers them mercilessly. In the...
TAMPA, Fla.-Edge Wireless, a Cingular Wireless affiliate, has renewed its contract with BSG Clearing Solutions for GSM wireless financial clearing services, according to BSG. The agreement calls for BSG to manage financial clearing and settlement of the company's domestic and international roaming partners.
YONKERS, N.Y.-Crappy New Year to all. Or, at least, to some. Consumer Reports has taken a look at mobile carriers and handsets in the United States in its January 2007 issue and, apart from a few companies that may do cartwheels after receiving the...
NEW YORK-XE Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator which aims to serve the under-25 market, has introduced its pay-as-you-go wireless service. According to the XE Mobile Web site, the service offers eight handsets from Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp., ranging in price from the...
STEVENS POINT, Wis.-The Noel Group is taking its personal services offerings to wireless users. The 21-year-old firm launched MobileCierge, a $6-a-month, off-deck application that allows users to make restaurant reservations, book flights, make car rentals and access medical and emergency services from a mobile...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s investment arm led a second round of funding for California-based software developer Mobile Complete. Financial terms were not disclosed, although Mobile Compete reportedly raked in $10 million in the Series B round. Existing investor Innovacom VC also participated in the funding.Mobile...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. officially began offering its Cricket branded cellular service in its hometown of San Diego. The low-cost, flat-rate carrier now operates in four California markets and 50 markets total, and plans to roll service in Portland, Ore., next week.A "substantial...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. landed a mobile WiMAX network supply deal with Chungwa Telecom in Taiwan. Nortel said a countywide WiMAX network will be built in Northeastern Taiwan in Yilan County as part of the country's Mobile-Taiwan initiative. The initiative is aimed at boosting...
Yahoo Inc. became the latest-and perhaps the largest-player in the nascent but rapidly growing mobile social networking playground with a new service that allows users to set up group events through text messaging. The service, dubbed Mixd, acts as a sort of go-between for...
Just when it seemed like the world had stopped making predictions about when China's government would grant third-generation licenses to operators, reports surfaced in the Chinese press indicating that the government will make its move in February. An article published by ShanghaiDaily.com lays out...
SAN DIEGO-Russian CDMA operator Sky Link now has BREW wireless data services available to its customers, enabled by Qualcomm Inc. Sky Link is the largest Russian CDMA operator, and now its customers have access to mobile content including games, ringtones, media players and mobile...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Intel Corp. are collaborating to boost market uptake of PC-based mobile broadband and multimedia applications and services. The companies said they will work together to integrate Ericsson's HSPA platform for mobile broadband as well as its Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems...
NEW YORK-Jason Hirschhorn, MTV Network's former digital guru, and Ben White, his deputy at MTV, have landed full-time at Sling Media. Their role is to take the company, which is known for place-shifting TV content, into what Hirschhorn calls "phase two"-letting users work with...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Robert McDowell could be drawn into the AT&T Inc.-BellSouth Corp. merger debate as early as today in order to break a 2-2 deadlock on the $79 billion deal, according to telecom analysts at Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. "Barring a...
DURHAM, N.C.-Mobile content provider Motricity Inc. will cut 50 jobs in a surprisingly drastic move to cut costs and "optimize the organization." Motricity, which offers both a content portfolio and content delivery technology, will release more than 16 percent of its full-time employees over...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress he asked agency lawyers to determine whether fellow GOP Commissioner Robert McDowell can be ethically cleared to participate in the agency's consideration of the politically deadlocked, $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. But...
